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  1. 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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  2. Thanks Boss! 2016

    Documentary

    A family fired by a company owned by LVMH (Group owned by French billionaire, Bernard Arnault) seeks reparation from their previous employer with the help of the movie director.

    The sides of Thanks Boss!

    • A laid-off couple in northern France
    • A prank on the LVMH group
    • A director playing the go-between

    Good for you if

    • you like a documentary run like a prank, with fake names and hidden cameras.
    • you enjoy watching a small family take on Bernard Arnault's empire.
    • you want real people from a closed factory telling their own story.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for a film in French.
    • you want a documentary with composed, polished images. This one is shot like a hidden camera prank.

    About: work · money · revenge

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  3. American: The Bill Hicks Story is a biographical documentary film on the life of comedian Bill Hicks.

    The sides of American: The Bill Hicks Story

    • A stand-up comedian from Texas
    • Club sets and old photos brought to life
    • Friends and family telling his story

    Good for you if

    • you like stand-up and want to see where Bill Hicks's jokes came from.
    • you laugh at jokes about religion, war and advertising that go too far.
    • you like the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a young man's death from cancer.
    • you roll your eyes at a loving tribute told by friends and family.

    About: comedy · truth · rebellion · early death

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  4. Fahrenheit 11/9 2018

    Documentary

    Michael Moore's provocative documentary explores the two most important questions of the Trump Era: How did we get here, and how do we get out.

    The sides of Fahrenheit 11/9

    • Michael Moore on the 2016 election
    • The Flint water crisis
    • Students marching after the Parkland shooting

    Good for you if

    • you want the Flint water crisis told by the people who lived it.
    • you like Michael Moore asking how Donald Trump came to power.
    • you like Michael Moore's sarcastic stunts.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at Michael Moore's angry, heartfelt pleas to camera.
    • you can't watch the Flint water crisis and a school shooting up close.

    About: democracy · protest · public health

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  5. The Yes Men 2003

    Documentary

    A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization (WTO) on television and at business conferences around the world.

    The sides of The Yes Men

    • Two pranksters posing as the WTO
    • Fake speeches at business conferences
    • Audiences who never catch on

    Good for you if

    • you like watching a straight face hold through an absurd speech.
    • you like real pranks played on real conference rooms.
    • you like seeing the global economy mocked to its face.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't laugh at a fake WTO speech about recycling hamburgers for the Third World.
    • you can't stand a film made mostly of speeches.

    About: activism · globalization · satire

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  6. Sicko 2007

    Documentary

    A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States whose main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives. "The more people you deny health insurance, the more money we make" is the business model for health care providers in America.

    The sides of Sicko

    • Americans refused care by their insurers
    • Hospitals in Canada, Britain, France and Cuba
    • Michael Moore sailing to Guantanamo with 9/11 rescue workers

    Good for you if

    • you want to know how an insurer makes money by saying no.
    • you like ordinary people telling what their illness cost them.
    • you let yourself be moved by 9/11 rescue workers finally treated in a Havana hospital.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take grief on screen. Families tell how a loved one died after an insurer said no.
    • you roll your eyes at emotional appeals and swelling music.

    About: health · money · dignity

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  7. 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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  8. Roger & Me 1989

    Documentary

    A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith.

    The sides of Roger & Me

    • Michael Moore chasing the head of General Motors
    • Flint, Michigan after the plant closures
    • Evictions at Christmas

    Good for you if

    • you like laughing at a town's collapse to keep from crying.
    • you like seeing who pays when a giant company leaves.
    • you want the real people of Flint telling their own story.

    Bad for you if

    • you need some hope, and Flint keeps losing.
    • you can't watch families being evicted from their homes on camera.

    About: unemployment · corporate power · a hometown

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  9. 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

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  10. Pope Francis responds to questions from around the world, discussing topics including ecology, immigration, consumerism and social justice.

    The sides of Pope Francis: A Man of His Word

    • Pope Francis talking straight to the camera
    • Wim Wenders as director
    • Questions on poverty, migration and the planet

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear Pope Francis in his own words.
    • you like sincere talk about the poor, the planet and kindness.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum more than a man speaking calmly to the camera.
    • you want a documentary with conflict and hard questions.

    About: faith · poverty · ecology · justice

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  11. 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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  12. Period. End of Sentence. 2018

    Documentary

    In an effort to improve feminine hygiene, a machine that creates low-cost biodegradable sanitary pads is installed in a rural village in Northern India. Using the machine, a group of local women is employed to produce and sell pads, offering them newfound independence and helping to destigmatize menstruation for all.

    The sides of Period. End of Sentence.

    • A pad-making machine in a village in northern India
    • Women earning their own money
    • Talking openly about periods

    Good for you if

    • you like seeing village women run their own small business.
    • you like a short, hopeful story of a taboo breaking.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles.
    • you want suspense more than a gentle social portrait.

    About: women's independence · taboo · dignity

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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. 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

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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. Santiago, Italia 2018

    Documentary

    After the coup d'État of the Democratic government of Allende, the embassy of Italy in Santiago played a major role in helping the opposers of the regime, and extradited many of them to Italy.

    The sides of Santiago, Italia

    • The 1973 coup against Allende in Chile
    • An embassy that took in people fleeing the regime
    • Refugees remembering their new life in Italy

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand what happened in Santiago in 1973.
    • you like hearing the people who lived it tell it themselves.
    • you're drawn to how ordinary diplomats stood up to a dictatorship.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for a film in Italian and Spanish.
    • you can't sit through testimonies of arrests and torture.

    About: exile · dictatorship · solidarity

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  20. Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.

    The sides of How to Make Money Selling Drugs

    • Ten steps from street dealer to kingpin
    • Former dealers, police and prison staff
    • The war on drugs and who profits from it

    Good for you if

    • you're curious how a drug business actually runs.
    • you want to see who wins from strict drug laws.
    • you want former dealers telling their own stories to the camera.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch addiction and prison up close.
    • you lose track when dozens of dealers, guards and officials take turns talking.

    About: drugs · money · the justice system

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