Recently found out about Toxic Puzzle, a doc about how a guy, searching through cultural medicines for cancer cures, switched to finding causes & help against ALS & how that search led to new information about cause of Alzheimers.

Cyano-bacteria is a terror!

Vital Medical information & forward movement not pursued by pharmaceuticals (cause they can’t figure out how to market it).

• The Magic of Mushrooms
• The Power of the Placebo

First two that come to mind.

The wonderful whites of West Virginia.

Just watch it.

https://youtu.be/sRlvDKcDvsI?si=C6nf9dL3A7j32tEL

The Realms of the Unreal. It’s a documentary about a hermit named Henry Darger who created his own little world while living alone all his life. The guy could read and write, but lacked an education on just about everything else.

I just find it neat that this entire world he created could have been easily thrown away, never to be discovered if his landlord wasn’t curious. The guy had some serious mental issues, but it’s still fascinating.

I really liked Behind the Curve. A crew follows around some flat earthers to see how they got into it and what it’s like living your life believing the Earth is flat. All of them talk about the friendship and comradery of the group more than why they believe the earth is flat. In fact, one of the members explains that if he was given definitive proof the Earth wasn’t flat, he’d still pretend it was because he wouldn’t want to lose his friends.

It really shows how people who hold extreme views often hold them because it gives them a group to be a part of. You’ll never be able to get someone to leave an extremist organization without giving them another group to be a part of.

If you’re looking for a ‘wild ride,’ watch Wild Wild Country mini TV series.

If you’re looking for a music-related documentary, watch Metal Evolution. (You can find most of the episodes on Youtube.)

If you’re looking for something more biographical and about someone intriguing, and have some laughs while doing it, watch George Carlin’s American Dream.

When we left earth, a multi part history of the space program.

An Honest Liar.

World-renowned magician and escape artist James “the Amazing” Randi dedicates his life to exposing fake psychics and others who claim paranormal powers, while keeping a secret of his own that takes up the latter portion of the Documentary.

“Who killed the electric car?” A fascinating look at the EV1 — an electric car developed by GM in the early 90s and leased to customers in California. The customers then had to give it back when the lease was over… so that GM could crush them all into little pieces and pretend the car never existed. It will make you angry.

Second choice would be “Hands on a Hardbody” about a radio station giving away a truck in East Texas. It’s a great time capsule of its time and place. Both sad and funny.

Return of the scorcher

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105248/

“this film discovers an evolving bicycling renaissance, exploring bike culture and lifestyles around the world with beautiful and inspiring scenes of bike use in China, The Netherlands, Denmark, and the U.S.”

Dig! It is a fascinating rockumentary.

Space Jam. I grew up with it even if didn’t knew who Michael Jordan was, he had a interesting career.

I love the shows about Laurel Canyon.

Action Park

Supposedly there is another one that doesn’t make it sound quite so awesome and emphasizes more for balance purposes the negligence and corruption that killed a bunch of people aspect. But many people who were around at the time seem to like this one.

Also, “Kunuk Uncovered” from Documentary Now on Netflix.

A Certain Kind of Death. It’s a very stark and dry documentary about what happens to the bodies of people who die with no next of kin. It follows the journeys of three people who die alone, with no heirs, and no relatives to come pick up their stuff.

I remember the guy in charge of the place talking about how very often he’d call the family of a decedent and the survivor would say something like “Oh… well, we always wondered what happened to him.” It struck me, made me realize that this is how I was going to go at some point if I didn’t change my ways.

I have yet to change my ways.