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What the hell??

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Channel4 (www.channel4.com) shows some great documentaries but alway late at night. Tonight they showed a documentary called “All the girls I’ve loved Before”, by Henrique Goldman , a Brazilian film director. In his film Goldman interviews his former loves, 6 very different women (and one who refused to be interviewed) from several countries, who talk freely straight to the camera without interruption from Goldman, about their relationships with him. It was really interesting to see the director through and ONLY through the eyes of the women in his life (..well plus a few auxiliary charactors). Nicely shot, and edited.

Really interesting and utterly charming.

A year ago, I turned on Channel4 late one night expecting some mind-numbing “best 100 …” shows, but ended up watching one of the most uplifting documentaries I have seen. I then promptly forgot what it was called. But thats ok, cus google didn’t.

The Other Final ( http://www.theotherfinal.com/ ) is the story of a football (soccer) match between the 2 worst teams in the world:

Bhutan (pop: unknown. between 1 and 2 million; fifa ranking: 202nd ): A secluded kingdom 7500ft above sea-level in the Eastern Himalayas, between China and India. The Prime Minister claims the citizens value GNH (Gross National Happiness) over GNP.

Montserrat (pop: 9,245 ; fifa ranking: 203rd ): Much of this island was devastated and two-thirds of the population fled abroad because of the eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano that began on 18 July 1995

Now I am not of fan of football, but it doesn’t matter, this story is about the diverse people and culture of the world, and getting together to enjoy sport. The resulting documentary is beautiful.

If you get a chance to watch this documentary, grab it.

Also…

If you are a nerd you might also like the bbc Radio 4 documentary series – SILICON VALLEY USA
Listen online here http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/siliconvalley.shtml