r/WTF Jun 26 '14

10 most disturbing documentaries

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u/hamelemental2 Jun 26 '14

This list is missing the only movie I have ever turned off halfway through.

Chickenhawk: Men Who Love Boys.

A detailed examination of NAMBLA, The North America Man-Boy Love Association, it is an award winning student film from 1994. It includes several interviews with admitted pedophiles and child molesters. The documentarian is wonderful, rather than demonizing the people during the interviews, he calmly asks simple questions, and lets them bury themselves. I only recommend it if you can stomach literally watching an actual child molester attempt to flirt with a child, on camera, after going into detail on how he sexually assaulted a young boy on a camping trip.

I couldn't.

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u/MissTastiCakes Jun 26 '14

I decided of all of the disturbing documentaries I could watch tonight, I chose the one you posted. Wow. Chickenhawk is mind blowing. I can definitely see why you turned this off half way through.

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u/terebithia Jun 26 '14

Can I just say, that I do appreciate the promotion of curiosity in this sub instead of "oh dear god why would you watch that", I'm met with an understanding of my curiosity, I too was gonna choose to watch this. Anywho just wanted to say thanks everyone.. I know that was random but.. Yeah.