4 DOCUMENTARIES THAT ARE CHANGING THE WORLD RIGHT NOW
At Stay Wild, we’re big fans of anything that educates or empowers - which is why we love documentaries. Documentaries help to tell a real life story, which quite often relate to wider issues happening in the world. These 4 documentaries really stayed with us after watching and made us reconsider our everyday lives - covering topics from the racial inequality to sustainability.
13th on Netflix
A powerful documentary by filmmaker Ava DuVernay which explores how the American justice system disproportionately incarcerates African-Americans. This documentary lays bare the racial inequality that still exists in the United States and questions whether slavery as we know it was ever really abolished or whether it is now hiding in prisons.
Watch on: Netflix
Before The Flood
This documentary by National Geographic features Leonardo DiCaprio’s journey to five continents and the Arctic. Leonardo meets with scientists, activists and world leaders to discuss how climate change affects our environment and what we might be able to do to take action against it. It’s a very informative documentary which advocates important change.
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
Zac Efron travels around the globe alongside his friend and wellness expert Darin Olien exploring how different countries implement sustainable living into everyday life and meeting with 'eco-innovators' to fix sustainability issues around the world. Down To Earth is a relatively lighthearted documentary which encourages social change and promotes living a more sustainable life.
Watch on: Netflix
Disclosure
This fascinating documentary explores how pop culture has represented transgender people and how often these representations are tainted with transfobia. Disclosure interviews trans celebrities, activists, and academics who examine this history of popular depictions of trans and gender-non conforming people. It also looks at how pop culture could be more inclusive in the future.
Watch on: Netflix
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