I love documentaries, and always find that each well done, thoroughly researched film has the ability to change my perspective a bit, and give me all sorts of new ideas to play with. I just found some new sites with lots of films people on here might like, so here it is. Feel free to add on.

http://www.esoterictube.com

http://www.documentary-log.com/documentary-list/

- BBC's Human Planet
- BBC's Amazon with Bruce Parry(He even does Ayahuasca during this trip, twice).
- Anything with David Attenborough
- Inside LSD (<- great documentary about LSD)
- The secret life of cats(can be found on Youtube)
- The secret life of ice(really interesting documentary about just ice and it's not boring)

I advise you to watch anything involving this chap: https://www.dmt-nexus.me...aspx?g=posts&t=26241

Adam Curtis does thought provoking documentaries, the below link is part 1 of a 3 part series. Also i found The Power of Nightmares to be interesting.



David Attenborough is brilliant, i have grown up watching him .

Seconding the recommendation for Adam Curtis. Also, Werner Herzog and Errol Morris are essential and will not disappoint.

And about psychedelics in documentary films... I had put together a little filmography for psychonauts for Enoon's Open Hyperspace Traveler, and since it's not openly available in the forum, makes sense to share some of it here. Only documentary films, and only on topic:


1978 - María Sabina, Mujer Espíritu (Nicolás Echevarría)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295426/
Unique film documenting the life of María Sabina, the woman who introduced Robert Wasson to psilocybe mushrooms.

1993 - The Art of Tripping (Channel 4, UK)
A journey through artistic creation and psychoactives, hosted by Bernard Hill.

2002 - Hofmann's Potion (Connie Littlefield)
http://www.imdb.es/title/tt0439611/
The first, and arguably better, documentary on LSD. Featuring professor Albert Hofmann, Ralph Metzner, Stan Grof, Ram Dass and archive takes with Aldous Huxley and Tim Leary.

2002 - Shamans of the Amazon (Dean Jefferys)
http://www.shamansofthea...n.com/index_content.html
"Shamans of the Amazon is a personal account of Film-maker Dean Jefferys returning to the Amazon with his partner and one year old daughter. They journey deep into the heart of the Ecuadorian rainforest to meet two Amazon Shamans, to learn about and experience the ancient ayahuasca ritual. The film will also show how this hallucinogenic ritual is being adapted and used in western cultures."

2004 - D'Autres Mondes / Other Worlds (Jan Kounen)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0347718/
"A Journey into The Heart of Shipibo Shamanism". One of the best film approaches to shamanism and psychedelics, featuring Charles Grob, Stanislav Grof, Luis Eduardo Luna, Pablo Amaringo, Rick Strassman and Alex Grey, among others.

2004 - Ibogaine, Rite of Passage (Ben De Loenen)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431823/
A visit to Iboga in both the bwiti rituals and a detox clinic in America. Very nice film and document.

2005 - Tribe: The Babongo (BBC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmNQSF7Mycw
A good, respectful report of the babongo rituals in Gabon.

2006 - Psychonauts (András Kovács)
http://daath.hu/psychonauts/
"Psychonauts believe that these spiritual experiences, when properly processed, lead to long-term and positive benefits in their everyday lives."

2006 - LSD, Problem Child and Wonder Drug (Michael McAteer)
http://www.lsd100.com/
Report of the symposium celebrated in Basel, Switzerland in 2006 to honor Dr. Albert Hofmann in his 100th birthday.

2007 - Entheogen: Awakening the Divine Within (Rod Mann, Nikos Katsaounis, Kevin Kohley)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1549781/
Good introducting approach to ecstasy and shamanism.

2008 - Know Your Mushrooms (Ron Mann)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1339111/
A very fun introduction to mushies and a visit to the Telluride Mushroom Festival in Colorado, US. Not specifically targeting psychedelic mushrooms (although they are more than present!) but well done and quite enjoyable.

2008 - Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey (Peter von Puttkamer)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822803/
Wade Davis follows the steps of Richard Evans Schultes and his discoveries of psychoactive plants.

2009 - Manifesting the Mind (Andrew Rutajit)
Dennis McKenna, Strassman, Pinchbeck and other usual suspects in an introduction to the psychedelic experience.

2009 - Inside LSD (Pamela Caragol Wells)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1540611/
Episode about LSD in "The Explorers" National Geographic series, narrated by Peter Coyote.

2009 - Metamorphosis (Keith Aronowitz)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446106/
The following of an ayahuasca ceremony in Iquitos, Perú.

