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  1. In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust, and ran without gasoline... Ten years later, these cars were destroyed.

    The sides of Who Killed the Electric Car?

    • General Motors' EV1 electric car
    • California drivers fighting to keep their cars
    • Electric cars sent to the crusher

    Good for you if

    • you like a true story about cars you never knew existed.
    • you want to see how carmakers, oil companies and governments decide what you drive.
    • you like a documentary built like a whodunit, with a list of suspects.

    Bad for you if

    • you need more than interviews and archive news footage.
    • you roll your eyes at a documentary that openly takes a side.

    About: the car industry · oil · clean energy

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  2. What the Health 2017

    Documentary

    Filmmaker Kip Andersen uncovers the secret to preventing and even reversing chronic diseases, and he investigates why the nation's leading health organizations doesn't want people to know about it.

    The sides of What the Health

    • A filmmaker asking what food does to health
    • Meat and dairy under the spotlight
    • Questions to health organizations

    Good for you if

    • you want to question what ends up on your plate.
    • you like a film that asks who funds health advice.

    Bad for you if

    • you need every health claim backed by careful science.
    • you roll your eyes at a film on a mission to change your diet.

    About: diet · health · industry

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  3. Gasland 2010

    Documentary

    It is happening all across America-rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to tap into a reservoir dubbed the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas." Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground-a hydraulic drilling process called "fracking"-and suddenly America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower.

    The sides of Gasland

    • A filmmaker driving across fracking country
    • Tap water that catches fire
    • Families living next to gas wells

    Good for you if

    • you like a filmmaker knocking on doors to see fracking for himself.
    • you want to see families up against an energy industry.
    • you care about what happens to rivers and land near gas wells.

    Bad for you if

    • you need some hope at the end of a film.
    • you want something light for your evening.

    About: pollution · energy · land

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  4. An Inconvenient Truth 2006

    Documentary

    A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.

    The sides of An Inconvenient Truth

    • Al Gore's slideshow on global warming
    • Melting glaciers, before and after
    • A politician's own story between the charts

    Good for you if

    • you like a clear case built on data and photographs.
    • you care about glaciers, oceans and the climate.
    • you like a man who believes every word he says on stage.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum. Most of it is a lecture with graphs.
    • you'd rather keep politics out of it. A former US vice president makes the case.

    About: climate · responsibility · politics

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  5. Seaspiracy 2021

    Documentary

    Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species — and uncovers an alarming global conspiracy.

    The sides of Seaspiracy

    • A filmmaker following plastic into the ocean
    • Industrial fishing fleets and what they catch by accident
    • Eco-labels and the bodies that award them

    Good for you if

    • you want a filmmaker going and seeing for himself.
    • you care what happens to the ocean and what lives in it.
    • you want to know who certifies what you buy.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch animals being killed on camera.
    • you need some hope left by the end.

    About: the ocean · the food chain · responsibility

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  6. Muckraking filmmaker Morgan Spurlock reignites his battle with the food industry — this time from behind the register — as he opens his own fast food restaurant.

    The sides of Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!

    • Morgan Spurlock opening a chicken restaurant
    • Chicken farmers in debt to big companies
    • Fast food marketing taken apart

    Good for you if

    • you like Morgan Spurlock's jokey, stunt-driven style.
    • you want to know where a fast food chicken really comes from.
    • you like seeing how big food companies squeeze farmers.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at a filmmaker on a crusade.
    • you'd rather not think about what's on your plate. The film takes you inside crowded chicken houses.

    About: fast food · marketing · farming

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  7. Before the Flood 2016

    Documentary

    A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems, and native communities across the planet.

    The sides of Before the Flood

    • Leonardo DiCaprio travelling as a UN climate messenger
    • Melting Arctic ice, burning forests, flooded islands
    • Meetings with scientists and world leaders

    Good for you if

    • you like seeing the effects of climate change on the ground, country by country.
    • you care about forests, ice and endangered species.
    • you want to know who blocks climate action and why.

    Bad for you if

    • a film star's sincere voice-over about saving the planet makes you roll your eyes.
    • you want something reassuring. This is a warning.

    About: climate · responsibility · the future

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  8. Tomorrow 2015

    Documentary

    Climate is changing. Instead of showing all the worst that can happen, this documentary focuses on the people suggesting solutions and their actions.

