Documentaries

Just to reiterate what I said already, ever since I was in elementary school, I always got bad vibes from documentaries. They always left the same impression on me. Sure, there was a rare occasion where I found one that I actually really liked but other than that, I didn’t really care for them. I didn’t care for the ones especially the in History and English class. Those subjects were always my worst and I think it was partially because of the topics we focused on.

Additionally, so frequently I would hear different backstories from friends, and even strangers, about why they chose this odd eating style, that some call vegetarian, vegan, etc. “I watched a documentary called (blank).” You could fill that in with: Food Inc., Cowspiracy, Forks over Knives, and Supersize Me. I’m sure there’s more that I haven’t even heard of. As you can see, all my knowledge was of documentaries were English, history, and saving the animals. Not a great basis if you ask me.

Interestingly enough, two of my closest friends were in this class at the start of the semester and I needed something for my humanities, so I decided to look into this class. From what they had told me, it sounded pretty interesting. Sure enough, I was enlightened by things I never imagined. I was faced to tasks on path I would have never otherwise ventured down. This class showed me another side to documentaries that changed my perception. Now when I hear documentaries, I don’t necessarily want to cringe. I wonder what it might be about, and whether or not it’ll fall into the “Seems interesting to me” category. I appreciate this new idea I have about documentaries because now I can be more open to new subjects.