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The human condition encompasses the totality of the experience of being human and living human lives. However, understanding the precise nature and scope of what is meant by the term "human condition" is itself a philosophical problem. The term is also used in a metaphysical sense, to describe the joy, terror, humor and other feelings or emotions associated with being and existence. Humans, to an apparently superlative degree amongst all living things, are aware of the passage of time, can remember the past and imagine the future, and are aware of their own mortality. Only humans are known to ask themselves questions relating to the purpose of life beyond the base need for survival, or the nature of existence beyond that which is empirically apparent. Excerpt from Wikipedia

With our humanity documentaries we explore the human condition, selected biography documentaries, evolution, health, the mind, as well as the future of human life.


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Expanding on the critically acclaimed special, In the Womb, National Geographic explores the extraordinary and fragile world of twins, triplets and quadruplets in utero. Featuring amazing 4-D ultrasound images and revolutionary new fetal imaging techniques, this remarkable new special travels inside the womb to witness tiny fetuses as they grow...
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Europe, eighty thousand years ago, for countless generations the kingdom of a remarkable and mysterious creature, Neanderthal. A species of human in many ways so similar to us, and yet also very different. Tonight we’ve brought together a crack team of experts to recreate Neanderthal. In unrivalled, anatomical detail. We’ll discover exactly...
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Documentarian Thomas Riedelsheimer shows us Andy Goldsworthy as he creates art in natural settings using natural materials such as driftwood, ice, mud, leaves, and stones. Goldsworthy comments on his “earthworks” and occasionally responds to off screen questions from Riedelsheimer while he painstakingly builds his outdoors sculptures. With...
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Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1956 film, The Mystery of Picasso (Le Mystère Picasso), sets out some lofty goals for itself. In only 75 minutes, Clouzot seeks to uncover nothing less than the “mystery,” not merely of Picasso’s process of painting, but of artistic production itself. We’re talking metaphysical meta-projects here, the search for...
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To produce one of the world’s great masterpieces is impressive. To create three is truly astonishing – but this is exactly what Michelangelo did five hundred years ago. With his own hands he designed and created the most famous sculpture in the world – the David; the most awe-inspiring painting – the ceiling of the Sistine chapel; and one...
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A powerful, moving and accurate docudrama based on the life of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Paul Rhys’s masterful portrayal of Beethoven is particularly noteworthy, doing well to vividly convey the isolation and despair Beethoven experienced throughout his life, while insightful narration from the popular conductor, composer and presenter...
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An enlightening and enveloping reconstruction of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s (1756–1791) life. Masterfully written and directed, every aspect of the film has been given thorough thought in order to ensure an accurate historical reconstruction. Inspirational performances from the main actors and actresses foster captivation, while regular...
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This is the story of one of the greatest minds in history. An artist, scientist, engineer, visionary and all-round genius, Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) was arguably the main figure of the Renaissance. Over three gripping episodes, this docudrama from the BBC reconstructs the life of Leonardo from early boyhood to death.
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This BBC documentary follows the lives of three women who feel uncomfortably defined by their naturally large bust size. One is terrified of having breast reduction surgery but with her breasts causing her chronic back pain she knows it may be her only option. Another hopes that alternative therapies and an exercise regime will downsize her chest;...
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Will boys always be boys and girls always be girls? Will we ever really understand each other? You may be shocked by your conclusions. Prepare yourself for an intimate, erotic examination of physical differences between the sexes, from body fat to brain power. See Turkish men demonstrate their suitability as mates by wrestling in olive oil....
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It has long been considered the most compelling question in our history: Where do human beings come from? Although life has existed for millions of years, only in the past century-and-a-half have we begun to use science to explore the ancestral roots of our own species. The search for the ultimate answer has taken a number of twists and turns,...
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You might think that your memory is there to help you remember facts, such as birthdays or shopping lists. If so, you would be very wrong. The ability to travel back in time in your mind is, perhaps, your most remarkable ability, and develops over your lifespan. In this documentary, Horizon takes viewers on an extraordinary journey into the human...
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In 2001, scientists announced an amazing discovery: the oldest skull of a human ancestor ever found. The 3½ million year old fossil was remarkably complete, and unlike any previous fossil find. Its discovery – by a team led by Meave Leakey of the famous Leakey fossil-hunting family – has revolutionized our understanding of how humans evolved....
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This is a documentary about a controversial theory regarding the mechanism that drove the evolution of humans from primates to modern man; challenging the presently accepted evolutionary premise. It also speculates on humanity’s future evolutionary path. Homo Futurus is a controversial because it presents a theory regarding the mechanism driving...
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Human Body: Pushing the Limits takes you across continents and introduces you to people who have pushed their bodies to the max. This groundbreaking documentary uses CGI technology and hi-tech camera work to examine their physical ordeals in vivid detail both externally and internally! From mountain climbing, martial arts and desperate rescues to...
