Documentaries For Those Who Question Everything And Want Some Answers
If you thought you were on the right side of the truth and finally discovered that the truth is something else, you will definitely love these 12 documentaries for those who question everything.
These are the most important pieces of filmmaking that question ideas and truths about the world in a specific way, giving the viewer the chance to question everything he was known about a certain story.
While the people are used to only one side of the story, these are actual movies created to welcome the audience in a world where their perspective will be changed definitely.
So let’s see what subject these documentaries treat and what side of the problem they approach.
12. An Inconvenient Truth
By the time we all face the consequences of global warming, it’s probably too late, but when Al Gore mentioned it in the documentary called “An Inconvenient Truth”, everybody started asking questions.
The movie was awarded by the Academy and the message was received to both parts, those who criticise him and those who are aware that the climate change is a thing created by man.
The documentary identified every thing humans did to the planet that altered the climate change and still has an effect endangering it further.
While the message is clear and the world has to suffer continuously, the movie offered the best scientific proof that one has to see how he can do more for the planet in an efficient way.
11.
The Overnighters
A cruel drama that depicts the world of those who don’t have a job and also nowhere to stay, “The Overnighters” is definitely a documentary to watch.
The movie takes on the story of a pastor who decides to help those who need him, more exactly the men and women who come in his town and are looking for jobs.
With the oil business booming in the area and the townsmen constantly worrying about the people who come and search for work, the pastor takes them and gives them a roof over their heads.
The constant battle to help others is giving him a hard time and its possible to lose faith and also his family, but the truth behind the movie lies in the way we trust others, have faith and want to help with the expense of our conform.
10.
Sharkwater
For those who love the oceans and their animals, “Sharkwater” is a classic who defends the species that we all fear from popular culture.
With Hollywood depicting the way sharks are a threat to humans and they must be hunted.
When popular culture has a thing for a species and it is viewed to be like an enemy, then documentaries like this one have to come and change the way things are generally told and done.
So the movie not only tells a different story but also shows how people mistreat the sharks, doing all kinds of horrible stuff.
You have to see the problem from another angle and raise the awareness so that this kind of species don’t end up more on a plater or a trophy room.
9.
The Cove
Coming to support another cause of the ocean, “The Cove” is based on a place where dolphins are hunted and slaughter for no reason.
With the constant need to show people that some places around the world are ruled by cruel people who do the meanest things, the documentary wants to shed light on the case of dolphins on the coast of Japan.
The movie is so inspiring and cruel that you think these actual events are taken from a horror or a fiction movie, but in fact wants to be the film which tells the unique story of dolphins who have their life threatened.
With many result and people doing something, the movie has made some light in a world of cruel intentions, secret practices and the slaughter among the brightest creatures of the ocean.
8.
The Ghosts in Our Machine
While the human world was depicted as cruel and with bad intentions by the documentaries until now, number eight comes to harden the idea.
The movie takes the journey to a world where animals are treated with cruelty and man is responsible.
By depicting this world in pictures, Jo-Anne McArthur tries to show the world that caged animals and abused animals can horrify.
The director takes it to the edge with the scenes and wants to have a great impact, one that makes the man think again, his relationship with animals and rethink where he is doing wrong.
7.
Divide in Concord
Returning to the man’s world, we bring you to the 7th place, a movie that has a good point of view over the bottled water industry.
The story is from a town where a senior citizen is trying to ban bottled water with real and good reasons.
The battle follows political views, humour and also adds gravity to the theme because the facts lie in the hand of the citizen who thinks that bottled water is a serious thing that affects the world.
With hard facts and science leaning to support him, the cause will impress you and you will find that after viewing the movie you will think again about buying bottled water.
6.
Terms and Conditions May Apply
While bottled water was kind of important, we took the list to another level, to the place where you share, post and like, view, add and comment, the virtual world.
The documentary called “Terms and Conditions May Apply” leads a light in the world of information, more exactly to the information that we will post on different websites.
The director wants the viewer to see what he agrees when big names like Google and Facebook need their approval.
The movie gives you an idea to be more careful when it comes to public and personal info, to what you say and how it can be used against you.
5.
Forks Over Knives
Wanting to change the world and how it was used to look first around and later inside its own image this documentary is all about nutrition.
Forks Over Knives gives you an insight of how can you eat healthier and stay away from diseases by having a meal plan that is orientated from organic and plant based items.
The thing is that the processed food is making a huge impact on how our life is lived and how it can be better with a change in the way we eat.
The documentary targets the diet of the people and offers reasons that are argued with logic and a sense of awareness that you will actually look in the fridge after watching it.
4.
Blackfish
The entertainment world that feature orcas was shaken by the documentary released by director Gabriela Cowperthwaite.
Blackfish is telling the truth behind SeaWorld and the way they treat the large animals, the way the use media to mislead the audience into thinking other things.
While the message is clear, the movie wants to be the voice of the animals who give their life to entertainment.
The movie tells the story and want the animals to be truly free because they don’t belong in captivity and definitely the people have to do something in order to stop the entertainment world to feature them as objects for their wealth.
3.
Trashed
The title say’s it all, but the fact that Jeremy Irons is the lead character in the movie and the world is his playground, adds more drama to the message.
The world of garbage is a thing that has to concern everybody because some of the most beautiful places on the planet are currently occupied by dumped waste.
To Jeremy’s eyes the viewer has to deal with a world of litter, a place that has more garbage laying around than the one processed or deposited.
With pollution at every step the documentary has the power to make you think again about recycling, wasting and depositing what you don’t use.
2.
Fed Up
Down to number two we featured a film that talks the truth behind numerous food companies that make the food industry look bad.
The documentary called “Fed Up” takes on a problem that the United States have had for some years, the misguidance in the world of food using media to cover up the truth.
With sugar and bad food all around them, the children are the most affected by the current food culture that has everything processed, on a player delivered with a ton of sugar.
The movie wants to shed light in the food industry that is covering the fact that they are producing something bad and telling the world it is diet or lite.
1.
Earthlings
The first position is held by the documentary “Earthlings” a movie that tells a horror story where the main characters are animals and the killer is the human and his needs.
The movie tells the story behind the animals and what they suffer before arriving in their final form, in our plates.
The message is clear and vivid, detailing the fact that horrible things are done to animals for the sake of everything.
If you are talking about foods, farms, entertainment, clothes, pharmacy and any domain that has something to do with the animal, then think twice before saying that no animals were hurt in the process because the truth is different.
So let’s end the killing and slaughter, because karma has a way of telling us that our faith can depend on theirs.
What do you think about these documentaries? Would these documentaries make you change the way you think? Have you ever watched one of them? Which one was that and what do you think?
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