The streaming platform Netflix has decided to distribute for free some of the documentaries of its exclusive production directly on the official channel YouTube, with the intention of supporting teachers, engaged in this period of lockdown with distance learning. The 10 documentaries are available, albeit in English and with subtitles. The contents proposed by Netflix they are not the classic movies or series we are used to, however they can be interesting and much more stimulating than expected.
Among the contents available for free to the public we can find the series Our Planet, created in collaboration with the WWF. The first season of Abstract: The Art of Design, which reveals through in-depth investigations the secrets of design works and XIII amendment, the documentary film about racial inequality in the United States of America.
Below you will find the complete list of documentaries Netflix visible on YouTube:
- XIII Amendment (13th): Scholars, activists and politicians analyze the criminalization of African Americans and the boom in incarceration in the US in a sobering documentary.
- Abstract: The Art of Design: a journey into the minds of the most innovative designers in different fields to discover the impact that design has on every aspect of our life.
- Baby, travel in the first year of life (Babies): From Nature to Education, this docuseries explores groundbreaking scientific theories that reveal how babies discover life during their first year of life.
- Chasing Coral: divers, scientists and photographers from all over the world organize a massive underwater campaign to document the disappearance of coral reefs.
- In a nutshell (Explained): This illuminating Vox series explores numerous themes, from the success of cryptocurrencies to why diets fail, to the crazy world of K-pop.
- Conquering Congress (Knock Down the House): four resolute women, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and behind the scenes of their challenge to high-caliber politicians in the 2018 election for the US Congress.
- Our Planet: a series of documentaries made in collaboration with the WWF.
- The cycle of progress (Period. End of Sentence): in the countryside of India, where the taboo of menstruation still reigns, the women of a village produce cheap sanitary pads to become independent.
- White Helmets (The White Helmets): While air raids target civilian targets in Syria on a daily basis, a group of indomitable rescuers risk their lives to save the victims from the rubble.
- Zion: a documentary short film on the story of Zion Clark, a boy born without legs and who remained for years in foster care who finds his way into professional wrestling.
