I would really recommend all four of the Hidden Colors documentaries - they provide a fascinating counter-narrative to the so-called Historical Record - the information on the Moors and the faking of the record regarding the indigenous people of Egypt is fascinating and that’s just the tip of the iceberg

One of my favourite films, the soundtrack is incredible - anyone new to Rockers, check out The Harder They Come and Babylon.

One of the most fascinating things about this documentary is the emphasis on the fact that most of the rank and file members of the BPP were women, many of them teenagers.
The way the BPP is often presented by the media as a bunch of macho gun-toting men, does not tell the whole story.

This is an excellent documentary, that helped pull a proto-punk African-American band out of the memory hole and into the consciousness of an entire generation of new fans, including myself - Before the Bad Brains, there was Death!

If you are a documentary fan and you haven’t yet seen Alain Resnais’ 1957 Night And Fog, now is the time to sit down, relax and spend the next half an hour in awe.

This was a fascinating look at one man’s attempt to regain control of his mind. I had never seen so many Barbies and GI Joe’s in one place.
His world was marvelous.

I remember first hearing about the bombing of the MOVE house and the jailing of its members back in the eighties and what struck me the most was the lack of outrage over the COINTELPRO style jailings of black activists and the military attack on civilians.
How times have changed… Maybe.

It’s a strange world - this took me a few years to track down in the eighties and then it was on a third or fourth generation VHS tape - and now it’s available instantly for free!
It’s an incredible film for those who like it weird and wonderful - though it says 1971 on the release date, this is very much a sixties film, with even an appearance by Fugs poet Tuli Kupferberg!

The Manchurian Candidate and 3 Days Of The Condor are two of my favorite films. Laurence Harvey and Robert Redford are fantastic actors.
Have you ever seen Domino? It’s based on the life of Harvey’s daughter. https://www.primewire.li/movie/885053-watch-domino

What always strikes me about these shows is the utter unaccountability of the prosecutors and ‘forensic experts’ who play a clear and direct role in sentencing innocent people to death. The fact that they are allowed to remain in employment, retain their scientific credentials and invariably decline to answer any questions about their role in a miscarriage of justice, never mind apologise to those they falsely imprisoned - all this suggests that until they are held accountable, the criminal justice system will continue to send the innocent to jail.

Such a great film - the screenplay by JFK researchers Mark Lane and Donald Freed is excellent and though it is about a specific assassination, it really is more a blueprint on how the deep state generally functions in certain situations.

If this was your first viewing and you enjoyed it, I would have 7 Days In May, the original Manchurian Candidate, the Parallax View, Twilight’s Last Gleaming and 3 Days Of The Condor lined up for starters!

Power to the people.

My personal favourite ‘children’s’ television show from the seventies - if you are new to the British folk horror/Sci-fi genre then check out The Owl Service, Sky, Raven, The Changes, Timeslip and Quatermass 1979 to name but a few!

This is such a great documentary! I’ve watched it a few times now and I must admit, I’ve become a fan of his music - his 1973 self-titled album is well worth checking out… You’re A Space Clown….!

Though slated at the time, Derek Jarman’s Jubilee has not only endured but has grown in stature and recognition over the years.
I first saw it on VHS as a young teenager in the early eighties and it has remained one of my favourite films - on a magical level, the connecting of John Dee and the realm of Elizabeth 1st in the 16th century and the contemporary apocalyptic sci-fi vision of a broken England makes perfect sense and like Blake’s Jerusalem speaks of a mystical Albion that lies submerged all around us (plus you get to see The Slits smash things up!)

As a long time fan of the director Julie Temple, I think this one of the best things he has ever done - even if you are not a fan of punk music, you can still get an incredible amount of this film - the historical background of seventies Britain is very well done and the cast of characters including of course Joe Strummer is fascinating - worth it just to see one of my favourite human beings, the legendary original drummer of The Slits, Palmolive!

There was a small explosion of great American television around this period with Twin Peaks, Dark Skies, Gothic, Nowhere Man, X-Files and of course Oliver Stone and Bruce Wagner’s Wild Palms.

This was a period when the concept of Virtual Reality was just surfacing out of the margins and into the mainstream via films like Lawnmower Man etc (though writers like PK Dick and obscure German films like Fassbinder’s World On A Wire had been exploring these concepts for years).

I’ve always thought Wild Palms was visionary television at its best and one of Oliver Stone’s most under-rated projects - its definitely not mainstream viewing but if you enjoy series Twin Peaks then this is for you.

Classic British horror from my personal vault :)

One of the best UK sixties films based on the novel by John Fowles, partly inspired by a true story.

One of the greatest and most bizarre short films ever conceived - this will stay with you forever! If you have 35 minutes to spare then watch it!

Excellent spin-off of The Wire featuring some of the same actors, though playing very different roles…

Incredible to think the first time I watched this was nearly 20 years ago - it’s testament to the characters and the script that it remains hilarious all these years later!

I never imagined I would be re-watching this during a global pandemic! I would also recommend the original 1975 series which may be a good place to gather tips just in case…

This is an excellent series and it really underscores the fact that often the biggest obstacle to overturning a wrongful conviction is the refusal by the original prosecution agency to test existing evidence using new technology that was not available at the time.
It makes a mockery of their absolute assurance they got the right person because surely they would be confident of the outcome if that was the case.

A true story that has everything - greed, revenge, tiny monopoly pieces, betrayal, mail fraud, a fake film production crew and somewhere in the middle of it all, a glimmer of redemption.
The documentary makers did an incredible job, taking a hugely complex narrative with multiple players and agencies, and crafting it into a gripping story that keeps you coming back for the next episode.
It will no doubt be in my top five documentary list of 2020 at the years end.

I seldom watch BBC programs these days, but this has been a welcome exception - it gives you a privileged window into the modus operandi of a murder enquiry and it highlights the incredible work the British police do.

Hours of absolute quality science-fiction - a reminder of a time when ideas, story telling and acting were not dumbed down and the episodes stayed in your thoughts.