Documentaries

Does anyone know of any good documentaries about cyberpunk in the modern world? Not necessarily intentionally so; I suddenly desired a documentary about underground hardware trade in China, which would be very cyberpunk but not *intentionally* cyberpunk, if that makes any sense. What are some good documentaries you've seen that triggered your cyberpunk senses?

Some time ago I saw a video about the Egyptian protests against their gov and - in a different note - how the Chinese economy led to the existence of unhabitated cities in the middle of nowhere full of half-built buildings. It was one of the VICE series by the BBC or the CBS or someting, I looked it up, read that it's biased and didn't see any more vids, but I liked that one. There are a couple documentaries about drones too.

CitizenFour, the Internets own boy and terms of services may apply.

this interests me as well

>>579 Does this one count? >Life Inside a Secret Chinese Bitcoin Mine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kua5B5K3I

"High Tech, Low Life" - a documentary about independent journalism/blogging in China and the way it conflicts with the state.

You'll like this.

>>581 These are great.

>>581 >the Internets own boy That was great, and there's a newer (2015) film about Aaron called Killswitch, but I couldn't find a download. Will report back if I do. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killswitch_(documentary)

>>587 It's not on ptp either.

>>585 Know of any good torrents for this?

>>589 Should have put the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLqrVCi3l6E

>>590 deep web is prett good

>>589 I haven't yound anything better than the youtube link - I grabbed it with ``youtube-dl``

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/the-slum/ Manilla is cyb af. The episode about the midget who sifts through soyk all day to feed his tetris addiction left me stunned.

>>579 I don know if we can embed video so here is a link https://vimeo.com/111346364 but The Century Of The Self by Adam Curtis >The Century of the Self is a 2002 British television documentary series by Adam Curtis. It focuses on how the work of Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, and Edward Bernays influenced the way corporations and governments have analyzed, dealt with, and controlled people. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_of_the_Self >"This series is about how those in power have used Freud's theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy." —Adam Curtis' introduction to the first episode.

>>594 this is an amazing documentary and should be shown in all universities\schools. It definitely is a must watch. >>593 manilla? >>591 link? >>584 found a link. quality is decent but its on one of those sites you should definitely have ublock when using. http://www.movie8k.me/High-Tech-Low-Life-online-film-44335.html >>580 link?

>>595 >>580 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trs_udhjWqc

somebody can pass me link/torrent to the documental "high tech , low life"?

>>597 http://50.7.164.226:8182/6koragy3xwu4tqukwz23ffjxlfz3errw7mjgr3gckqpvw3hkyln73jrpbq/video.flv sorry anon, it was the highest i could find. Tell me if it's down.

>>597 Would you be interested in me uploading the web 1080p version to mega ?

>>597 >>599 I'm going to to this anyway. ~3% I also have to go out and take care of some things. Max ETA 6 hours. Sorry if it's too much.

>>595 http://kat.cr/deep-web-2015-hdrip-xvid-ac3-evo-t10727167.html It's about the silk road and all that shir pretty rad.

High.Tech.Low.Life.2012.WEB.1080p.h264.mkv 3.02 GB https://mega.co.nz/#!WkxgBDrA!68ZXjnn_T2VbH1VhEtn9O7Z6_4pqL46_zVEJpWTh1as

Not sure if relevant here, but I just got done watching Internet Rising. Full of glitch art, mental masturbation material (for me at least), and a bunch of interviews conducted exclusively online. http://documentaryaddict.com/internet+rising-1651-doc.html

>>601 i cringe about the soykafty descriptions what tor is it's really easy they just dont give a fuarrrk that they completely miss the point (the management summary of tor is it is just a few special proxy servers you can route your traffic through and therefore tor hidden services are one possible WAY to implement a dark web)

>>601 wow that trial was such a staged bs

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1p9jlQUW0k >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZrCzgprPT8 "The tower of David" in Caracas, Valenzuela was supposed to be a skyscraper on the main banking street of the capital that would house a powerful bank. However, midway through it's completion the economy in Valenzuela had a crash. For almost 10 years, the massive structure stood unfinished and unused. But the people became sick of it sitting there and doing nothing. So they began to move in. First the bottom levels, but eventually almost all the levels of the towering behemoth became filled with people living and working in the tower. The tower has very little infrastructure, especially in the upper levels but the residents are always trying to do whatever they can to improve it. Regardless, it does have some problems with criminality and drugs. It's all very Megablocks from the setting of Judge Dredd. The government/authorities are now trying to move people out of the tower, citing that's it's too dangerous to leave people in a skyscraper that's barely move that the skeleton of a finished product. However, many have no where else to go and don't wish to leave.

