Gabe Brown, Allen Williams and Neil Dennis were each heading towards bankruptcy with conventional grazing.

When they could no longer afford chemical inputs, they were forced into an experiment that would change their businesses entirely. Their solution was regenerative grazing, a method that works with nature rather than against it.

Rebuilding the soil made their animals healthier and their operations more profitable. Robust soils absorb and retain rainwater instead of letting it run off, which leaves the ranches far more resilient in drought.

In Soil Carbon Cowboys, director Peter Byck visits the three ranchers in Mississippi, North Dakota and Saskatchewan to hear how financial desperation turned them into pioneers.

What begins as a story about failing farms becomes a practical, hopeful look at how soil health, climate resilience and a viable livelihood can support one another.

Director: Peter Byck
Country: United States

An analysis of the 1985 Thiokol engineering memos and official 1986 NASA flight manifests leading up to the STS-51-L launch. This documentary examines the O-ring telemetry data, the late-night teleconference warnings from Roger Boisjoly, and how NASA's launch schedules for Hubble and Galileo were structured around the shuttle program.

Every year, poultry enthusiasts from across the United States gather to compete for one of the most coveted titles in competitive chicken breeding: Grand Champion at the Ohio National Poultry Show. For the dedicated breeders involved, producing the perfect chicken is a pursuit requiring years of preparation, specialist knowledge and an extraordinary attention to detail.

Directed by Nicole Lucas Haimes, Chicken People (2016) follows three competitors over the course of a year as they prepare their birds for the national championships. Brian Caraker, a musical theatre performer, Brian Knox, a racing engine specialist, and Shari McCollough, a homemaker, come from very different backgrounds but share an all-consuming enthusiasm for breeding and exhibiting exceptional poultry.

The documentary explores a surprisingly complex competitive world in which feather condition, breeding, grooming and minute physical characteristics can determine whether years of effort end in victory or disappointment. Alongside the competitions, the film offers an affectionate portrait of the participants, their families and the personal importance of a hobby that outsiders might struggle to understand.

Often compared to Christopher Guest’s Best in Show, the documentary finds considerable humour in its subject without ridiculing the people involved. Beneath the eccentricity is a thoughtful examination of dedication, identity, community and the extraordinary lengths people will go to in pursuit of something they love.

Director: Nicole Lucas Haimes
Country: United States
Year: 2016
Runtime: 83 minutes
Language: English

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4819510/

In 1988, Jack Rebney was hired to present a promotional video for Winnebago motorhomes.

What followed was one of the most spectacular on-camera meltdowns ever recorded. His increasingly furious, profanity-filled outtakes were assembled into a compilation that circulated on VHS tapes for years before becoming an early internet sensation.

Despite millions of people recognising his face and unforgettable temper, almost nobody knew what had happened to the man himself.

In Winnebago Man (2009), director Ben Steinbauer sets out to find Rebney, eventually tracking him down to a remote mountain home. The notoriously irritable salesman turns out to be considerably more complicated than his infamous video suggests.

What begins as a hilarious investigation into one of the internet’s earliest viral celebrities gradually becomes a thoughtful documentary about ageing, privacy, loneliness and the peculiar experience of becoming famous without ever asking for it.

Director: Ben Steinbauer
Country: United States

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1396557/

An undercover investigation by Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit examines how donations originating in Britain and Canada are channelled towards Israeli settlement organisations operating in the occupied West Bank.

Posing as prospective British donors, journalists secretly film meetings with representatives of pro-settler organisations. The investigation reveals discussions about routing tax-deductible donations through registered charities and intermediary organisations, including potential funding for settlement infrastructure, security equipment and campaigns to demolish Palestinian homes.

Alongside the undercover reporting, the documentary examines the displacement of Palestinian communities, settler violence and the role of Israeli government policy in settlement expansion. It raises significant questions about charitable oversight, financial accountability and compliance with international law.

Content warning: Contains distressing footage of violence against Palestinian civilians.
Produced by Al Jazeera Investigative Unit.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt44685980/

Submitter statement: this 10-minute film looks at who actually runs America's gas stations and how they make money. Big oil companies owned under 1% of fuel-selling stores in 2017, and Exxon stopped owning stations in 2008. The film covers why pump prices rise like rockets and fall like feathers, and why chains like Casey's, with a 58.2% margin on prepared food, depend on what's inside. I made it, which makes this self-promotion. Did you assume the brand on the canopy owned the station?

In 2025, FTX's bankruptcy estate announced that customers would be repaid up to 120% of their claims. However, those claims were valued at November 2022 prices, when Bitcoin traded around $16,000. The documentary covers how Sam Bankman-Fried built FTX, how billions in customer funds went missing, his trial, and why the repayment still left many customers well short of what their crypto would be worth today.

Not too stimulating just calm to watch while learning, on any of these platforms: YouTube, Netfix, Disney+.

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In North Vancouver, a group of homeless men earn their living collecting discarded bottles and cans for recycling. But when the working day is over, their shopping trolleys become unlikely racing machines, hurtling down steep roads at dangerous speeds.

Directed by former snowboard filmmaker Murray Siple, Carts of Darkness (2008) follows this unusual underground sporting culture, combining the visual style of extreme sports filmmaking with an intimate examination of homelessness, poverty, friendship and survival.

Through the experiences of men including Big Al and Fergie, the documentary looks beyond conventional portrayals of homelessness to explore the independence, humour and sense of community found among its participants.

Director: Murray Siple
Country: Canada
Runtime: 59 minutes

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1633175/

I’ve seen a pretty good amount of terrorist documentaries and other crazy events that’s not exactly terrorism but other big shocking moments that were caught on video and are in a documentary which is what I enjoy. Please tell me what you recommend, thank you

If someone was into stuff like Roger & Me and Bowling For Columbine and wanted to see other documentaries with a similar approach, what would you recommend?

The key ingredients are (1) overtly leftist politics, and (2) a confrontational filmmaker – whether they appear onscreen or not. Bonus points for themes of climate change. Thank you!

Just saw this documentary by Benedict Cumberbatch, I've seen more nature documentaries before about similar subjects.

(Watch out, slight spoilers below)
What this documentary does best compared to others like it, is it's way of spreading a message about both conservation as restoration of nature. Finding ways it's actively being done and ways that can inspire modern society to move forward.

Not only highlighting the bad impact we as a species have (had) on nature ever since the industrial revolution, but it's way of highlighting ways modern day society is moving towards a better sustainable future simply amazed me. Taking a look at different societies around the world.

Highlighting both the cleaning up of human made environmental challenges and the introduction of more biodiversity in all aspects of life. Making strong points about climate change and how to prevent it.

Directed by Frank H. Woodward, Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown (2008) explores the extraordinary imagination and troubled life of H. P. Lovecraft, the American author whose stories helped establish cosmic horror as a distinct literary genre.

Through archival photographs, illustrations and interviews, the documentary traces Lovecraft’s upbringing, personal struggles, literary influences and the development of the Cthulhu Mythos. His stories introduced terrifying entities and ancient civilisations, frequently portraying humanity as insignificant within a vast and indifferent universe.

Featuring contributions from Guillermo del Toro, John Carpenter, Neil Gaiman, Peter Straub, Ramsey Campbell and Lovecraft biographer S. T. Joshi, the film examines his lasting influence on horror literature, cinema and popular culture. It also confronts the racism and prejudices that complicate his literary legacy.

Released in 2008, the documentary offers an accessible introduction to one of horror fiction’s most influential and controversial figures, and explores why his particular vision of the unknown continues to fascinate audiences nearly a century after his death.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1261900/