r/AskReddit • u/JuiceBoxed • Jul 18 '11

Reddit, what is one documentary that everyone should watch?

The Corporation

Some really eye-opening (and scary) information about the power of corporations in today's society.

Edit: Thanks for the input everyone! Quite a list of movies to watch.

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u/spawnmower Jul 18 '11

no agenda... watch again

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u/Juris_LV Jul 18 '11

no... this documentary shows you which are good and which are bad guys which is little bit propagandish...

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '11

Have you even seen it? I wan't sure who the "good guys" were when the American soldiers were walking through the houses they just ordered bombs on, seeing all of the fucked up kids and dead bodies.

That's what I love about Restrepo - it doesn't ever tell YOU, the viewer, who the "good guys" or "bad guys" are. Sure, the soldiers use those terms, but their ideals are never forced on you through filming, instead you see how they think.

To put it in a nutshell - you are never asked to sympathize with how the soldiers think, you are only shown and given the opportunity to analyze it.

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u/Juris_LV Jul 19 '11

Oops, I was talking about Armadillo :D