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Amend: The Fight for America 2021
Documentary
Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.
The sides of Amend: The Fight for America
- Will Smith hosting a history of the 14th Amendment
- Actors reading the words of real historical figures
- Equal rights from emancipation to marriage equality
Good for you if
- you like the real people who fought for equal rights in America.
- you want to understand one line of the Constitution across 150 years.
- you like seeing who has been counted as equal, and who decided.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch the lynchings and violence of that fight.
- you roll your eyes at celebrity hosts and stirring speeches.
About: equality · citizenship · racism
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
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
Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 2019
Documentary
Take a trip inside the mind of Bill Gates as the billionaire opens up about those who influenced him and the audacious goals he's still pursuing.
The sides of Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates
- Bill Gates talking about his childhood
- His foundation's work on toilets, polio and nuclear power
- The people who shaped him
Good for you if
- you like a portrait of a real man in his own words.
- you want to understand how Bill Gates thinks.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at big plans to save the world with new toilets and vaccines.
- you need momentum. Much of it is Gates thinking out loud on long walks.
About: ambition · philanthropy · the mind
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
Where to Invade Next 2015
Documentary
To understand firsthand what the United States of America can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully “invades” some to see what they have to offer.
The sides of Where to Invade Next
- Michael Moore planting a flag in Italy
- Italian workers counting their paid weeks off
- A Norwegian prison without bars
Good for you if
- you like a filmmaker walking into real schools, factories and prisons abroad.
- you like asking who decides how a country is run.
- you like Michael Moore's deadpan while he plants his flag.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand a film that sets out to teach you a lesson.
- you won't read subtitles. the Italian couple, the French school cooks and the Tunisian activists all speak their own language.
About: work · welfare · national pride
Jesus Camp 2006
Documentary
A documentary on kids who attend a summer camp hoping to become the next Billy Graham.
The sides of Jesus Camp
- Children at an evangelical summer camp
- A pastor preparing kids for a life of faith
- Faith and public life in America
Good for you if
- you like a documentary that watches and lets you decide.
- you want to see faith through the eyes of children.
- you're curious how belief and public life meet in America.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch children under strong emotional pressure.
- you can't stand long, fervent sermons.
About: faith · childhood · transmission
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward 2011
Documentary
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
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
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power 2017
Documentary
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
Inequality for All 2013
Documentary
Based on Reich's 2010 book Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future, the film examines widening income inequality in the United States. U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich tries to raise awareness of the country's widening economic gap. He publicly argued about the issue for decades, and producing a film of his viewpoints was a "final frontier" for him. In addition to being a social issue documentary, Inequality for All is also partially a biopic regarding Reich's early life and his time as Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton's presidency. Warren Buffett and Nick Hanauer, two entrepreneurs and investors in the top 1%, are interviewed in the film, supporting Reich's belief in an economy that benefits all citizens, including those of the middle and lower classes.
The sides of Inequality for All
- Robert Reich explaining the income gap
- A former Labor Secretary's own story
- Investors from the top 1% who agree with him
Good for you if
- you want the American wealth gap explained in plain terms.
- you like asking who the economy really works for.
- you enjoy Robert Reich himself, funny and warm in front of his students.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at a lecture with a mission.
- you need a story that moves, not charts and a classroom.
About: inequality · the middle class · work
Marley 2012
Documentary
Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. Directed by Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland), MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best.
The sides of Marley
- Bob Marley from a Jamaican village to world stages
- Reggae and the politics of 1970s Jamaica
- Interviews with his family and bandmates
Good for you if
- you like reggae and want to know where these songs came from.
- you want the whole life of Bob Marley told by people who knew him.
- you like music caught up in a country's politics.
Bad for you if
- you find almost two and a half hours too much for one evening.
- you need a faster pace than a life told from the very beginning.
About: faith · peace · legacy
Citizenfour 2014
Documentary
In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.
The sides of Citizenfour
- Edward Snowden in a Hong Kong hotel room
- Journalists deciding what to publish
- A fire alarm that makes everyone freeze
Good for you if
- you like the days before a leak, filmed as they happen in one hotel room.
- you want to watch Snowden explain, in his own words, why he did it.
- you like seeing how governments watch their own citizens.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, and most of it is people talking at a desk.
- you want scale and sound, not a laptop and a hotel bed.
About: surveillance · privacy · courage
RBG 2018
Documentary
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.
The sides of RBG
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg at 84
- The equal rights cases she argued
- Her marriage to Marty Ginsburg
Good for you if
- you want the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her own words.
- you like seeing how a few court cases changed the law for women.
- you're moved by her long marriage to Marty.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at an admiring portrait.
- you need more than interviews and archive footage.
About: equality · law · marriage
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
Arnold 2023
Documentary
This intimate docuseries follows Arnold Schwarzenegger's multifaceted life and career, from bodybuilding champ to Hollywood icon to politician.
The sides of Arnold
- Arnold Schwarzenegger telling his own life
- Bodybuilding from Austria to California
- Hollywood and the governor's office
Good for you if
- you like hearing a famous life told by the man himself.
- you like the early bodybuilding years and Mr. Olympia.
- you're curious how an actor became governor of California.
Bad for you if
- you want his action films, not him talking about them.
- you roll your eyes at self-made-man speeches.
About: ambition · reinvention · fame
Becoming 2020
Documentary
Join former first lady Michelle Obama in an intimate documentary looking at her life, hopes and connection with others.
The sides of Becoming
- Michelle Obama on her book tour
- A childhood on the South Side of Chicago
- Eight years as first lady
Good for you if
- you like hearing Michelle Obama tell her own story.
- you like sincere talks about hope and connecting with people.
- you want a warm, gentle portrait to watch on a calm evening.
Bad for you if
- you need conflict and suspense to stay interested.
- you want to keep politics out of your evening, and the Obama years are never far.
About: identity · family · hope
He Named Me Malala 2015
Documentary
A look at the events leading up to the Taliban's attack on the young Pakistani school girl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls' education and the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.
The sides of He Named Me Malala
- Malala Yousafzai and her father Ziauddin
- A Taliban gunman on a school bus
- Hand-painted animated flashbacks
Good for you if
- you like a girl's speech about school at the United Nations.
- you want to know the teenager behind the Nobel Peace Prize.
- you like a father and daughter who share the same fight.
Bad for you if
- you can't take the story of a child shot for going to school.
- you don't like animated scenes in your documentaries.
About: education · courage · fatherhood
Waiting for "Superman" 2010
Documentary
Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim.
The sides of Waiting for "Superman"
- Five children hoping to win a school lottery
- Families chasing a good public school
- A look at the American school system
Good for you if
- you want to follow real families through a charter school lottery.
- you like asking who decides how schools are run.
- you're ready to be moved by children waiting for their name to be called.
Bad for you if
- you want a light, easy evening. Five families wait on a lottery for their children's future.
- you roll your eyes at a passionate call to action.
About: education · inequality · hope
Cuba and the Cameraman 2017
Documentary
This revealing portrait of Cuba follows the lives of Fidel Castro and three Cuban families affected by his policies over the last four decades.
The sides of Cuba and the Cameraman
- An American filmmaker returning to Cuba for decades
- Three Cuban families growing old
- Fidel Castro seen up close
Good for you if
- you want ordinary Cuban lives filmed over more than forty years.
- you like history seen from a farm and a city street.
- you like watching the same people age on camera.
Bad for you if
- you can't take poverty and loss up close.
- you need a story that moves faster than decades of slow change.
About: time · poverty · revolution · family