http://documentaryheaven.com Welcome To Documentary Heaven!! Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:18:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://documentaryheaven.com/secrets-of-body-language/ http://documentaryheaven.com/secrets-of-body-language/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:58:46 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6267 Delve into the science of non-verbal signals as this very visual and highly entertaining exposé reveals the hidden language in which 93% of human communication takes place.From President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and 2008 presidential hopefuls Senators Barack Obama and John McCain, see how both politicians and celebrities use the subtle movements of body language to persuade masses, establish power, and advance careers.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/secrets-of-body-language/feed/ 6 http://documentaryheaven.com/the-marketing-of-madness/ http://documentaryheaven.com/the-marketing-of-madness/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:57:28 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6234 The Marketing of Madness is the definitive documentary on the psychiatric drugging industry. Here is the real story of the high income partnership between psychiatry and drug companies that has created an $80 billion psychotropic drug profit center.But appearances are deceiving. How valid are psychiatrists’ diagnoses-and how safe are their drugs? Digging deep beneath the corporate veneer, this documentary exposes the truth behind the slick marketing schemes and scientific deceit that conceal dangerous and often deadly sales campaigns.In this film you’ll discover that… Many of the drugs side effects may actually make your ‘mental illness’ worse. Psychiatric drugs can induce aggression or depression. Some psychotropic drugs prescribed to children are more addictive than cocaine. Psychiatric diagnoses appears to be based on dubious science. Of the 297 mental disorders contained with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, none can be objectively measur... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/the-marketing-of-madness/feed/ 27 http://documentaryheaven.com/bazaar-bizarre-the-strange-case-of-bob-berdella/ http://documentaryheaven.com/bazaar-bizarre-the-strange-case-of-bob-berdella/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:00:45 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6000 In 1988, Chris Bryson was found running down a Kansas City street naked, beaten, and bloody wearing nothing but a dog collar and a leash. He told police about Bob Berdella, a local business man and how Berdella had captured him, held him hostage, raped him, tortured him, and photographed him over several days.Police later arrested Berdella and searched his mid-town Kansas City home where they found several hundred polaroid photographs, a detailed torture log, envelopes of human teeth and a human skull.It was soon discovered that Berdella had murdered six young men in his home after drugging them and performing his sick acts of sexual torture. He met a couple of the victims at his business, a small shop called “Bob’s Bizaare Bazaar” where he sold artifacts from around the world related to the darker side of human nature for people with jaded tastes.Some lived the horrors for only a few days, one for six weeks.After death, Berdella would cut up the bodies with an electr... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/bazaar-bizarre-the-strange-case-of-bob-berdella/feed/ 24 http://documentaryheaven.com/batman-unmasked-the-psychology-of-the-dark-knight/ http://documentaryheaven.com/batman-unmasked-the-psychology-of-the-dark-knight/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:47:44 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5996 Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are both excellent sources of entertainment, but they also offer a complex and interesting dissection of a man who learned to use his own fear against criminals. Delve into the world of Batman and the vigilante justice that he brought to the city of Gotham. Batman is a man who, after experiencing great tragedy, devotes his life to an ideal – but what happens when one man takes on the evil underworld alone? Examine why Batman is who he is – and explore how a boy scarred by tragedy becomes a symbol of hope to everyone else. Not only does this documentary investigate the mental attitude of the mysterious caped crusader along with selective interviews from various expert, but also put some brilliant resemblances between the Batman and Theodore Roosevelt. Additionally, the filmmakers shows how spiritual iconography greatly influenced the development of the Batman character. Aside from that, it includes a short insight inside the motivating force th... 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Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/living-with-size-zero/feed/ 65 http://documentaryheaven.com/the-brain-a-secret-history/ http://documentaryheaven.com/the-brain-a-secret-history/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:14:30 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5930 In a compelling and at times disturbing series, Dr Michael Mosley explores the brutal history of experimental psychology.Mosley embarks on three journeys to understand science’s last great frontier – the human mind – as he traces the history of the attempts to understand and manipulate the brain. Experiments on the human mind have led to profound insights into how our brain works – but have also involved great cruelty and posed some terrible ethical dilemmas.Mind Control. To begin, Michael traces the sinister ways this science has been used to try to control our minds. He finds that the pursuit of mind control has led to some truly horrific experiments and left many casualties in its wake. Extraordinary archive captures what happened – scientists systematically change the behavior of children; law abiding citizens give fatal electric shocks; a gay man has electrodes implanted in his head in an attempt to turn his sexuality.Emotions Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/the-brain-a-secret-history/feed/ 7 http://documentaryheaven.com/stephen-fry-the-secret-life-of-the-manic-depressive/ http://documentaryheaven.com/stephen-fry-the-secret-life-of-the-manic-depressive/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:40:11 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5929 Stephen Fry presents this documentary exploring the disease of manic depression; a little understood but potentially devastating condition affecting an estimated two percent of the population.Stephen embarks on an emotional journey to meet fellow sufferers, and discuss the literal highs and lows of being bi-polar.Celebrities such as Carrie Fisher and Richard Dreyfuss invite the comedian into their home to relate their stories.Plus Stephen looks into the lives of ordinary people trying to deal with the illness at work and home, and of course to the people studying manic depression in an effort to better control it. A fascinating, moving and ultimately very entertaining Emmy Award-winning programme.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/stephen-fry-the-secret-life-of-the-manic-depressive/feed/ 63 http://documentaryheaven.com/stress-portrait-of-a-killer/ http://documentaryheaven.com/stress-portrait-of-a-killer/#comments Sat, 28 May 2011 15:23:06 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5794 The stress response: in the beginning it saved our lives, making us run from predators and enabling us to take down prey. Today, human beings are turning on the same life-saving physical reaction to cope with 30-year mortgages, $4 a gallon gasoline, final exams, difficult bosses and even traffic jams — we can’t seem to turn it off. So, we’re constantly marinating in corrosive hormones triggered by the stress response.Now, scientists are showing just how measurable — and dangerous — prolonged exposure to stress can be. Stanford University neurobiologist, MacArthur “genius” grant recipient, and renowned author Robert Sapolsky reveals new answers to why and how chronic stress is threatening our lives in Killer Stress, a National Geographic Special. The hour-long co-production of National Geographic Television and Stanford University was produced exclusively for public television.In this revelatory film, discoveries occur in an extraordinary range of places, from babo... 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Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/pyromania/feed/ 2 http://documentaryheaven.com/married-to-the-eiffel-tower/ http://documentaryheaven.com/married-to-the-eiffel-tower/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 01:21:10 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5557 This Documentary explores the world of three women who are sexually and emotionally attracted to objects. These so-called ‘objectum sexuals’ shy away from contact with other humans in favour of structures large and small.Naisho, an American woman, has been lovingly connected with the Golden Gate Bridge, has a fence for a lover in her bedroom, used to be in love with an archery bow and is now officially married to the Eiffel Tower.Together with Naisho and the documentary crew, a swedish woman introduces us to some of her lovers – a guillotine and a fence, and another American woman gives us an insight to her three greatest lovers in this world. A carnival fun ride, a church fence and the Empire State building in New York.It is a journey into the notions of love, tolerance, freedom of choice in our modern world, and a road towards understanding objectophilia better.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/married-to-the-eiffel-tower/feed/ 209