NETFLIX and Documentaries: FYI

by patio34 5 Replies latest social entertainment

  • patio34
    patio34

    I've recently joined Netflix and this is an FYI.

    They have 2,800 documentaries and include many genres and makers (National Geo., BBC, PBS, Discovery, IMAX, etc.)

    It's like having a classroom in your living room only better, imo! I watched The Real Eve tracing the mitichrondial DNA from one woman (not the Biblical Eve, but one in a group of people that were barely suriving).

    It also answered the question of why black people are black and white people are white. Briefly, it's because living by the equator, especially in desert-like Africa at the time, the ultra-violet rays tended to destroy folate, which led to birth defects and deaths of fetuses. A lot of melanin in the skin protected them and they could then reproduce successfully. The darker the skin, the more you'd have offspring and pass on your genes.

    As they migrated towards the poles and away from the equator, then the problem was production of vitamin D. There wasn't as much sunlight, so melanin prevented producing vitamin D, also essential for life. So the lighter people had more offspring, and so on till they became light-skinned. A geneticist said any group of black people would turn white and vice-versa within 20,000 years this way in those conditions.

    Anyway, back to the selection of documentaries on Netflix---it's wonderful!

    Pat

  • DanTheMan
    DanTheMan

    Hmm, I might join just for that, I love documentary films.

    Speaking of which, check out Children Underground if you get a chance. Superbly done documentary film, heartbreaking subject matter tho.

  • patio34
    patio34

    Thanks, Dan---I'll add it to my queue.

  • MegaDude
    MegaDude

    Love Netflix.

    I like the Penn & Teller "Bullshit" Series, Season 1 and 2. It's an expose' show on various trends and beliefs in our culture done in a caustic manner but enlightening none the less.

  • Princess
    Princess

    the other day I checked to see if they had a Tom Green show I'd watched a few years back. "Subway Monkey" should be in my mailbox Monday!

    Love Netflix!

    Rachel

  • NeonMadman
    NeonMadman

    I wish I had time to watch all the Netflix stuff I'd like to...I have over 140 movies in my queue and it just keeps getting longer...

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