2010 - DMT, The Spirit Molecule (Mitch Schultz)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340425/
The widely known film about Dr. Strassman's clinical DMT assays. Strassman, Hancock, nice visuals, fact and speculation and cool experience reports.

2010 - Dirty Pictures (Étienne Sauret)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1592855/
A visit to the life and works of Sasha & Ann Shulgin.

2010 - Vine of the Soul: Encounters with Ayahuasca (Richard Meech)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1562910/
Report of a journey to Amazon and Ayahuasca, with Guillermo Arévalo, Dennis McKenna, Kenneth Tupper and canadian therapist Dr. Gabor Maté.

2011 - The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD (Martin Witz)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2075352/
Well made movie about the discovery of LSD by professor Hofmann. Featuring among others Ralph Metzner, Stan Grof and Albert Hofmann himself.

Not really documentaries in the sense of the above... But if I may offer the following as jolly good to watch in their own right.

1992 - Baraka (Ron Fricke)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103767/
A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.

2011 - Samsara (Ron Fricke)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770802/
Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.

For anyone is depressed about the way society works, I would highly recommend:

2012, A time for change
http://2012timeforchange.com/

There's no website where you can watch it for free unfortunately, which I don't entirely understand why... If you have Netflix it's streaming on there though.

It's basically about a man who talks about how he found himself depressed living in the modern world, how the mundane tasks of everyday life leave you unfulfilled. He talks with economists, actors, sting, and environmentalists. It talks about DMT for maybe 10-15 minutes, there's also footage from him being on the Colbert Report which is my main source of news.

You'll love "Dirt!"

"Dirt! The Movie is an insightful and timely film that tells the story
of the glorious and unappreciated material beneath our feet."

http://www.thedirtmovie.org

I was going to post Dirt! Glad I read the whole thread first. I'll recommend The Botany of Desire. It's about plant consciousness and how some plants evolve in a way that can make it seem like they cater to humans' interests in order to continue propagation of their species. It's interesting. It's also streaming on Netflix, or was a few months ago. Ciao!

Loving the lists.... I am not a rampant Beatles fan (although i do like them) but this doc about George Harrison was great, it had a very positive effect on me when i watched it.

George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1113829/

Directed by Martin Scorsese. With George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr. Inter-cut with archive material, friends, family and associates of the musician tell the story of his life and how spirituality became such a major part of it.

Dark dayz<< a documentary from the late early 90s shot in gritty black and white showing the lives of an underground society of homeless people who all lived in the sewer pipes and train tunnels underground in NYC. It's one of my favs.

Also, Alex grey: chapel of sacred mirrors. That's a great one.

You'd be surprised what you can find on YouTube with just a few keywords too. And as mentioned in a previous reply, top documentary is the bomb!

Definitely a wide variety of documentaries on here. Here's 3 new ones coming out tomorrow and this summer...

The Reality Of Truth... Trailer Here
This highly controversial documentary explores the relationship between, Spirituality, Religion, and Psychedelics.

Sirus... Trailer Here Actual Documentary Here Tomorrow.
Sirius is a feature length documentary that follows Dr. Steven Greer an emergency room doctor turned UFO researcher as he struggles to disclose top secret information about classified energy & propulsion techniques.

And last but not least, "Psychedemia" Already Out... Here
From Neuroscience to Shamanic Healing and everything in between. This documentary film concisely illuminates the emerging interdisciplinary field of Psychedelic Studies in a way that is accessible, informative and inspiring.

Enjoy Fellow Psychonauts

Psychedelic Salon pocast on Itunes mostly Terence Mckenna Lectures
I know these arnt docs but it still good.

Psychedemia https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=Cc2OYaE9YB8

check out "VH1 the drug years" 4 part series pretty good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2W1S6decxs

Also Square Grooper is a pretty good one about smuggling greens

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1466067/?ref_=sr_2

Another series is out called grow your own drugs which goes over how to make aspirin and stuff

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grow_Your_Own_Drugs

Theres a bunch of cool doccies out by this guy called Hamilton who checks out some interesting characters in the psychedelic community

http://www.vice.com/hami.../getting-high-on-krystle
(this one is about a girl that was involved with the pickard lsd bust)

Timothy Learys Last Trip is really cool

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164203/

Theres a documentary out about Ken Kesey and The bus Further called Magic Trip a must watch

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235790/

If you guys love psychedelic documentaries like me then u might wanna check out these:

http://www.kickstarter.c...hemistry-the-documentary

http://www.kickstarter.c...ast?play=1&ref=users

they not made yet but sound like theyll be good