Soldiers Of God

In 1998, a twenty-four part documentary, entitled "Cold War", was first broadcast. Each episode dealt with a different aspect of the Cold War and covered the entire span from it's origins prior to 1945, to the fall of the Wall in 1989 and beyond. This series was available on VHS, but Bush II had some footage re-classified, and this is probably the main reason why it is no longer available for sale. Episode 20, Soldiers Of God, dealt with the US-supported resistence to the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. I really should have posted this yesterday (since it was Groundhog Day).



From Wikipedia: "Episode 20, "Soldiers of God", shows Zbigniew Brzezinski in 1980, giving a speech to the mullahs and mujahideen fighters between the borders of Afghanistan and Pakistan encouraging the Muslim mujahideen fighters through his Pakistani translator saying "We know of their deep belief in God and we are confident that their struggle will succeed. That land over there is yours. You will go back to it one day, because your fight will prevail and you'll have your homes and your mosques back again, because your cause is right and God is on your side." — while assuring them of unconditional American government support; and interviewed State Department officials confirming that the United States uncritically supported the Pakistani government for the sake of American interests in Afghanistan."

A Love Story

A certain Mr Moore has made a new documentary film - Capitalism: A Love Story. Let's take a quick look at it:



Remember - his documentaries always have an element of entertainment in them, rather than the pure investigative journalism style of Greg Palast or John Pilger, but he always makes valid points.
Has capitalism itself changed over the years?
This article suggests that it might have done so. Take a look at this thought provoking 1948 film on the benefits of capitalism:

The Age Of Stupid

A recently released documentary asks why we have done nothing in the face of a global disaster which could endanger our own species. Here's the trailer:



You can watch the "making of" video, which is great in itself here

I could not find a US release date, but there will be a UK DVD release in September.
Surely, we're moving past the Age of Stupid, right? Right?