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With everything going on in the world right now, there isn’t a better time to watch documentaries to educate yourself on what’s going on around us. Hope you enjoy this list of 15 Netflix documentaries that will change the way you think!
While you’re here I also have a list of 50 Shows to Watch On Netflix and 50 Shows to Watch on Hulu !
Here is the list of documentaries:
1. Minimalism: “showing the virtues of less is more.”
2. The 13th: “analyzes the criminalization of African Americans and the US prison boom.”
3. Rotten: “This docu-series travels deep into the heart of the food supply chain to reveal unsavory truths and expose hidden forces that shape what we eat.”
4. What The Health: “This film examines the link between diet and disease.”
5. The Social Dilemma: “explores the dangerous human impact of social networking.”
6. Cowspiracy: “learn how factory farming is decimating the planet’s natural resources.”
7. Our Planet: “examine how climate change impacts all living creatures.”
8. Heal: “physicians and those with chronic illnesses reveal the powerful connection between the human psyche and physical health.”
9. Kiss the Ground: “science experts unpack the ways in which the earths soil may be the key to combating climate change.”
10. Chasing Coral: “An epic underwater campaign to document the disappearance of coral reefs.”
11. A Plastic Ocean: “Investigates plastic pollution environmental costs.”
12. Alt-Right: “A white power leader and an anti-fascist activist leading up to the Charlottesville riots in the first year of Trumps presidency.”
13. Knock Down the House: “Go behind the scenes as four determined women including AOC- challenge big money politicians in the 2018 race for congress.”
14. Bill Nye: Science Guy: “Faces climate- change skeptics as he demonstrates the importance of scientific evidence.”
15. How to Change the World: “In the 1970’s a group of activists who gathered to protest nuclear testing formed the iconic Greenpeace environmental organization.”
I hope these documentaries inspire you as much as they did me!
5 Comments
Christina
Some great choices here. Just have to make time to see them
Mel
Some new ones to check out here – thanks for the listings!
Megan
Great documentaries listed here. I’ll have to check them out. Thanks for sharing!
Sarah Styf
I’ve seen a couple of these. More to add to the list!
Gronercik
I haven’t seen any of them, will have to check them out!