Documentaries That You Should See Before You Die

The Cove is a documentary that was filmed in 2009, about the annual killing of dolphins in a National Park in Taiji, Wakayama in Japan. The film documents a team of people, going into one of these Coves and seeing what really goes on down there, and what they find is very disturbing. The reason I chose this documentary is because, I think everyone should see how horrible these dolphins are treated every year, and if more and more people help out, we might have a chance in stopping the hunting drive.

Sicko is a 2007 documentary film by American filmmaker Michael Moore. The film investigates health care in the United States, focusing on health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry. The film compares the for-profit, non universal U.S. system with the non-profit universal health care systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, Finland, France and Cuba. I chose this documentary because I feel like everyone should see this and know how health insurance is in their country and other countries around them.  

Super Size Me was one of those documentaries that were nominated for an Academy Award. It's about an American, Morgan Spurlock, who directed and starred in this film. Morgan Spurlock goes on a 28-day long period where he only eats McDonald's food, it follows the drastic changes as he goes through the long 28 days. I chose this documentary because I think everyone should see what they are actually consuming every time they go to McDonald's.

 This documentary is all about the farming, and food production in the ways that are environmentally harmful, and the abusive to animals. I chose this documentary because I wanted everyone to see how the food they digest and buy, is made, and to show just how wrong they treat the animals before slaughtering them, and also how they treat the animals during slaughtering.

Earthlings is an incredible documentary about humanity's absolute dependence on animals. It also documents the way human beings abuse and treat the animals that provide us food, animals in the animal shelters, and puppies that are in puppy mills. I chose this documentary because if more and more people watch this, then we could make a difference in the ways they treat these animals.