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Category: Psychology
Psychological War:Psychiatry of Death is a controversial documentary on the horrors of psychiatry, of punishing and persecuting of the innocent and promoting Fascism and racism.It was the foundation for the [...]
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Category: Nature
Andes to Amazon is an exploration of the exciting, diverse and unique wildlife that inhabits the dramatic landscapes of the vast South American continent. It's a land of great extremes, stretching from the [...]
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Category: Society
Who authorised the torture of terror suspects in US custody? Panorama investigates whether the interrogation techniques used by the Bush administration after 9/11 broke US and international law.Evidence [...]
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Category: Society
Supermax (short for "super-maximum security") is the name used to describe "control-unit" prisons, or units within prisons, which represent the most secure levels of custody in the prison systems of certain [...]
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Category: Society
Feb 2002 Russia's metro stations have become home to a generation of street children, who survive by begging or prostitution. At first sight, 11 year old Yuriy and his 13 year old friend Max [...]
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Category: Society
Ugandans are the hardest drinking Africans in the motherland, both in terms of per capita consumption and the hooch they choose to chug. Waregi, or "war gin," is what they call the local moonshine, and it makes [...]
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Category: Media
Intelligence and Special Operations forces are furious and frustrated at how President Obama and those in positions of authority have exploited their service for political advantage. Countless leaks, [...]
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Category: Technology
Some of the best and most up-to-date communication satellites in the world are designed and built in Stevenage in Britain. With exclusive access to specialist manufacturer Astrium, this programme shows [...]
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Category: Religion
History Channel Documentary on how Christian, Islamic and Jewish mythology perceive the End of Times in which God will eventually defeat Satan.Film Duration: [...]
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Category: Technology
An industrial shredder is a machine used for reducing the size of all kinds of material. Industrial shredders come in many different variations and sizes. Some examples of materials that are commonly shredded [...]
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Category: Conspiracy
In this documentary the authors discuss the secret space program, what it is, who is behind it and why? Is there a human civilization living off-world with highly advanced technology and knowledge about the [...]
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Category: Mystery
How to Access [...]
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Category: Psychology
Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are both excellent sources of entertainment, but they also offer a complex and interesting dissection of a man who learned to use his own fear against criminals. Delve into the [...]
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Category: Health
In Dying To Have Known, filmmaker Steve Kroschel went on a 52-day journey to find evidence to the effectiveness of the Gerson Therapy - a long-suppressed natural cancer cure. His travels take him across [...]
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Category: Environment
Freedom Fuels, takes an in-depth look at renewable fuel sources, such as bio-diesel, ethanol and vegetable oil. It explores the interaction of the petroleum industry and alternative fuels over [...]
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Category: Environment
Poison Fire, a documentary exposing oil and gas abuses in Nigeria and featuring Friends of the Earth Nigeria volunteers, was launched with a world premiere at the prestigious International Documentary Film [...]
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Category: Sexuality
Fronted by Lisa Rogers, this documentary focuses on the rise in vaginal cosmetic surgery, specifically labiaplasty. For the uninitiated, labiaplasty involves cutting off the inner labia so that they don't "hang" [...]
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Category: Environment
Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig's debut feature is an unflinching examination of the [...]
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Category: Sexuality
Porndemic puts faces and personalities to the extraordinary profitable business of pornography today. Porn has quietly reinvented itself on the world-wide-web, becoming more mainstream and culturally [...]
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Category: Crime
This is the true story of a love triangle that takes place entirely online. Lies lead to murder in real life, as a teenage vixen (screen name 'talhotblond') lures men into her web. Revealing a shocking true crime [...]
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Category: Mystery
Beings with big heads and giant eyes are called the greys and have been depicted in ancient rock art and carved stone figurines found all over the [...]
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Category: History
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general, statesman, Consul and notable author of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. [...]
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Category: Art and Artists
If you've ever flipped through a supermarket tabloid, vintage comic book, or various sorts of pulp magazines, it's not unlikely you've seen ads in which a "record company" or "song publisher" [...]
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Category: Science
A documentary about the Nuclear industry and how safety precautions were ignored and profit put before anything [...]
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What is a Documentary? The main purpose of a documentary is to document reality into mediums such as film and television in order to maintain historical records and instruct others. In recent times, many good documentaries are found online in digital production.
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There’s a depth in documentary films that leaves an indelible impression on the minds of the viewers. The subjects covered in documentaries range from generating awareness about a social practice to events in the life of a celebrity.
Watching a documentary is like going deep into the subject to find a chord that touches the viewers. A story woven around facts that pulls at the emotional strings of the people is what separates documentaries from other films.
Modern documentaries cover many genres including science, society and even sexuality. At Documentary Addict we also have the best collection of crime documentaries. Whatever genre you love - we've got all the top documentaries here. Whether you're here because you like to learn new things, enjoy educational movies, or you are just plain addicted to watching documentaries - There are literally thousands of them here to enjoy. Sit back and relax for a few hours!
The word documentary was reportedly coined by Scottish documentarian, John Grierson, around 1926. He was of the opinion that maintaining originality is better than creating fictional characters lending a real aspect to the subject.
The period from 1920s till 1970s gave documentary films a dynamic new identity with films made on different genres like romanticism, city life, camera angles and newsreels.
1920s – The Romantic Period
Made in 1922 by Robert Flaherty, Nanook of the North, showcased romanticism in documentary films, even showing how subjects would have lived 100 years back. Walter Ruttman's Berlin, Symphony of a City; Alberto Cavalcanti's Rien Que les Heures and Dziga Vertov's Man with the Movie Camera focused on people within their environment.
Kino-Pravda or cinematic truth utilized the camera angles, like stop motion and time lapse, to portray reality accurately. Depicting events that had already happened, newsreels were sometimes staged during film making.
1940s – The Propaganda Period
By the 1940s, propaganda films like Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will, had taken center stage. Interestingly, it was commissioned by Adolf Hitler. Social and environmental awareness took over film making like Frank Capra's Why We Fight.
In Britain, Grierson and other filmmakers became known as the Documentary Film Movement. Grierson, Basil Wright, Humphrey Jennings and other filmmakers combined propaganda and facts in an artistic manner with films like Drifters, Songs of Ceylon and Coal Face among others.
1950s – The Technique Period
The 1950s to 1970s brought technical aspects to film making such as portable sync sounds and the use of light with films like Lonely Boy by Pennebaker and Don't Look Back by Koenig and Kroitor.
Following Grierson's definition of documentary as creative treatment of actuality, bringing people closer to topics or issues by providing educational information or describing people in a factual manner is not an easy task. These filmmakers paved the way for modern documentaries which encapsulate various shades of subjects and treatments.
Today, documentary films have their own dedicated viewership and their number is constantly rising. The popularity of documentaries can be gauged by the fact that even mega producers like Harvey Weinstein have joined the documentary world. In the end, film making or even media as a whole, is sometimes expressing one's belief but ensure you keep your mind open and learn from the wonderful experiences that documentaries bring. We really hope you enjoy the site and come back to it regularly as you'll find it's the best place to watch documentary films online free. Remember Documentary Addict, your documentary channel for watching online documentaries free, and please leave some feedback or give us a like on Facebook. We hope you agree, this documentary heaven you see before you is certainly the best place to watch documentaries online!
