An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002. Won the Oscar for best documentary feature this year. More info here.

Amazingly forward thinking presentation of the founder of the MIT Media Lab recorded in 1984.

Another two great presos from the recent TED conference:

Roy Gould: WorldWide Telescope

Howard Rheingold: Way-new collaboration

Stefan Nadelmann tells the history of war with a slightly different approach:

Food Fight is an abridged history of war, from World War II to present day, told through the foods of the countries in conflict. Watch as traditional comestibles slug it out for world domination in this chronologically re-enacted smorgasbord of aggression.

If you’re unsure about some of the appearances check the cheat sheet.

When Louis Theroux went to San Quentin prison he found a bizarre self-contained society where “straight” men fall in love, gangs are divided along strict racial lines and an inmate can be assaulted for the most minor mistake.

[BBC]