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  • Simon Rawles – Inside the Secret World of Incels (2019)

    2011-2020BBCDocumentarySimon RawlesUnited Kingdom

    As passions rise over Brexit many of the UK’s female MPs have received death threats and rape threats online. I struggled to comprehend the source of this tide of rage which seemed out of all proportion to a mere difference of political opinion. Then I watched this documentary about the online “incel” community and it all started to make a little more sense. “Incel” is short for, “involuntary celibate”, in other words, a guy who isn’t getting any sex.Read More »

  • BBC – Hooligans (2006)

    Documentary2001-2010BBCUnited Kingdom

    The film follows England fans from Frankfurt to Gelsenkirchen and infiltrates groups of troublemakers.
    A record 170,000 England fans travelled to Germany for the cup and the majority were peaceful causing no problems.
    But the worst rioting happened the day before the England vs Ecuador game.
    Police believe rioters consumed or threw about 17 litres of beer each in Stuttgart and 400 England ‘fans’ were taken into preventative custody.
    The motto of World Cup 2006 was ‘a time to make friends’ but undercover cameras reveal England ‘fans’ ‘mobbing up’ and singing songs about World War Two which visibly shock German police officers.Read More »

  • BBC – Human, All Too Human: Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre (1999)

    Documentary1991-2000BBCPhilosophyPhilosophy on ScreenUnited Kingdom

    BBC documentaries on 3 existentialist philosophers – Neitzsche, Heidegger and Satre. The rip quality is not great, but highly watchable and the standard of the documentaries is top notch featuring a number of highly respected academics plus Will Self.Read More »

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