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Adam Curtis has a history of making these films. Worth also checking out his 2002 film 'the century of the self'.

Wikipedia on Adam Curtis: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curtis

The century of the self on youtube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3RzGoQC4s

Other films of his are also on archive.org

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"All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace" is another excellent documentary by Adam Curtis that I found particularly interesting for it's focus on the history of silicon valley.

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Watched_Over_by_Machines_o... Documentary: https://thoughtmaybe.com/all-watched-over-by-machines-of-lov...

The Century of the Self is the most reality changing information I've ever been exposed to. This is my #1 top recommendation for any intellectual to consume.

More films available from OP's website: https://thoughtmaybe.com/by/adam-curtis/

I had no idea these were freely available. Thanks and then doublethanks to whoever is behind thoughtmaybe.com...

You can see the videos on thoughtmaybe are BBC watermarked. AFAIK, the BBC never released them outside the UK, although this is mainly due to copyright and the special provisions the BBC has inside the UK that enables them to produce such high quality material. So while they may be "freely" available, I doubt it's legal. I'm not sure how much the BBC cares about enforcement.

Last time i looked into it, the thoughtmaybe site seems to pull the actual videos from archive.org.

adam curtis has implied (in the chapo interview linked in this discussion, i think) that he encourages the bbc to/has an agreement with them to avoid taking down uploads of his films

Power of Nightmares is a Bush era film that first got my attention, IMO his best to date

I'll second that. The part about Russian PR tactics is especially relevant to Americans today.

The Trap, particular part 1 questioning the validity of Game Theory, is highly interesting.

yeah, this is far from his best imo

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