My Documentary Spree

My favorite movie genre is documentaries. I have an Amazon Prime membership, so I can watch what seems to be an endless stream of documentaries. Here are some of the ones I have been watching recently on the Amazon Prime Instant Video app.

The first one I watched this last week was Urban Fruit. I loved it, and it really make me think hard about all the opportunities to grow food in cities that are not being taken advantage of in the nearby city of Denver, and within my own backyard.

The second one was Food Chains, by the same people who made Food, Inc. and A Place at the Table. They make some awesome documentaries! I was so touched by all these documentaries, both because of the subject matter and because of the amazing storytelling skill of the film makers. I would recommend that everyone watch all three documentaries if you are interested in informing yourself about the food supply, and it's powerful attending social issues.

I then watched We Love Paleo, which was I thought a quite powerful documentary, and very empowering and hopeful for people who feel as if they are stuck with their chronic health challenges. Hint: You don't have to be sick! It's a choice you make.

All of the above documentaries were free on the Amazon Instant Video app for Prime members. I bet quite a few of them are also available to stream from Netflix.

I also rented Love Between the Covers, which was a documentary on the romance novel industry. I thought this documentary was a great way for people to confront their prejudices and social conditioning that romance novels are somehow not "respectable" or "real" literature. This one I rented on Amazon and watched in the Instant Video app. A very good book on the topic by a person who did their anthropology PhD dissertation on romance novels is Dangerous Books for Girls: The Bad Reputation of Romance Novels, Explained. This book and documentary is very eye-opening for people who aren't aware of the aspects of structural, subtle sexism toward pursuits that are coded as "feminine".

All the documentaries above are worth watching, and the book is definitely worth reading. I would recommend all of them.

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