Documentaries

I know that everybody thinks that documentaries are boring. But they're actually pretty entertaining. There's a documentary on almost everything, and they can be about serious issues like human rights or suicide, or something completely random, like jump rope competitions.

Some that I have watched include:
*CampOUT
*EqualityU
*JUMP!
*Dealing Dogs
*Death on a Factory Farm
*I Have Tourette's, But Tourette's Doesn't Have Me
*Supersize Me
*Super High Me
*Boy Interuppted

EqualityU is a documentary shown on LOGO that deals with LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) issues in correlation with Christianity in America. It shows 33 LGBT activists on the first ever Soulforce Equality Ride, a 2 month tour across America to visit Christian colleges with anti-gay policies and peacefully protest. It was interesting to see the way that people treated them when all they wanted to do was spread their message. Their stuff was vandalized, and they were insulted and even arrested. But it was really cool that they never gave up and kept visiting schools, even if they knew that they would get arrested the next day. This documentary was very inspiring, and if they continue to do Equality Rides, I definitely want to go in a few years.
Equality U Trailer



Dealing Dogs and Death on a Factory Farm are a part of a documentary series shown on HBO that investigate animal abuse. In Dealing Dogs, an undercover animal rights activist works at a large kennel that sells and trades dogs for research. The dogs at the kennel are underfeed, beaten, and live in dirty cramped cages. Death On a Factory Farm features the same activist working at a factory farm that raises hogs. It deals primarily with the way that the animals are killed, which is often in a rather violent and unnecessary manner. Watching these two films was very interesting, because I am strongly against animal abuse, and I live on a family farm where we raise cattle and pigs. My entire family watched Death on a Factory Farm, and though we didn't agree with how the farm workers treated the animals, we felt like it cast a negative light on some of our farm practices. Overall, these were very well made movies, but they are very violent and rather offensive, and can be hard to watch if you have even the slightest bit of positive feelings towards animals.

JUMP! is a documentary about competitive jump rope, and probably the most non-intense documentary film that I've ever watched. Despite the fact that I'm not athletic in any way, shape or form, I do appreciate those who are good at sports, so this was a really interesting to watch. Before I saw JUMP!, I didn't even know that competitive jump rope existed outside of an elementary playground. As it turns out, there are actually competitions on an international level, and those jump ropers are insane! Can you do a back flip while jump roping? Didn't think so.
JUMP! Trailer


So yeah. If you've never seen a documentary, you should watch one. I highly reccomend any of the films that I have listed, and if you see any other ones, you should definately tell me.