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This seven-part documentary explains why Charles Darwin’s “dangerous idea” is so important today, and how it explains the past and predicts the future. What underlies the incredible diversity of life on Earth? How have complex life forms evolved? The journey from water to land, the return of land mammals to the sea, and the emergence of...
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There are 6 billion people on the planet. Every single one of them are unique individuals. We each have thougths and ideas and memories and feelings. What is happening in your brain when talking and listening? This is not about mechanics of speaking, listening and understanding a language. This is about subjective sensation of being you. British...
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Three films exploring the very thing that makes us human. Each episode features an extraordinary character who can do extraordinary things with their brain. Marc Yu is only 7 years old, but he already has a repertoire of over 15 classical piano pieces – some of them over 20 minutes long. Chess grand master Susan Polgar tells the story of how her...
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In early times, evil spirits were thought to possess people and make them act in strange and frightening ways. By the 1800’s, the study of this hysteria led some doctors to believe one person could have separately functioning personalities. In this rare research film from the 1920’s, a woman has different personalities who believes they are...
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Thoreau said that if an emergency struck, a man should be able to leave his home with nothing more than the clothing on his back and feel like he left nothing behind. Self sufficiency is almost impossible to obtain in modern society. Did you know there’s a dream that still prevails now as strongly as it did in 1882 when Thoreau wrote Walden?...
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Permaculture is a bit of everything. To some it is architecture, to others, organic farming. Some say it is a philosophy and a way of life, others believe it is their only hope. Permaculture is a design system, but the engineering principles it follows are those of life. Earth evolved from dust and gas and made in the energy of a huge hydrogen...
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His name is Michel Blomgren and his greatest interest is survival in the wilderness and primitive, but comfortable, outdoor life. He has earlier shared his outdoor experiences and experiments through photographs and stories. This engagement has now resulted in the making of a short movie series about survival with a documentary touch.
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Nearly everyone has experienced a moment when a faint fragrance brings a memory of a long-lost moment in time crashing back to the forefront of their minds.Often we will have forgotten about the event completely, yet it transpires our unfathomable minds have filed it neatly in some unreachable corner of the brain, primed for instant retrieval.
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Clouds of alien life forms are sweeping through outer space and infecting planets with life – it may not be as far-fetched as it sounds. The idea that life on Earth came from another planet has been around as a modern scientific theory since the 1960s when it was proposed by Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe. At the time they were ridiculed...
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A comprehensive review of scientific findings, published in prestigious scientific journals, is presented to explain how life from other planets evolved on Earth. These first Earthlings (archae, bacteria, and cyanobacteria) contained the genes and the genetic information for altering the environment, the “evolution” of multi cellular...
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Weighing the same as five baby elephants and a shade less than a Mini Cooper, Patrick Deuel is one of the heaviest men ever and a medical miracle. His heart and other organs should have collapsed long before he reached his record-breaking weight of 76 stone 8lbs. A wall has to be knocked out of his home so he can be taken to hospital – in a...
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Startling documentary shows evidence of brain damage from Mercury in silver amalgam fillings. Most dentists who deny mercury is harmful, will remove them without precautions and can cause a relapse or an equivalent of over 10 years mercury exposure in one go if they drill them out, so if you think you need to remove and replace them, be sure to...
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The Disappearing Male is about one of the most important, and least publicised, issues facing the human species: the toxic threat to the male reproductive system. The last few decades have seen steady and dramatic increases in the incidence of boys and young men suffering from genital deformities, low sperm count, sperm abnormalities and...
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'Thin' is an exploration of The Renfrew Center in Coconut Creek, Florida; a 40-bed residential facility for the treatment of women with eating disorders. The film mostly revolves around four women with anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia and their struggles for recovery. 'Thin' is the centerpiece of a multi-faceted campaign designed to explore issues...
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The world is affected by an obesity epidemic, but why is it that not everyone is succumbing? Medical science has been obsessed with this subject and is coming up with some unexpected answers. As it turns out, it is not all about exercise and diet. At the center of this programme is a controversial overeating experiment that aims to identify...
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This is a film which seeks to tell the life-story of Gandhi the Man and his incessant search for Truth. In this world so full of hatred and violence, this man of peace and goodwill fought all evil and injustice with Soul-Force. He stands out as a challenge giving the message of truth and non-violence, of love supreme and unbounded. He is the...
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The psyche is the greatest of all cosmic wonders and the “sine qua non” of the world as an object. It is in the highest degree odd that Western man, with but very few – and ever fewer – exceptions, apparently pays so little regard to this fact. Swamped by the knowledge of external objects, the subject of all knowledge has been temporarily...
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This is the documentary film about Nikola Tesla, the scientist and inventor, one of the greatest men in history. Nikola Tesla was born on July 10,1856 in Smiljan, Lika in what later became Yugoslavia. His father, Milutin Tesla was a Serbian orthodox priest and his mother Djuka Mandic was an inventor in her own right of household appliances. Tesla...

