They don't necessarily have to be leftist or about leftist history, but preferably things without Western/Imperialist white-washing. I'm usually hesitant to go looking for history docs in the main stream (netflix, hulu, etc) since they're just propaganda half the time. I have a big interest in civilizations and sociology. Thanks chapos
This documentary about Cuba's Army wrecking some imperialists and racists in Angola is fun
Unfortunately haven't found a more modern one
EDIT: All documentaries on this war are propaganda , most feature CIA agents and were made in the late 80's , early 90's. But they really went the extra mile on this one. See below posts , I'll replace it when I find a better one
Blatant propaganda in this documentary, " The United States had never been a colonizing power ." I guess they're talking about in the DRC or something. I mean I shouldn't be surprises since they frequently give time to a CIA agent without commentary.
Fuck. I have no idea how I missed that. Even if we took the most literal definition of colonizing , I guess the Philippine's didn't exist?
I'm torn on whether I should delete it because I want people to know this story. All the English documentaries on this war are so shitty but some of the propaganda is more subtly presented than others. Maybe such an absurdly , over the top claim like that is better than smoother presentations? I'll post a "better" one if I can find one or delete it if anyone thinks that's for the best
I think it's a good documentary. The rest of the bit of it I watched was interesting. It isn't like it's an anti-socialist or colonialist documentary, despite them interviewing that one CIA guy.
Soviet Storm is incredible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CerdjvePsg&list=PLwGzY25TNHPC_SsXFcIH-ba0nWuNbHOM6
Der Andre Leben (documentary on DDR and interviewing people who lived under it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkk-HlEJn-I
Finnish Bolshevik on the Moscow Trials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBY_aDd5knE&t=3955s
ProleKult - History is marching
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S-CwVJxxug
Prolekult - A dying culture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jLbq9VwOK8&t=848s
Mario Sousa on Robert Conquest and his lies (I know I know, almost everyone knows Robert Conquest worked for an antiCommunist division of the British secret services whose sole purpose was to churn out lies about the Ussr but it's still fascinating to watch him dismantle Conquests utter bullshit and how the intelligence services mainstream propagandist 'historians' like Robert Conquest was back in the 70s 80s)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vcHuTskBz4&t=1s
If you like Podcasts too, you should definitely check out Working Class History
Specifically video? Because this bbc radio program has a massive catalogue.
It's russian made and thus pretty truthful take on the eastern front in a way that is never covered in documentaries about WW2. They don't shy away from the fuck-ups either.
