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I feel this is just true for every non-Ken Burns documentary I've ever seen and I find it kind of annoying. They always seem to have some axe to grind and just
by esrauch 4y ago
I feel this is just true for every non-Ken Burns documentary I've ever seen and I find it kind of annoying. They always seem to have some axe to grind and just do anything they can to support that biased thesis with no room for caveats or shades of gray.
- swivelmaster 4y agoThere are myriad fascinating documentaries that aren’t about hammering home a point of view about recent political or social issues. For a very accessible list of recommendations, check out this CineFix video: https://youtu.be/0nisJRrsNmc https://youtu.be/0nisJRrsNmc
- bitcharmer 4y agoHave you watched his Vietnam series?
- riffraff 4y agowhile I think most documentarists have a specific point of view which comes through, some of what netflix has been peddling is way over the top. To name one, Seaspiracy[0] is not like your friend who's from the opposite side of he political spectrum, it's more the crazy guy with "moon nazis are coming" sign. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaspiracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaspiracy
- philjohn 4y agoI think this is more a feature of people flocking to more shallow documentaries, which pushes them up the recommendation funnel. Icarus was fantastic, for instance, but of potentially limited appeal (which is a shame, as it touches on a lot of topics of broad interest from doping in sport to political intrigue).
- marvin 4y agoIcarus was absolutely amazing. I expected a subversive feel-good investigation of doping in cycling, but got something even more fascinating and disturbing.
- adastra22 4y agoBBC documentaries are really high quality and not so biased as American documentaries.