Here's your chance to learn everything you needed to know about the past and present situation in modern Tibet. This award winning documentary, released in 2003 after 10 years in the making, shows through interviews and news footage the true grimness of what Tibet has gone through over the last five decades.

After watching this nearly two hour long documentary you will probably feel compelled to attend a Free Tibet rally or at least buy a bumper sticker...

The video can be viewed via Google Video (to the right), but is also available for download in mp4 format for the iPod Touch and iPhone on this page:

Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion

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I've always been fascinated wtih India and it's history (and it's food). Granted I've never been there but this was about the next best thing.

Michael Wood did this 6 hour documentary for the BBC in 2007 and it is an amazing look at the country. Wood, who can be almost too cheerful at times, is a remarkable historian and he leaves few stones unturned here as he sifts through two thousand years of culture while crisscrossing the subcontinent.

As I recall I watched nearly all of this in one day while at home in bed with a cold. Whenever you have a cold I can advise the same remedy.

The first part can be viewed via Google Video (above). It, and the other five parts, are also available for download in mp4 format for the iPod Touch and iPhone via the following links:

The Story of India - Part 1
The Story of India - Part 2
The Story of India - Part 3
The Story of India - Part 4
The Story of India - Part 5
The Story of India - Part 6

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Made in 2001 this is a one hour documentary that gives a rare (and somewhat frightening) glimpse into what life in modern North Korea is like.

It was made by Dutch filmmaker Peter Tetteroo and received the International Emmy for Best Documentary. It was filmed over the period of one week.

Even after watching this you'll find yourself perplexed with the paradox that is the DPRK. In fact probably more so than before you saw it...

The video can be viewed via Google Video (to the right), but is also available for download in mp4 format for the iPod Touch and iPhone on this page:

Welcome to North Korea by Peter Tetteroo

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