documentary

YouTube playlist of great documentaries I’m constantly adding to my playlist of documentaries to watch for free on YouTube, and I figured y’all would enjoy it. These are documentaries covering many different niche/fringe topics such as traveler culture, punk, slab city, homelessness, street...

I found this Situationist documentary from the 80's that was a fun waste of 40 minutes, so here ya go.

"Dennis Dean, the 83-year-old California drifter who in the film cruises community pools looking for well-off women who might provide him a cushy lifestyle, said he’s still crashing in his van and working his pick-up “system.” He’s just not in The Villages anymore." Here's the article about the...

From the YouTube description: "In this short documentary, I tried to answer some of the common questions that I usually get about shipping. The footage I took myself using fairly basic cameras that I could fit in my pocket while I was on the job as an AB (able bodied sailor) in the deck...

Alot of folks love our subculture and I'm like all of us need a dollar ever now and then. I want to start a non profit organization for travelers train hoppers and hobos. All the same right .called tourist union19. Already a Facebook group. One of the ways I plan to raise money is compiling all...

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Just found this awesome video diary by a gal Rachel, filmed in England in the early 90s. Maybe y'all have already seen it? Lots of thoughts about why the lifestyle/growing up nomadic, etc.

A while back I did a story on here about my hitch hiking adventure to Pooles land, which is a commune in Tofino BC this is the VICE documentary about the land and its people...

So, my silly little band had a good run - solid gigging from 2009 to earlier this year. We played a mix of grunge, punk and whatever else we were feeling on the day...was all for a laugh, some fun and a some personal therapy for the lot of us. We announced our final show and had some university...

There is this pretty damn good doc about this street kid with an enigmatic personality (Dylan). Filmed by a Chinese immigrant chick (her name is Nanfu which i am slightly jealous of) who lives the homeless lifestyle in order to film the realities of the life. She follows his struggles and...

Hello, I'm a french film maker, and I'm looking for American hobos, or worker-travelers, to make a documentary. I'm interested about people who are struggling for life, following dangerous or incredible path, doing special jobs on their way, or community who lives out of the grid. We want to...

Collaborative financed documentary. Unfortunately it is only in portuguese, but perhaps you can find interessing if only because of the visuals, to have an idea of how they are. This is the documentary. And this is a more visual trailer that perhaps you can enjoy. Wished you could...

Once again wasn't sure where to post this.. So hopefully a mod will move it.. Just watched this documentary on YouTube, it's fairly new.. And I figured many of you would enjoy it.

NYC based film and TV studio is looking to create a documentary/portrait series celebrating young underground travelers rejecting the 9-5 mold. We are looking to capture the unique lifestyle and community of travelers who don’t have their lives mapped out, who don’t know where they’re going...

I came across this pretty rad interactive online documentary I think some of y'all would enjoy. Its really well done, a mix of video, photo, interviews, and music. Also learned it's made by some of the people who make Adbusters which is one of my favorite magazines...

Reviewed by one of the people I collaborate with over on {R}emnants http://flip.it/lBIlp a Flipboard curated by several people, including myself. --------------------- HOBO VISIONS John T. Davis’s 1992 documentary, Hobo, finds the BBC filmmaker tagging along with a modern day...

Relevant and worth a watch when you have some time: "In January 2013, Poitras (recipient of the 2012 MacArthur Genius Fellowship and co-recipient of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service) was several years into making a film about surveillance in the post-9/11 era when she started...

This photo-documentary can be found at Interkulturel Museum in Oslo city starting January 23rd. The exhibition lasts 3 weeks and contains the work of other people as well. Its also published in my website www.bonsai.cf. With this photo documentary, I intend to show how alternative places and...

Somebody sent me this link to a casting application form to be in a documentary BBC America are making about living in a van. Seems relatively current from what I can find out online so probably still time to apply. Thought I'd share it in case there are any van dwellers who might want to take...

"Roll Up Your Sleeves is a manifesto for an alternative way of organising, working and thinking. The debut film from director Dylan Haskins was shot over a two year period by Haskins and his friends. What begins with non-profit all ages gigs in his own home 'The Hideaway House' in Ireland leads...

https://boingboing.net/2015/08/21/dirty-kids-homeless-youth-who.html Over time hippie-inspired Rainbow Gatherings in the forest have become magnets for a new counterculture: homeless teens and young adults. Alice Stein's new film Dirty Kids explores the culture clash and commonality of the two...

