If you enter the Netflix menu, you will see that there is an option called Documentaries (Documentaries).
A documentary is an analysis of a real situation that is presented in the form of a video. Usually it uses interviews, images, sounds and narration, which creates a kind of point of view on the subject that is being treated.
The documentary will serve to understand more about a subject and, usually, its creators seek to visualize an issue that is not known or reconsidering ideas that already had established.
Our selection has some science, history and current affairs. We hope you enjoy it!
1.Blackfish
Did you ever go on vacation to Sea World? This is the story behind the life of captive animals that have served for years to amuse humans. The documentary is about the life of Tilikum, a whale who killed his trainer in 2001. The unnatural ways in which these animals are treated and their consequent violence are exposed.
2.Food, Inc.
This documentary analyzes the reality of the edible products that are produced by companies. It raises questions about the commercial interests of these companies and the true interests of consumers, who do not always have the upper hand.
3.The world before her
This documentary analyzes the lives of women in India from two opposite realities: a beauty training camp to compete in Miss India and a girls’ camp, led by the militant fundamentalist movement. The documentary analyzes the lives of the girls who participate in both spaces and puts on the table the gender situation of the country.
4.We steal secrets: the history of Wikileaks
In this documentary you can have a clear vision about what happened with the Wikileaks, private documents that were revealed by Julian Assange and revolutionized the political landscape of the world just a few years ago.
5.Men at Lunch
This documentary is inspired by the 1932 photo of eleven unknown workers who have lunch on a steel beam on top of a skyscraper.
6.Mandela: The Death of Apartheid
If you are interested in learning more about the life of this leader who transformed the political life of South Africa forever, you cannot miss this documentary.
It will allow you to see how Mandela fought against apartheid in his country. Apartheid is a form of discrimination in which people are separated by their race and minority groups are assigned to special places to live, forbidding them to mix with the race of power, in this case, the white race.
7.Planet Earth
A BBC documentary where you can see the behavior of different animal species and the influence of climate change in their lives. He has an amazing photograph.
8.Africa
An approach to this recondite and mysterious continent. Unrivalled shots and diversity. A way to open our eyes to the world we do not know.
9.One Day on Earth
In the same line of the previous ones, a documentary that portrays situations in very diverse parts of the world. There will be thousands of scenes that you have never seen before.
10.Walking with dinosaurs
Learning from dinosaurs and how paleontologists reconstruct those scenarios from science and deduction is mandatory.
11.Vanish of the bees
Currently, the life of bees is in danger and, with it, the natural balance and life of the human being. A current issue that is important and that is on the table because it seems somewhat smaller, but really, has direct effects on the reproduction of plant species and the permanence of other species on the planet.
