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Lily Sawyer

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The Buena Vista Social Club - Poignant. Ry Cooder. Cuban charm. Great music. What more could you ask for?
"Christmas in Yellowstone" - narrated by Linda Hunt. Part of PBS' Nature. Watch for the red fox hunting mice. Christmas in Yellowstone - Introduction - Winter in Yellowstone National Park | Nature | PBS
Grey Gardens - I think someone already mentioned it - almost unbelievable.
"Siberian Tiger Quest" - another installment on PBS' Nature series. Quite an achievement on the part of Sooyong Park. Watch Siberian Tiger Quest Online | Full Episode | Nature | PBS
Saving Pelican #895 - about cleaning up the coastal Louisiana wildlife after the BP oil spill.
Friends of God: A Roadtrip with Alexandra Pelosi - tours red state America examining the practices, politics and beliefs of fundamentalist evangelical Christians. Proves that you can't say "fundamental" without saying "mental".
 

Dana Jean

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The Buena Vista Social Club - Poignant. Ry Cooder. Cuban charm. Great music. What more could you ask for?
"Christmas in Yellowstone" - narrated by Linda Hunt. Part of PBS' Nature. Watch for the red fox hunting mice. Christmas in Yellowstone - Introduction - Winter in Yellowstone National Park | Nature | PBS
Grey Gardens - I think someone already mentioned it - almost unbelievable.
"Siberian Tiger Quest" - another installment on PBS' Nature series. Quite an achievement on the part of Sooyong Park. Watch Siberian Tiger Quest Online | Full Episode | Nature | PBS
Saving Pelican #895 - about cleaning up the coastal Louisiana wildlife after the BP oil spill.
Friends of God: A Roadtrip with Alexandra Pelosi - tours red state America examining the practices, politics and beliefs of fundamentalist evangelical Christians. Proves that you can't say "fundamental" without saying "mental".
I watched Grey Gardens at someone else's suggestion. Sorry, can't remember who that was but it's further back in the thread. It was shameful. What I say about it is buried here somewhere if you're interested.
 
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Dana Jean

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Next up is TINY, I think. We live pretty small, but I'm interested in the REALLY small--once the kids are gone, we've talked about having a tiny cabin somewhere.
TINY is very interesting. I've been fascinated with the tiny house movement for a long time now. The house I live in now is pretty small, but not TINY small. I couldn't do it I don't think. Nope. Pretty sure I couldn't. But it would be nice to have one in the backyard as a little getaway, like a play house for an old lady.
 

skimom2

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TINY is very interesting. I've been fascinated with the tiny house movement for a long time now. The house I live in now is pretty small, but not TINY small. I couldn't do it I don't think. Nope. Pretty sure I couldn't. But it would be nice to have one in the backyard as a little getaway, like a play house for an old lady.
Like Joanne Harris' writing 'shed'--I'd love one of those :)
 

opundo

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Anyone on here like documentaries? I love these things. I probably watch more of them than movies (except for the Halloween Movie Marathon month.)

I've watched some terrific things and I'm always scouring Netflix for a new and interesting doc.

Some I've watched:

Room 237
H.H.Holmes, America's First Serial Killer
Religulous
I AM
Shut Up Little Man
Gonzo
56 and Up! (and all the previous Up entries)
Woody Allen
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Salinger
Hey Boo, Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
Buckowski: Born into This
The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick
Girl 27
Of Dolls and Murder

These are just a handful of what I've watched just recently.

What are some of your favorites?
We are Legion is pretty interesting. They got nailed by the internet police.
 

Lily Sawyer

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TINY is very interesting. I've been fascinated with the tiny house movement for a long time now. The house I live in now is pretty small, but not TINY small. I couldn't do it I don't think. Nope. Pretty sure I couldn't. But it would be nice to have one in the backyard as a little getaway, like a play house for an old lady.

I couldn't do it. No McMansion for me, either....but living in 150 sq. ft.? Hell, no.
 

fljoe0

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The Battered Bastards Of Baseball (2014) - Kurt Russell

I think this is a netflix original and is playing on netflix right now.

Kurt Russell's dad, Bing started an independent minor league baseball team in Portland, Oregon in 1973. The team played better than most of the major league affiliated teams and really got under the skin of Major League Baseball. The team was actually in the Pacific league with the major league affiliates (which is now forbidden by MLB). It's an amazing tale that I had never heard. The Portland Mavericks broke all kinds of minor league attendance records. Kurt even played at least one game for them (it wasn't really clear if it was a one time thing for publicity or not but Kurt Russell did actually play minor league baseball in his early 20s).

The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014) - IMDb
 

skimom2

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Finally watched TINY. I quite liked it, aside from the side effect of re-energizing The Man's long held desire to have a cabin :p It was pretty interesting to see the differing definitions of 'tiny': anywhere from 100 sq. ft to 500 sq. ft. Our house is pretty damned small by modern standards (in our area)--about 1900 sq. ft.--but it's palatial compared to the ones on the documentary.