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Uncommon Videos of Common Interest

(Some of these videos are poor in quality but rich in content. If the link doesn't work,
you can google the title or subject.)

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Beautiful & Inspiring videos

The Man Who Planted Trees  A lovely animated film by Frederick Back. An all-time favorite of mine.

"The Inner History of a Day"  A beautiful poem by Irish philosopher and poet John O'Donohue is narrated with images and music.

A Good Day  This short piece with words and narration by Dominican Brother David Steindl-Rast has inspired thousands of people to take a new look at today.

Gratitude   This brief TED talk brings together the talents of cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg with Brother David Stendl-Rast's words.

Louie Schwartzberg: The hidden beauty of pollination and
Hidden Mracles of the Natural World
Enjoy more of the work of this film-maker. He is currently working on a film with Kenny Ausable, John Cleese and Rick Tarnas. Watch for "Changing of the Gods" from this mighty trio.

The Landfill Harmonic-60 minutes  Amazing what you can learn from fellow travelers in an airport shuttle (who told me about this). More amazing is the story itself. More on this story: The Landfill Harmonic

Gorgeous Portraits of the World's Vanishing People  Photographer Jimmy Nelson takes us on a journey that is fun as well as beautiful.

Jyoti: Walk On  Another great cinematographer and musician, Gary Malkin, has turned his talents to creating audio and video that heals, elevates and offers interludes of serenity to hectic lives. This is from his Wisdom of the World CD--"Graceful Passages." Jyoti is ambassador of the 13 Grandmothers. She tells her story in The Spirit of a Woman.

Searching for Sacred Mountain  A Chinese journalist seeking answers to China's ecological crisis finds answers among traditional people and their sacred mountain.

Science at the Frontier

Cracking the Code of Life  Nova tells the story of the genome project.

The Secret Life of Chaos  Excellent BBC film that explores such new sciences as complexity theory, self-organization, fractals and chaos, beginning with Alan Turing's discoveries that led to the computer and morphogenesis.

Candace Pert on Molecules of Emotion  Pert did pioneering work on the receptors in the brain and the peptides that correspond to them. This led to her book The Molecules of Emotion and her later controversial ideas about healing and the brain. 

Bruce Lipton  The Biology of Belief  A developmental cell biologist who has done studies for Stanford and NIH makes discoveries that lead to his ideas on the importance of belief to the human. Sometime in the 1980s he abandoned his life-long atheism and came to believe that the way cells functioned demonstrated the existence of God. His ideas are controversial in the scientific community.

Unlocking the Brain, Earth's Most Complex Biological Structure Short video that describes the new field of brain research using optogenetics.

Parkinson's, depression and the switch that might turn them off  Neurosurgeon Andres Lozano looks at new breakthroughs in the field of deep brain stimulation. TED talk.

The Quantum Factor  An animation that describes in simple terms the double-split experiment that revealed the strange behavior of the quantum world.

The Most Wanted Particle  A scientist working with the Large Hadron Collider describes the search for the Higgs Boson.

Time Reborn  Theoretical physicist Lee Smolin challenges the prevailing view of time in physics.

Discovering the Past

The Wave That Destroyed Atlantis (BBC)
In this 2012 documentary, scientists make new discoveries about the destruction of Minoan civilization.

The Mystery of Chaco Canyon  A fascinating film, narrated by Robert Redford, on discoveries made by Anna Sofaer and the Solstice Project.

A History of the Ancient Southwest  2011. Archaeologist Stephen Lekson looks at the history of the southwest in a broader than usual perspective, speculating on its relationship to ancient Mexican sites and following the migrations of Pueblo people from Chaco and other centers.

At the Edge of the Volcano Excellent documentary. For an ancient people known to archeologists as the Sinagua, there were warning signs as the Earth trembled under foot. Sunset Crater volcano erupted over 900 years ago and smothered the entire region in cinders and ash... and left an imprint on the people.

Cahokia: City of the Sun 

First Peoples: Europe   NOVA

The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu  A fascinating discovery in remote place of ancient manuscripts reveals a literary heritage.



Classic Television Series

We never wanted to miss a single episode of these. Although dated in some ways, in others they are surprisingly fresh.

Civilization: A Personal View by Kenneth Clark. 13 episodes

James Burke: Connections  1978. 17 episodes. This is an entertaining and imaginative look at the history of science and invention by a historian of science. Very popular in its time and followed by a book of that title. 

The Ascent of Man  1972. 13 episodes. Mathematician and biologist Jacob Bronowski explores the evolution of man from the dawn of the human to civilization. Another landmark series. If you have Netflix, you can compare this with Brian Swimme's updated Journey of the Universe, which includes our knowledge of the universe story as part of our own history.

Memorable Commencement Addresses

J.K. Rowling at Harvard

Steve Jobs at Stanford 2005

Jim Carrey at Maharishi University of Management 2014

Denzel Washington at the University of Pennsylvania

Oprah Winfrey at Harvard

Motivational (make you want to get up and DO)

Make the Impossible Possible  Born in a poor black neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Bill Strickland describes how the concept school that he created uses beauty, respect and hope to transform "poor folks" into working class citizens.

How to Find the Work You Love  A young man recounts his struggle to find work that was meaningful and joyful and found a career inspiring others.

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