>>606 This is extremely /cyb/ I wonder what will end up happening. Hopefully they fix up the place and make it suitable for living and keep it cheap for those living there. Pretty much a pipe dream though

>>585 I liked it. The director could've been more subtle when approaching the victims though. He might've gotten more interesting responses if he didn't 'offend them' so soon. Too bad this flick didn't concentrate more on the relationship between Macy - artist/hippies - computer history. Does anyone have any recommendations what to watch or read in that area?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU not a documentary per-se, but worth watching

>>598 Not the same guy but I watched it and it was fuarrrking nothing: 1h30m of 2 guys running some blogs about poor people in China.

>>610 I watched it last night, and I thought it was great. It was about the two guys sure, but I thought it did a good job of telling the story of how fuarrrked the Chinese government is, through these guy's stories. I defintely recommend it.

>>609 Why is the cyberpunk future/reality so...sad in the end? If you look at media and art from the '80s, there was this "looking towards the future" as something bright and bountiful on the horizon Now in the 21st century, we're here, and just how great is it? Technology has made our lives more convenient, but it comes at cost of our social lives and soon our jobs We're advancing so fast. I'm scared tech/robots/AI will eclipse us I finished SEL this past month and so many things about that show are unsettling, especially how ahead of its time and relevant it is I just hope there is a real Lain/God of the Internet out there

>>612 SEL?

>>613 you know..

>>614

http://stealthisfilm.com A free documentary about whistleblowing, featuring Ed Snowden and Aaron Swartz.

Not really a documentary,but a nice video from someone who says he is an ex CIA: https://youtu.be/EKlKGB3YwjE

Just found this, seems the type. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXajND7BQzk Inside The Dark Web

>>594 'All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace' is another good one by Curtis. The context and people interviewed ties in with 'The Net'. see: >>585 Also 'The Tube' (2009) covers this history and effects of TV, it's very educational, similar journalistic style as 'The Net'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Entell#Direction http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358228/ It's hard to find online, one tinfoiler site hosts and flv file but i can't remember that site anymore. i did upload a backup copy to the installgentoo ftp though, it's listed in the videos/documentaries folder. enjoy the show. if i find the http link i'll post it.

OP of >>619 here, I found the HTTP link here it is: http://www.regainyourbrain.org/regain_video/THE_TUBE_2009_2.f4v the site it's hosted on is pretty interesting, it has some interesting pages about various people like John C Lily and others. There's also a few interesting articles about 'infotoxins', see: http://www.regainyourbrain.org/regain_articles/jeff%20phillips%20articles/infotoxin%20definitions.htm http://www.regainyourbrain.org/regain_articles/jeff%20phillips%20articles/A%20Free-Lance%20Intelligence%20Report%20by%20J.htm not to sidetrack the documentary thread thought, just remembering some of the stuff i found on that site a long time ago.

>>588 >>587 The wiki article says that it hasn't been released yet, it's still just presented in conventions and festivals.

>>595 Manila is the 3rd most populous metropolitan area in the world.

TPB AFK? i thought it was pretty cyber punk, even the opening scenes where it seems as though their trying to make offwith their server equipment as someone might be chasing them

>>623 that was a nice documentary. sad too.

finally got around to watching citizenfour the "second leaker" mentioned at the end is gone/dead/caught/silent now right?

>>606 Amazing seeing the difference in portrayal from the first video compared to the second

>>606 I live near the Elefante Blanco, which was supposed to be a huge hospital, the biggest one in latin america, and was also abandoned because money and dictatorships. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae-iQa6dOBQ

Really? https://archive.org/details/cyberpunkeducator It's too bad his trainhopping documentary never got released.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlJkgQZb0VU Documentary on intercepting satellite tv feeds in the 90s to see behind the scenes during presidential campaigns.

>>980 >>606 Sounds like a housing project in the united states. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7RwwkNzF68

>>606 I love stuff like this. It gives me some good Kowloon-vibes. I also love how, while most towns, in order to maintain a false image of cleanliness and goodness, keep their slums and dirty poor people on the outskirts, these people are in the tallest building of the town, looming over all of the main streets and city buildings, acting as the blemish on the town's almost-perfect face. They are, in an almost literal way, the elephant in the room. People touring the town might ask what that huge building is only to be shushed down aggressively for acknowledging its existence.

>>1378 Hey, I like that. Also to that other guy about stealthisfilm-- I saw two films by that name put out by TPB. Liked the second one more. But I didn't follow your link, so. On mobile

>>579 What's the name of that documentary?