It is SO easy for me to just watch mind numbing shows while I am home during the day (for the past couple weeks on maternity leave and now with LO).
Anyone have any good recs for documentaries, movies etc. that are actually educational? I've seen most of the food documentaries, but am open to anything else!
nectarine / 2750 posts
@kml636: I keep seeing that and haven't checked it out yet - I might have to do that!
pear / 1510 posts
Netflix has almost all of the "American Experience" PBS documentaries. I love them. Very history focused and you can find one on just about anything. Right now, they've got Henry Ford, Jesse Owens, The Rockefellers, The Panama Canal, The Amish and The Triangle Fire on their homepage. You can watch the most recent online at http://video.pbs.org/program/american-experience/
grapefruit / 4862 posts
If you are into beer- loved the documentary Beer Wars. Also there was one about how films get rated, I forget the name. It's a little racy at some parts but it was SO FASCINATING... it talks about how films get rated and how it's a totally corrupt and non-objective system. I love bizarre documentaries like that!
grapefruit / 4862 posts
@BlueWolverine: I am going to check those out, they sound fascinating!
coconut / 8483 posts
We watched Jesse and Celeste Forever yesturday. It was good... I love Andy Samberg!
We also watched Chasing Ice which was pretty cool!!
grapefruit / 4862 posts
@tlcbaby: let me know if you can't find the movie ratings one, I will check our queue tonight for ya! I just cannot remember the name! I think it was recommended to me though because I watched Beer Wars, I love when their rec's are actually worth a #*$&!
eggplant / 11408 posts
It is not a documentary, but we LOVE Sherlock. So good, and it won't turn your brain to mush!!
GOLD / pineapple / 12662 posts
I don't know if it's on Netflix, but *Touching the Void* was an outstanding real-story movie (sort of documentary-like, and it was narrated by the climbers who are the subject of the movie).
nectarine / 2750 posts
Oh I must admit that I am watching Dance Moms as I write this - I need an intervention!
coconut / 8079 posts
I just watched Call the Midwife. It was really good. I really like the BBC adaptations of classic literature, too. 
nectarine / 2936 posts
@jhd: I was just going to say Call the Midwife! @tlcbaby: You should definitely check it out. It is based off of a real midwife's memoirs (although there is some creative license used). Entertaining but interesting. I'm a huge fan.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
@kjpugs: @tlcbaby: Heh I don't really watch many documentaries but decided to poke around on the Netflix site and saw (and added) that one...along with about 20 others, lol.
pomegranate / 3414 posts
I just finished watching "Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State" it was informative, but then I'm currently in a WWII history mode.
pear / 1563 posts
The Ken Burns Civil War and Baseball documentaries are great if you're into that stuff. Not sure of they're on Netflix.
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