Every week the PICA team gets together and watches a documentary in topics related to sustainability, environmental issues, food justice and more!
Documentaries are a fun and educational way to learn about issues happening in our world today. Not only do documentaries provide objective and factual information but offer us an opportunity to gain different perspectives. Below you will find a list of documentaries that have been watched by our PICA team. We hope this list will provide you with insights for current issues.
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics (2020)
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics is a 2020 documentary film directed and written by Donick Cary and starring Nick Offerman, Sting and ASAP Rocky. The premise revolves around celebrities telling anecdotes about hallucinogenic drug usage. This Documentary can be found on Netflix. (Description provided by Google).
There's something in the water (2019)
Community activists embark on a crusade to protect the environment from landfills and pollutants in Nova Scotia. This documentary can be found on Netflix.
Brave Blue World (2020)
Brave Blue World explores the technologies and innovations that have the potential to solve the world’s water crisis. The film highlights scientific and technological advancements that have been taking place to ensure the world’s population has access to clean water and safe sanitation services and the environment is protected. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, Brave Blue World features scientists, engineers and activists from around the world, including actor Matt Damon, co-founder of global non-profit Water.org, and actor and musician Jaden Smith, co-founder of non-profit 501CThree. (Description provided by https://www.braveblue.world/vision)
Night on Earth (2020)
Night on Earth is a British nature documentary series made for Netflix. The series is narrated by Samira Wiley and produced by Plimsoll Productions. The series follows animals that are active during the night using state of the art, low-light camera technology.