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Humanity Documentaries

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Expanding on the critically acclaimed special, In the Womb, National Geographic explores the extraordinary...
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Europe, eighty thousand years ago, for countless generations the kingdom of a remarkable and mysterious...
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Documentarian Thomas Riedelsheimer shows us Andy Goldsworthy as he creates art in natural settings using...
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Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1956 film, The Mystery of Picasso (Le Mystère Picasso), sets out some lofty goals...
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To produce one of the world’s great masterpieces is impressive. To create three is truly astonishing –...
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A powerful, moving and accurate docudrama based on the life of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Paul...
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An enlightening and enveloping reconstruction of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s (1756–1791) life. Masterfully...
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This is the story of one of the greatest minds in history. An artist, scientist, engineer, visionary and...
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This BBC documentary follows the lives of three women who feel uncomfortably defined by their naturally large...
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Will boys always be boys and girls always be girls? Will we ever really understand each other? You may be...
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It has long been considered the most compelling question in our history: Where do human beings come from?...
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You might think that your memory is there to help you remember facts, such as birthdays or shopping lists. If...
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In 2001, scientists announced an amazing discovery: the oldest skull of a human ancestor ever found. The 3½...
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This is a documentary about a controversial theory regarding the mechanism that drove the evolution of humans...
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Human Body: Pushing the Limits takes you across continents and introduces you to people who have pushed their...
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This seven-part documentary explains why Charles Darwin’s “dangerous idea” is so important today, and...
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There are 6 billion people on the planet. Every single one of them are unique individuals. We each have...
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Three films exploring the very thing that makes us human. Each episode features an extraordinary character...
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In early times, evil spirits were thought to possess people and make them act in strange and frightening...
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Thoreau said that if an emergency struck, a man should be able to leave his home with nothing more than the...
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Permaculture is a bit of everything. To some it is architecture, to others, organic farming. Some say it is a...
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His name is Michel Blomgren and his greatest interest is survival in the wilderness and primitive, but...
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Nearly everyone has experienced a moment when a faint fragrance brings a memory of a long-lost moment in time...
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Clouds of alien life forms are sweeping through outer space and infecting planets with life – it may not be...
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A comprehensive review of scientific findings, published in prestigious scientific journals, is presented to...
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Weighing the same as five baby elephants and a shade less than a Mini Cooper, Patrick Deuel is one of the...
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Startling documentary shows evidence of brain damage from Mercury in silver amalgam fillings. Most dentists...
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The Disappearing Male is about one of the most important, and least publicised, issues facing the human...
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'Thin' is an exploration of The Renfrew Center in Coconut Creek, Florida; a 40-bed residential facility for...
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The world is affected by an obesity epidemic, but why is it that not everyone is succumbing? Medical science...
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This is a film which seeks to tell the life-story of Gandhi the Man and his incessant search for Truth. In...
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The psyche is the greatest of all cosmic wonders and the “sine qua non” of the world as an object. It is...
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This is the documentary film about Nikola Tesla, the scientist and inventor, one of the greatest men in...

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