Good post Bullet. I'd forgotten about those documentary shorts - the same guys also did this one about pool skating -
Adam Curtis's
The Power of Nightmares is savage, particularly if you're any way interested in the Cold War, US foreign policy and the last 10 years spent at war in the Middle East. Definitely worth taking the time to watch Curtis' other documentaries,
The Trap and the somewhat cerebral
The Century of the Self.Year Zero - The Silent Death of Cambodia is close to 30 years old now and as far as I can tell, is one of the first major investigations in the popular media about how the Khmer Rouge managed to get into power before the wholesale slaughter of its citizens. Compelling viewing.
I'm a massive fan of Prof. Jim Al-Khalili, particularly the excellent and enlightening
The Secret Life of Chaos, I've watched this loads - it's largely about chaos theory and the inherent unpredictable nature of the universe and everything else in it. The more recent mind-melter Everything (about relativity and the massiveness of the universe) and Nothing (string theory/quantum physics) is equally riveting, if you happen to be into this sort of thing -
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/everything-and-nothing/.
Loosely related to the chaos theory side of things and also neatly tying in with Adam Curtis' The Trap is High Anxieties - The Mathematics of Chaos, which traces how modern market economics is fundamentally flawed from the start due to how little we/policymakers understand about the maths which run it.
Excellent thread, there's some top notch tips to get stuck into later.