    The sides of Tomorrow

    • A film crew travelling to ten countries
    • Urban farms, local currencies and clean energy
    • People already fixing things where they live

    Good for you if

    • you want a climate film that offers hope instead of fear.
    • you care about farming, energy and the planet.
    • you like meeting real people who started change in their own town.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles, and this documentary is mostly in French.
    • you need conflict and suspense to stay with a documentary.

    About: the climate · hope · local action · democracy

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  9. Fed Up 2014

    Documentary

    Fed Up blows the lid off everything we thought we knew about food and weight loss, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public, resulting in one of the largest health epidemics in history.

    The sides of Fed Up

    • Sugar in American food
    • Teenagers trying to lose weight
    • The food industry and Washington

    Good for you if

    • you want to know what is really in the food on your plate.
    • you like seeing how lobbies shape what the government tells you to eat.
    • you care about the kids and parents fighting their weight at home.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at a documentary on a mission.
    • you want a light evening, and this may change how you look at your fridge.

    About: health · industry · childhood

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  10. The 11th Hour 2007

    Documentary

    A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems. Featuring ongoing dialogues of experts from all over the world, including former Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev, renowned scientist Stephen Hawking, former head of the CIA R. James Woolse

    The sides of The 11th Hour

    • Leonardo DiCaprio on the state of the planet
    • Scientists and thinkers including Stephen Hawking
    • Ideas for saving ecosystems

    Good for you if

    • you care about melting ice, forests and the oceans.
    • you want experts explaining climate change in their own words.
    • you like a sincere call to act before it is too late.

    Bad for you if

    • you need more than a long line of interviews.
    • you can't sit through warnings about the end of the planet.

    About: climate change · ecology · responsibility

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  11. Earthlings 2005

    Documentary

    Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit.

    The sides of Earthlings

    • Hidden camera footage from farms and slaughterhouses
    • Animals used for food, clothing, research and entertainment
    • Joaquin Phoenix narrating

    Good for you if

    • you want to see what hidden cameras filmed inside farms and slaughterhouses.
    • you can watch something hard and leave without comfort.
    • you care about how people treat animals.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch animals being hurt on screen.
    • you need a film that gives you a break, and this one never does.

    About: animal rights · cruelty · what we eat

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  12. A presentation of a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society. This subject matter will transcend the issues of cultural relativism and traditional ideology and move to relate the core, empirical 'life ground' attributes of human and social survival, extrapolating those immutable natural laws into a new sustainable social paradigm called a 'Resource-Based Economy'.

    The sides of Zeitgeist: Moving Forward

    • A case against the monetary system
    • A proposed resource-based economy
    • Interviews, animation and narration

    Good for you if

    • you like questioning who money really serves.
    • you like hearing real experts such as Gabor Maté and Robert Sapolsky on what shapes human behaviour.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit through two hours and forty minutes of argument.
    • you roll your eyes at a film that pleads one case from start to finish.

    About: money · society · sustainability

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  13. Virunga 2014

    Documentary

    Virunga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa’s oldest national park, a UNESCO world heritage site, and a contested ground among insurgencies seeking to topple the government that see untold profits in the land. Among this ongoing power struggle, Virunga also happens to be the last natural habitat for the critically endangered mountain gorilla. The only thing standing in the way of the forces closing in around the gorillas: a handful of passionate park rangers and journalists fighting to secure the park’s borders and expose the corruption of its enemies. Filled with shocking footage, and anchored by the surprisingly deep and gentle characters of the gorillas themselves, Virunga is a galvanizing call to action around an ongoing political and environmental crisis in the Congo.

    The sides of Virunga

    • Rangers guarding Africa's oldest national park
    • Orphaned mountain gorillas and their keeper
    • Hidden camera footage of an oil company's dealings

    Good for you if

    • you love the mountain gorillas and the man who raises them.
    • you like hidden cameras catching bribes as they happen.
    • you want to see rangers risking everything for a park in Congo.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch real gunfire and war footage.
    • you roll your eyes at a documentary built as a call to save the park.

    About: conservation · courage · greed · war

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  14. I Am Greta 2020

    Documentary

    Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old student in Sweden, started a school strike for the climate as her question for adults was, if you don’t care about my future on earth, why should I care about my future in school? Within months, her strike evolved into a global movement as the quiet teenage girl on the autism spectrum becomes a world-famous activist.