Hi there. I did a documentary for the BBC called American Nomads a few years back Now we're looking to do a TV series following different modern nomads. Any train hoppers or boat nomads interested? Others?

"A Documentary made in Somerset, England about a group of people who share the passion to live sustainably. Having lived without fossil fuels since 1994, we hear the tales of living in accordance with nature and what had brought them to branch out from the 'norms' of society."

Ran across this... cool. Check out this beautiful documentary entitled COBRA GYPSIES directed by Raphael Treza. Up until watching this film, I never knew that the Romani still existed in India. This film is created in a way that the subjects do not seem to be exploited for a story, but are...

Check out my IN-DEPTH (The most in-depth you'll find on YouTube) coverage of the infamous 420 Celebration on Hippie Hill, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA!! Part 1: Part 2: Share with the world. Stay up, fam!

Without Bound, a documentary featuring perspectives on mobile living from a group of fascinating folks who live fulfilling, sustainable, off-grid lives in vans, travel trailers and motorhomes... http://documentaryaddict.com/without+bound+perspectives+on+mobile+living-12833-doc.html

Great little doc on Palestine, how Israel came to be, and the tactics which make it possible to control. Not in the least surprised to find the British behind the turmoil.

Ok,ok. I am not really the star but I was recognized by the band & interviewed briefly in the doc. As most of everyone knows is I am a diehard fan of DKM, I routinely travel between 20-40k miles a year to follow this band & to attend other fests & events in the US a year. I hitch, hop use...

Hello, folks. As mentioned, I joined Squat the Planet by means of perusing forums and doing more research for my feature documentary on freight train riders in America. It's been immensely helpful and I thank all who have been unknowingly resourceful. We begin filming in a few weeks, and I...

Hey guys! I'm a second year Media Production student from the University of Winchester and I am currently in the process of making a short documentary for a film festival about squatting. I'm happy to travel to come and meet you so if you live in the UK and are interested about talking to my...

Hey guys as i'm from Australia I thought I would share with you a documentary of a true blue aussie who has made his home on the roads of Australia for the past 30 years. Ill add a link for the short documentary, when you go into the website were the documentary is, under index click on The...

Just watch it. It's about a lot of stuff but focuses on Barry Seal. It's on YouTube. Be sure to smoke before watching it adds to it.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/51846119/freeload I was around the creator and most of the characters in this doc last fall. Thought it would be out by now. Anyone know what's going on with the full lenth movie?

Are you and a group of people currently squatting in a house or dwelling in a punk house? Major cable network is looking for a dynamic group of squatters who are either currently residing in a vacant home or a punk rock house in any American city or town. If this is you, please e-mail us at...

Experienced hitchhiker looking for a indie or hollywood based film director to sponsor me. This will require the director to provide a traveling person with me and supporting funds. This is a documentary on living as a real homeless hitchhiker in the USA. This isn’t a reality show. This is a...

Popcorn Sutton makin his last run of moonshine, really amazing video. Shows you all the work put in and the philosophy and culture of this dying breed of people.

Greetings all- We are documentary film students in Winston-Salem, NC and we are interested in doing a documentary about alternative ways of transportation and alternative lifestyles. Specifically, we are interested in people who have chosen a transient lifestyle because of the economy. If you...

hey all, i'm a documentary photographer--currently living in portland, me--looking to do a photo project on squatters in maine (portland and/or rural areas). anyone know anything about squats in the area? camps? or interested subjects? any help would be much appreciated. cheers!

If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front 'If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front' explores two pressing issues - environmentalism and terrorism - by lifting the veil on a radical environmental group the FBI calls America's "number one domestic terrorism threat."...

YouTube - Islington punk squatter documentary '83

Gerry Anderson recalls the days of the hoboes - railroad tramps and itinerant workers who "jumped the boxcars" and rode the freight trains around America. During the 1930's and 1940's thousands of people chose the hobo life, traveling with no possessions beyond a bed-roll and a rucksack...

Hey everyone! I'm attenting an art school in Emeryville, CA, and a friend and I are looking to shoot a short documentary for a school project. We're focusing it as a day in the life of a street kid; that is, we're planning to interview and follow around a young person (18-25) who lives the...