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Article created by: Kotryna Br
‘The Tinder Swindler’, ‘Bad Surgeon’, and endless true crime series are just some popular (especially among women) examples showing that people love a somewhat shocking documentary. And while there are thousands, if not millions, of them covering basically anything and everything out there already, there are nearly equally as many stories waiting to be uncovered.
Members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community recently discussed such stories, when the user ‘Ninac4116’ asked them about ‘open secrets’ that don’t have a documentary created about them yet. If you’re curious about what stories people would love to watch on the big screen—or their TVs, at least—next, scroll down to find their answers on the list below and see what might be coming up in the world of documentaries in the future.
Below you will also find Bored Panda’s interviews with the OP themself as well as with the Cinema Studies lecturer at Rutgers University, Albert Nigrin, who were kind enough to answer a few of our questions.
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#2
David Miscavige's wife has not been seen in public since 2007. Miscavige is the leader of Scientology.
#3
Private equity is destroying healthcare. They siphon every cent out and then close hospitals down.
Doctors and nurses are now laborers, not professionals. There won’t be much left in 20 years.
#4
The prevalence of microplastics in our food and water supply is an 'open secret' that needs a dedicated documentary. the long-term health effects are still unknown, and it’s a topic that deserves more attention.
#5
The Mormon Church is sitting on hundreds of billions of dollars in stock and real estate. They do almost no charity work directly from those funds. The majority of the humanitarian funds the church claims are from an equivalent dollar value of labor from their members and another entirely separate charity arm which doesnt involve church contributions.
#6
There’s an industry that basically takes guardianship of elderly people by getting them declared incompetent, without their knowledge. They move them into nursing homes, sell off their homes and assets and take over their money. It’s like the title theft scam, but with people being taken over rather than just real estate. It’s brutal and frightening:
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There was a short documentary on Netflix's series "Dirty Money" about this, but that particular episode disappeared around the time that Brittney Spears guardianship ended
#7
How the private prison industry basically got tons of local sheriffs departments into the prison industry, especially in the south by financing, building and training them to run jails and prisons for profit. It's like a franchise, and poor people are the product.
#8
Putin and Russia's influence on social media around the world. I don't think there's been a documentary into just how deep it goes, and how prevalent it is.
#9
I’m surprised there isn’t a documentary on the quackery behind chiropractics. It was literally invented by a man hearing what a ghost said to him. Google that.
#13
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith adopted his 14 year old wife, so he could legally take her across state lines. Wrote about it in his memoir. Said it was consensual. Later became a judge on American Idol.
#14
A company can sell you a printer and then render that printer inoperable if you decide not to also purchase the ink from them (in which said ink is being sold as a subscription service).
#15
Pilots aren’t allowed to fly if they’re depressed (treated or not) or taking any mental health medications, but most of them can’t afford to take off work until they get better (depression is chronic for many), so they fly regardless of how poor their mental health may be and keep it secret if necessary.
#16
Tiger King kind of covered it, but some states have really lax exotic animal laws. Lions, tigers, and bears are not pets. They are wild animals.
#18
How much the military actually waste. If they don’t use what they’re allotted one fiscal year they don’t get the same the next so towards the end of the year they’ll throw ammo off boats in the ocean and purposely break office furniture and burn excess uniforms so the same amount at minimum is allotted the next year.
#19
DuPont plants have a ridiculously high cancer rate for contractors/employees. Studies on titanium dioxide get buried.
#20
Powerful people using tax havens to avoid paying taxes. While there have been some documentaries on specific incidents or individuals, a documentary covering the system seems to be lacking.
#21
The way apartment leasing mega corps like Greystar squeeze renters for every penny (initial lease rate algorithm for starters) and in return cut every corner to save money destroying their customers without care because there’s always hundreds more lined up due to the horrible housing market. Predatory leasing at its finest. Don’t see this ever changing.
#22
The new uranium mines that are being opened on Native American reservations in the Southwest US. Also the ones that are abandoned and the government refuses to clean them up. Not to mention a lot of Navajo Nation is still feeling the effects of the former Bennett Freeze where they couldn’t get anything fixed or anything new built on their land for over 40 years. A good portion of people living in Navajo nation in those areas affected by the freeze still don’t have access to running water and electricity in their homes.
#23
How some of the top fashion magazines send young models over to meet wealthy donors in hotel rooms who will ‘help’ them get the modelling contract they were after.
#24
How recycling is essentially not a real practice. I mean maybe there is something about it but I feel like everyone I know recycles so much of their trash and over 90% if not all of it ends up as trash. Piles and piles of trash.
#25
The province of New Brunswick, Canada is basically the play toy of a small handful of wealthy families (Irving, McCain, Oland). The government is just there for show.
#26
Air-fryers are just rebranded convection ovens from the 90s.
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