    The sides of I Am Greta

    • A 15-year-old on school strike for the climate
    • A sailing trip across the Atlantic
    • Speeches in front of world leaders

    Good for you if

    • you want to see Greta Thunberg up close, away from the cameras.
    • you like a quiet teenager growing into a global voice.
    • you care about the climate and how people fight for it.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for the Swedish.
    • you roll your eyes at heartfelt speeches to world leaders.

    About: activism · the future · autism

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  15. Racing Extinction 2015

    Documentary

    An unlikely team of activists and innovators hatches a bold mission to save endangered species.

    The sides of Racing Extinction

    • Endangered animals projected on the Empire State Building
    • Undercover filming in the wildlife trade
    • Activists and scientists racing against extinction

    Good for you if

    • you care about sharks, manta rays and the animals we are losing.
    • you want to see the real markets where wildlife is sold.
    • you like hidden cameras and undercover missions.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch animals being killed, even in a real investigation.
    • you roll your eyes at a film that ends on a call to action.

    About: extinction · activism · the environment

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  16. Home 2009

    Documentary

    In 200,000 years of existence, man has upset the balance on which the Earth had lived for 4 billion years. Global warming, resource depletion, species extinction: man has endangered his own home. But it is too late to be pessimistic: humanity has barely ten years left to reverse the trend, become aware of its excessive exploitation of the Earth's riches, and change its consumption pattern.

    The sides of Home

    • Aerial footage from every continent
    • Dried riverbeds, oil fields and greenhouses seen from above
    • A commentary counting what two hundred thousand years cost the planet

    Good for you if

    • you want ninety minutes of images you could never see from the ground.
    • you like deltas, ice fields and herds filmed from a helicopter.
    • you like being made to feel small by the scale of a landscape.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at a voice telling you what to feel about every image.
    • you want someone to follow, and there is not a single character in it.

    About: the planet · consumption · time

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  17. Zeitgeist: Addendum 2008

    Documentary

    Director Peter Joseph examines examples of economic subjugation and offers solutions based on alignment with nature.

    The sides of Zeitgeist: Addendum

    • The debt system behind modern money
    • Economic hit men in Latin America
    • A plan for an economy without money

    Good for you if

    • you like asking who really controls money and banks.
    • you want to hear John Perkins tell how he worked as an economic hit man.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at a two-hour call to change the whole world.
    • you need every claim to hold up, and this one draws on conspiracy theories.

    About: money · power · debt · utopia

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  18. A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution. Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight, traveling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climate policy. Cameras follow him behind the scenes—in moments private and public, funny and poignant—as he pursues the empowering notion that while the stakes have never been higher, the perils of climate change can be overcome with human ingenuity and passion.

    The sides of An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

    • Al Gore touring the world on climate
    • Training climate activists
    • The Paris climate talks

    Good for you if

    • you want to follow Al Gore's climate fight behind the scenes.
    • you like watching a deal get pushed through at the Paris climate talks.
    • you care about melting glaciers and flooded streets.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at rousing speeches from a former vice president.
    • you want something light tonight. Floods, heatwaves and melting ice keep coming back.

    About: climate change · activism · hope

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  19. The Corporation 2003

    Documentary

    Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.

    The sides of The Corporation

    • The corporation treated as a legal person
    • A psychiatric checklist applied to big business
    • Interviews with CEOs, activists and economists

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand how companies came to hold so much power.
    • you like real case studies more than abstract theory.
    • you enjoy a long argument built from dozens of interviews.

    Bad for you if

    • nearly two and a half hours of documentary is too much for you.
    • you want striking images, and this is built from interviews and archive footage.

    About: capitalism · democracy · responsibility

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  20. THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world's most outrageous pranks.

    The sides of The Yes Men Fix the World

    • A fake Dow Chemical spokesman on the BBC
    • Two pranksters in cheap suits
    • Hoaxes at big business conferences

    Good for you if

    • you like executives applauding absurd ideas with a straight face.
    • you like seeing big corporations caught off guard.
    • you like real pranks pulled on real conferences and newsrooms.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at films with a message to sell.
    • you can't laugh at a hoax built on the Bhopal disaster.

    About: activism · corporate power · truth

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