r/DocumentaryReviews

I’ve been working on a documentary series covering the complete history of Japan, starting with the formation of the islands and the earliest people to call them home.
This episode focuses on the Jōmon Period—one of the longest-lasting hunter-gatherer cultures in human history.

My goal is to capture the feel of those classic late ’80s and early ’90s educational documentaries while using modern visuals and research.

I’d love any feedback. Thank you!

I recently watched Don't Pick Up the Phone on Netflix. ChatGPT recommended it to me. I think I may have seen it recommended once on any post. I don't understand why! I had never heard of this story and I worked in radio during the time it was coming out in the news so I should have. Everyone knows the story of the lady with the McDonald's hot coffee but not THIS?!

Also rarely see Escaping TwinFlames or Dancing for the Devil mentioned anywhere. (Both on Netflix)

Which documentaries have you watched but can't believe no one seems to talk about? Where can you watch them? I'd love it if you'd tell a little more than just the name but not give any spoilers. What genre, etc...

(This is a rant about the defense attorney)

I just finished watching the documentary The Fire That Took Her. It is absolutely heartbreaking and an extremely hard watch but so worthwhile. To sum it up, it is about a woman who was set on fire by her boyfriend and received burns over 80% of her body, and the story of how she became the first person to ever testify at her own murder trial. I think everyone should watch this documentary.

The real thing I want to talk about is the fucking defense attorney. That man is scum of the fucking Earth. The fact he came in and consciously decided to record explanations behind his decisions as the defense attorney of this case knowing damn well what he did is beyond me. This man tried to use every single loophole he could find to silence her and not let her testify, and when they finally find a way to allow her to do so in which she must come off of all pain medication despite severe, severe burns, he tries to make a dying woman’s last pained effort at putting her attacker behind bars admissible on the grounds of unreliability. That is so fucked, given the fact that she already came off of all pain medications for that very reason, to be fully lucid and reliable. I know it’s his job to try and get his defendant the least amount of time behind bars, but frankly i don’t gaf. I am just so disgusted at how a person could so vigorously scour for a way to get a monster out of jail and make sure the victim dies without justice. And he just had no remorse whatsoever. Like talking about it in the documentary, he was so nonchalant about his motives and how he didn’t care about corruption or the pain of the victim at all. I don’t know if anyone is even going to read this but I needed to get it out there because it was pissing me tf off.

Hello. Im trying to find this movie length documentary, that has actors and reenactment by the actors in this documentary/ movie. I saw it about 10 years ago on youtube. I cannot find it. Does anyone know which Titanic documentary I'm talking about? Lol. 🙏

Hi there! I recently rediscovered River Monsters and have found it to be the perfect background tv show for when I’m reading/doing other stuff and wanted to see if anyone had recommendations for similar programs?

I like that it’s well made, informative, not too sensationalized (a bit more than I’d like at times admittedly, but not too bad), not serialized, and just interesting/cool in general.

Bizarre Foods is a similar show I’ve enjoyed in the past.

Please send any idea you have my way, thank you!!!

I want to learn more about what happened on January 6th. What is the best documentary to watch? I’m debating between 4 hours at the capital or January 6th. Thoughts??

hi everyone, i wanted to ask for recommendations — specifically for documentaries/ movies talking about the nazi’s perspectives during WWII. thanks! this isn’t to inflame anybody/ start anything, just curious.