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<blockquote data-quote="Jason73" data-source="post: 174951" data-attributes="member: 3">I&#039;ve watched three recently.&nbsp; The first two I watched because I haven&#039;t been able to sleep lately and have just scrolled through the documentaries on Hulu for something that caught my attention, so I wasn&#039;t expecting a lot from them . . .Pamela Smart: An American Murder Mystery (on Hulu):&nbsp; I remember the case.&nbsp; I think I&#039;ve seen the Nicole Kidman movie based on the case and I&#039;ve definitely watched the Lifetime movie about the case.&nbsp; This didn&#039;t really add much that I didn&#039;t already know about the case, except updates on where everyone related to the case is now.&nbsp; I find it thought provoking that the kid (who isn&#039;t a kid anymore, but rather a 40-something) who put the gun to Greg Smart&#039;s head and pulled the trigger, is out of jail; and Pamela Smart, who orchestrated the murder (though she still claims she didn&#039;t) but wasn&#039;t there when the murder took place, is still in prison.&nbsp; I can&#039;t decide how I feel about that.Uncovered: The McMartin Family Trials (on Hulu): I can&#039;t remember what led me to google this a while back--I think it was something I had read about mass hysteria that referenced this case.&nbsp; It&#039;s fascinating how this child molestation accusation spirals completely out of control based on police incompetence, mass hysteria and some political aspirations.&nbsp; As an educator, I find the idea that this could happen to innocent people kind of terrifying.[MEDIA=youtube]ZyAlUrIgV2g[/MEDIA]The Vietnam War (Netflix):&nbsp; This is a ten episode (nearly 20 hour) documentary on the war by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.&nbsp; Admittedly I knew next to nothing about this war.&nbsp; I found the documentary shocking and heartbreaking.&nbsp; It was interesting to compare the politics of the time to the politics of today.&nbsp; I learned a lot from this one and highly recommend it.[MEDIA=youtube]3j-3Xi5BcKs[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jason73, post: 174951, member: 3"] I've watched three recently. The first two I watched because I haven't been able to sleep lately and have just scrolled through the documentaries on Hulu for something that caught my attention, so I wasn't expecting a lot from them . . . Pamela Smart: An American Murder Mystery (on Hulu): I remember the case. I think I've seen the Nicole Kidman movie based on the case and I've definitely watched the Lifetime movie about the case. This didn't really add much that I didn't already know about the case, except updates on where everyone related to the case is now. I find it thought provoking that the kid (who isn't a kid anymore, but rather a 40-something) who put the gun to Greg Smart's head and pulled the trigger, is out of jail; and Pamela Smart, who orchestrated the murder (though she still claims she didn't) but wasn't there when the murder took place, is still in prison. I can't decide how I feel about that. Uncovered: The McMartin Family Trials (on Hulu): I can't remember what led me to google this a while back--I think it was something I had read about mass hysteria that referenced this case. It's fascinating how this child molestation accusation spirals completely out of control based on police incompetence, mass hysteria and some political aspirations. As an educator, I find the idea that this could happen to innocent people kind of terrifying. [MEDIA=youtube]ZyAlUrIgV2g[/MEDIA] The Vietnam War (Netflix): This is a ten episode (nearly 20 hour) documentary on the war by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Admittedly I knew next to nothing about this war. I found the documentary shocking and heartbreaking. It was interesting to compare the politics of the time to the politics of today. I learned a lot from this one and highly recommend it. [MEDIA=youtube]3j-3Xi5BcKs[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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