Top Documentary Films» Biography http://topdocumentaryfilms.com Watch stunning, eyeopening, interesting, free, streaming, full, online documentary films and movies. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:47:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 D.M. Bennett: The Truth Seekerhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/bennett-truth-seeker/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/bennett-truth-seeker/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:27:56 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8444 D.M. Bennett: The Truth SeekerOne-hour documentary – awarded the Grand Prize for Best Feature Length Film at the 2011 Portland Humanist Film Festival – chronicles the life of publisher D.M. Bennett (1818-1882). D.M. Bennett was nineteenth-century America’s most controversial and unjustly imprisoned editor of the blasphemous New York City freethought periodical

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/bennett-truth-seeker/feed/ 0 The House of Rothschild: The Money’s Prophetshttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/house-rothschild-money-prophets/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/house-rothschild-money-prophets/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:00:59 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8360 The House of Rothschild: The Money's ProphetsIn his rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family, Oxford scholar and bestselling author Niall Ferguson uncovers the secrets behind the family’s phenomenal economic success. He reveals for the first time the details of the family’s vast political network, which gave it access to

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/house-rothschild-money-prophets/feed/ 35 Johnny Cash: The Last Great Americanhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/johnny-cash-the-last-great-american/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/johnny-cash-the-last-great-american/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:00:32 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8277 Johnny Cash: The Last Great AmericanDocumentary profiling the life of legendary country music star Johnny Cash, who died in 2003 shortly after completing the retrospective Unearthed, a five-CD set of the acoustic performances with which he resurrected his career in the last decade of his life, and after losing his wife, June

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/steve-jobs-billion-dollar-hippy/feed/ 37 The Google Boyshttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-google-boys/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-google-boys/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:59:38 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8251 The Google BoysGoogle has been estimated to run over one million servers in data centers around the world, and process over one billion search requests and about twenty-four petabytes of user-generated data every day. Google’s meteoric rise to Internet stardom is one of the great business sagas of our

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/tesla-master-of-lightning/feed/ 33 Bill Gates: How a Geek Changed the Worldhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/bill-gates-how-a-geek-changed-the-world/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/bill-gates-how-a-geek-changed-the-world/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:00:45 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7949 Bill Gates: How a Geek Changed the WorldThe Money Programme’s Fiona Bruce gains exclusive access to Bill Gates as he prepares to step down from full-time involvement with Microsoft, the company he helped found. Gates’s company has changed the world, but he’s a controversial figure, with his ruthless business leadership contributing to Microsoft being

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/bill-gates-how-a-geek-changed-the-world/feed/ 23 David Bowie: Sound and Visionhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/david-bowie-sound-and-vision/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/david-bowie-sound-and-vision/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:00:45 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7803 David Bowie: Sound and VisionFew artists have made their rise to fame in such an unorthodox and revolutionary way as David Bowie. Known as The Chameleon Of Pop this unlikely pop star has created an enigma that has rivaled bands for over four decades. High profile publicity has surrounded Bowie throughout

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/david-bowie-sound-and-vision/feed/ 68 Amy Winehouse: What Really Happenedhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/amy-winehouse/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/amy-winehouse/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2011 11:00:10 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7732 Amy Winehouse: What Really HappenedAmy Winehouse is a singer and songwriter who is famous for her strong vocals as well as her blend of numerous musical styles such as soul, jazz and R&B. Winehouse has gained huge publicity for her drug abuse along with psychological health problems. At a young age

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/amy-winehouse/feed/ 136 I Knew Bin Ladenhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/i-knew-bin-laden/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/i-knew-bin-laden/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 05:00:04 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7446 I Knew Bin LadenOn May 2, 2011, Barack Obama, the US president, announced that Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader, was shot dead in a raid by US special forces on a compound about 60km north of Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital. The death of bin Laden ends a ten-year manhunt for

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/i-knew-bin-laden/feed/ 34 Confucius: Words of Wisdomhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/confucius-words-of-wisdom/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/confucius-words-of-wisdom/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:43:58 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7262 Confucius: Words of WisdomConfucius had a hard life, and he had intimate knowledge of the sufferings of his people. He lived in an era that saw constant warfare between competing warlords and the casting of shadows upon the impressive Chinese civilization that came before. Confucius wanted above all else to

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/confucius-words-of-wisdom/feed/ 45 Parallel Worlds, Parallel Liveshttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/parallel-worlds-parallel-lives/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/parallel-worlds-parallel-lives/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:00:50 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7228 Parallel Worlds, Parallel LivesFollow EELS frontman Mark Oliver Everett on his quest to comprehend the theory of parallel universes while unraveling the remarkable life story of his iconoclastic father Hugh – creator of the radical quantum physics theory – in this installment of the popular PBS series Nova. Dubbed one

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/parallel-worlds-parallel-lives/feed/ 30 Percy Julian: Forgotten Geniushttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/percy-julian-forgotten-genius/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/percy-julian-forgotten-genius/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:00:27 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7184 Percy Julian: Forgotten Genius

Percy Julian: Forgotten GeniusHis house was firebombed. He lost his job on the eve of the Depression. He took on powerful, entrenched interests in the scientific establishment and overcame countless obstacles to become a world-class chemist, a self-made millionaire, and a humanitarian. Yet despite his achievements, Percy Julian’s story is largely unknown. The grandson of Alabama

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/percy-julian-forgotten-genius/feed/ 7 Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill Hickshttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/outlaw-comic-censoring-bill-hicks/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/outlaw-comic-censoring-bill-hicks/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:00:46 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=6940 Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill Hicks

Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill HicksA biographical documentary on the late great comedian Bill Hicks and his career; in particular the censorship by Letterman that scarred it. Hosted by Janeane Garofalo, this documentary tells the story of Bill's transition from a non-drinking, non-smoking, straight laced funny man, to a hard drinking, hard smoking, drug taking angry ranter, to the happy and

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/outlaw-comic-censoring-bill-hicks/feed/ 64 Who is Peter Joseph?http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/who-is-peter-joseph/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/who-is-peter-joseph/#comments Sat, 05 Feb 2011 06:00:20 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=6879 Who is Peter Joseph?

Who is Peter Joseph?In late 2009, Charles Robinson was able to interview Peter Joseph, the creator of Zeitgeist: The Movie, Zeitgeist: Addendum, Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, several lectures and a presentation; Founder of The Zeitgeist Movement and a friend of Jack Fresco, in his home. He described himself and his life in details in what is likely a rare interview. He was kind enough

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