r/Documentaries • u/_Franque_ • Oct 14 '16
Anthropology First Contact (2008) - indigenous Australians were Still making first contact as Late as the 70s. (5:00)
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r/Documentaries • u/_Franque_ • Aug 31 '17
Anthropology First Contact (2008) - Indigenous Australians were Still making first contact as Late as the 70s. (5:20)
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r/Documentaries • u/ithacahobo • Apr 17 '17
Anthropology Florida Man (2015) A psychedelic jaunt through the beloved sunshine state celebrating the characters that inhabit it and stories that made them legendary [00:50:00]
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r/Documentaries • u/AmateurJenius • Jan 04 '22
Anthropology Decomposing Bodies to Solve Cold Case Murders (2019) - A candid look inside the University of South Florida’s Forensic Outdoor Research and Training complex. A body farm where human decomposition is studied by scientists and homicide investigators under various controlled environments. [00:20:01] NSFW
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r/Documentaries • u/bowerbirder • Aug 21 '16
Anthropology Herdsmen of the Sun (1989) Werner Herzog Doc about the Wodaabe People (Nomads along the southern edge of the Sahara. Despised by all neighbouring peoples)
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r/Documentaries • u/StanlioKubrik • Feb 07 '22
Anthropology Meet the Psycopath Who Invented Your Breakfast (2021) [00:18:27]
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r/Documentaries • u/FreeOcalan78 • May 14 '23
Anthropology Peru’s Indigenous Revolt (2023) An Indigenous-led uprising in Peru, sparked by the arrest of a beloved farmer-turned-President, is exposing a racist system that’s exploited native people and their natural resources since colonization [00:13:55]
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r/Documentaries • u/Billy_Lo • Mar 07 '21
Anthropology Cree Hunters of Mistassini (1974) - docu chronicling a group of three Cree families from the Mistassini region of Quebec, as they set up a winter hunting camp. The film explores the beliefs and the ecological principles of the Cree people [00:58:04]
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r/Documentaries • u/stefblog • Jul 16 '15
Anthropology Guns Germs and Steel (2005), a fascinating documentary about the origins of humanity youtube.com
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r/Documentaries • u/moughse • Jun 02 '22
Anthropology The Last Free Place in America (2022) An intimate look at some of the resourceful inhabitants of Slab City, an off-the-grid community in California. [00:53:20]
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r/Documentaries • u/dmacrolensystematica • Jan 10 '20
Anthropology German shipping companies and the arms trade (2019) - "Germany’s secret service, the BND, is heavily involved in the delivery of weapons to crisis areas of the world. As this documentary shows, it has - among other things - played along with arms deals made by German shipping companies."
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r/Documentaries • u/dublionka2 • May 25 '17
Anthropology First Contact (2008) - indigenous Australians were Still making first contact as Late as the 70s.
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r/Documentaries • u/Big_Trees • Mar 12 '15
Anthropology The Benefits of Living Alone on a Mountain (2014) - Filmmaker Brian Bolster profiles a fire lookout named Lief Haugen, who has worked at a remote outpost of Montana's Flathead National Forest since the summer of 1994.
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r/Documentaries • u/MagZero • Jun 01 '23
Anthropology Sherpas: The True Heroes of Mount Everest (2009) - [01:34:49]
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r/Documentaries • u/An_Atheist_in_heaven • May 16 '14
Anthropology The Boy With the Henna Tattoo - an extremely disturbing documentary about a young boy whose adoptive parents sent him around the world to be used for sex with various men. (2014) NSFW NSFW
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r/Documentaries • u/your_catfish_friend • Aug 05 '23
Anthropology Ishi: The Last Yahi (1993) - A beautiful, wrenching account of the life of the last person of the Yahi tribe, the final survivor of an extended genocidal campaign perpetrated by the California government. Superbly narrated by Linda Hunt. [00:56:45]
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r/Documentaries • u/brianwhelanhack • May 21 '14
Anthropology Meet Bruce Lee, king of Romania's tunnel underworld (2014) - orphans living underground in tunnels beneath Romania's capital Bucharest, abandoned by society to a life of drug addiction - 13mins
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r/Documentaries • u/Moody_Immortal_1 • Jul 10 '15
Anthropology Letting Go (2012) teens with learning disabilities moving into adulthood and parents trying to manage it
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r/Documentaries • u/Idownvoteadsforfun • Nov 09 '24
Anthropology Man's First Friend: The Epic Story of Humans and Dogs (2024) - [01:30:55]
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An excellent rundown of dog/human interaction from domestication on. How do instinctual habits compliment specialized training? How does a predatory species adapt a role as protector of their natural prey? Why are dogs be like they do?
r/Documentaries • u/meta_guy • Jun 18 '14
Anthropology The 1% Percent (2006) -- How the "wealth gap" is viewed in the eyes of Jamie Johnson (heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune)
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r/Documentaries • u/ZadocPaet • Jul 27 '15
Anthropology BBC Horizon "Dr. Money And The Boy With No Penis" (2004) - Infant's penis was burned off, Money convinced the parents to raise him as a girl, had him simulate sexual acts with his twin brother, and published the gender reassignment as a success. He went back to male. Both boys killed themselves.
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r/Documentaries • u/s18m • Oct 08 '15
Anthropology Surviving in the Siberian Wilderness for 70 Years [CC] (2013) - In 1936, a family of Russian Old Believers journeyed deep into Siberia's vast taiga to escape persecution. Today, Agafia Lykov is the last surviving Lykov, remaining steadfast in her seclusion.
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r/Documentaries • u/scott_halls_beer • Nov 22 '13
Anthropology The Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (2009)
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