The Best Food And Drink Documentaries
Documentaries are a great way to learn more about the world and other cultures. Documentaries can teach you something new and make you think differently. Documentaries are a form of non-fiction storytelling that is often used in educational settings. They are usually filmed in a cinematic style with high production values, like narrative films, but they do not have to tell a story or follow any particular plot. Watch documentaries like this on uwatchfree movies and Netflix.
Samsara
Essay film by Ron Fricke. Samsara is a documentary about the cycle of life, which aims to impress with its elaborately staged images in high-resolution 70mm format.
Super Size Me
Morgan Spurlock documentary starring Daryl Isaacs and Morgana Spurlock. Why are Americans so fat? The New York filmmaker Morgan Spurlock pursued this profound question in “Michael Moore style” and, in a self-experiment, fed himself for 30 days only with products from the largest fast food chain in the world.
Jackass 3D
Media satire by Jeff Tremaine, starring Jeff Tremaine and Preston Lacy. In Jackass 3D, Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve O., and co. from the MTV hit show Jackass once again expose themselves to spectacular stunts and pain at the same time.
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Our Big Little Farm
A documentary by John Chester. In Our Big Little Farm, director John Chester and his wife Molly decide to swap city life for a connection to nature and capture the process on film.
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
A documentary by Les Blank starring Werner Herzog and Tom Luddy. In the documentary short film Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe, filmmaker Werner Herzog lets himself taste his footwork, as the title suggests.
Sushi: The Global Catch
A documentary by Mark Hall. From humble beginnings as a simple meal sold in street shops, sushi has grown into a worldwide phenomenon over the past thirty years. With the increasing demand, however, the stocks of bluefin tuna are also increasingly threatened.
Vegucated
A documentary by Marisa Miller Wolfson. A sociological experiment: three New Yorkers who actually like to eat meat and cheese take on the challenge of eating vegan for six weeks.
Fed Up – You Are What You Eat
A documentary by Stephanie Soechtig starring Katie Couric. In the documentary Fed Up, Stephanie Soechtig exposes the lies of the American food industry.
Caffeinated
Adventure film directed by Vishal Solanki and Hanh Nguyen and starring Danny Glover and Katie Leclerc. The documentary Caffeinated tells the story of the bean drink from the perspective of coffee lovers.
A Place at the Table
Investigative documentary directed by Lori Silverbush and Kristi Jacobson and starring Jeff Bridges. A Place at the Table, by Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush, takes a shocking look at America’s kitchens.
