I watched a 29 minute documentary on knights in the middle ages by Terry Jones. This documentary attempted to explore the roots of the knight stereotype, and see how close it was to the truth. My personal vision of a medieval knight was changed, due to exposure of some amazing facts.
One interesting note was how [...]
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I grew up in eastern North Carolina and the battles on tobacco road have always intrigued me. There have been many historic basketball battles between the University of North Carolina and Duke University.
The documentary “Battle for Tobacco Road” gives an in detail history of this fierce rivalry. I was able to learn so [...]
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Documentary Film: Man on Wire
The documentary film “Man on Wire” is a truly motivational film about a French tight rope walker, Philippe Petit, who accomplishes his dream of walking between the World Trade Center towers in New York City. His dream began as a teenager in France, when he came across an article about [...]
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Documentary: “Who killed the Electric Car?”
I watched the documentary “Who killed the Electric Car?” by filmmaker Chris Paine. The documentary explores the creation, limited commercialization, and finally the destruction of the electric vehicle EV1. It features interviews with Tom Hanks and Mel Gibson who both had an EV1 and both had only good things to [...]
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The documentary that I watched told the story of Ben Underwood. Ben Underwood is an extraordinary child that has no eyes. However, he can still see! He uses his hearing to help him “see” things that are around him. He uses a clicking noise with his tongue, which is similar to [...]
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