A documentary is defined as a film or television program that is educational and tells a true story. Early documentary films, dubbed "actuality films" at the time, lasted one minute or less. Documentaries have grown in length and scope over time and now fall into a variety of categories, including instructive, observational, and docufiction. Documentaries are incredibly instructive, and they are frequently used in schools to explain various concepts. Documentary filmmakers have an obligation, to be honest about their worldview without purposefully misrepresenting a subject. The expansion of the documentary film genre has been helped by social media platforms (such as YouTube). These platforms have expanded the distribution area and made information more easily accessible, improving the ability to educate a larger number of people and expanding the reach of those who receive it.
Type of documentary films:-
• Expository
• Poetic
• Essayistic
• Observational
• Participatory
• Performance
• Interview
• Dramatization
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3 Best Documentaries in India:-
1. House of secrets: The Burari Deaths (2021)
2. India’s Daughter (2015)
3. Fire in the Blood (2013)
House of secrets: The burari deaths, Created by Leena Yadav and Anubhav Chopra, A. R. Rahman, and his ensemble of musician group, Qutub-E-Kripa, composed and produced the score of the docuseries. There is no conclusion in the three-episode docuseries, which efficiently and emotionally covers the genuine narrative while also establishing a path to the theme of mental health. It is based on the terrible true incident of eleven family members who were discovered dead in their Delhi home.
This is a fantasy fiction and adventure fiction documentary. House of Secrets is an adventure story about three children, Cordelia, Brendan, and Eleanor, who are sent into three mashed-up books written by Denver Kristoff by the Wind Witch. The main characters are Cordelia: a 15-year-old girl who loves books and cares for her siblings.
Rating-5.1/10
India’s Daughter, created by Leslee Udwin.
The life and death of Jyoti Singh, an Indian medical student whose violation and murder by gang rapists, exposed the violent misogyny of Indian society. This is a story of the short life of a young woman and terrible gang rape and murder in Delhi in December 2012. The rape and killing of a 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus provoked extraordinary protests and riots across India, as well as the first glimmers of a shift in thinking. The lives, attitudes, and mindsets of the rapists, whom the filmmakers had exclusive and unparalleled access to interview before they were hanged, are interwoven into the plot. The video looks at the society and attitudes that lead to such acts of violence, and offers an upbeat and passionate plea for reform, focusing not just on the attack but on the ensuing protests and policy changes.
Rating-8.2/10
Fire in the Blood, directed by Dylan Mohan Gray, is a complex story about how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments blocked access to low-cost AIDS drugs for countries in the global south in the years after 1996, resulting in ten million or more unnecessary deaths, and the unlikely group of people who decided to fight back. FIRE IN THE BLOOD is the never-before-told true story of the remarkable coalition that came together to stop 'the crime of the century and save millions of lives in the process, shot on four continents and featuring contributions from global figures such as Bill Clinton, Desmond Tutu, and Joseph Stiglitz.
Rating- 7.7/10
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