Free-to-watch documentaries
Home » Blog » Lynda Brendish » Free-to-watch documentariesA new website offers up a large selection of documentaries to watch for free, including environmentally themed award-winners like Gasland and Garbage Warrior.
Image from Gasland documentary
It is not often these days that you get something for free especially when it comes to the media, so the socially conscious documentaries available through thoughtmaybe.com come as a welcome change.
The website bills itself as an 'introduction' to change, hoping that its content will be provoke viewers to action.
Well, this is a website that will hopefully provoke thought, reflection and maybe even reaction to not only these issues but to others such as that surrounding the environment, technology, money, science, religion, etc…
It’s a website dedicated to generating awareness of the mainstream state of silent consent and conformity — subservience and acquiescence.
The site has a lot of great documentaries to choose from on a whole range of topics on the social awareness spectrum.
Perhaps especially timely is the inclusion of WikiRebels—about the in/famous WikiLeaks organisation.
From the blurb on the site:
WikiRebels asks: where is Wikileaks heading? Is it stronger than ever or being broken by the US or even on the inside? And who is Assange? A champion of freedom, a spy or a rapist? What are his objectives? And what are the consequences?
I was especially pleased to see Gasland available to view—and what's more, there doesn't seem to be any content blocking in New Zealand.
For those not familiar with Gasland, it's an incredible environmental-themed documentary tracing the problems throughout America caused by the hydraulic fracturing method (known as fracking) of extracting natural gas. The film's subject matter is gripping—wait until you see the tap water burst into flames—and the film's maker Josh Fox cleverly positions himself as an environmental detective of sorts.
Watch the trailer below and don't forget to head over to thoughtmaybe.com for the full feature as well as other films.
Let us know your favourite finds in the comments!
