Tag: documentary
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The Dream Season 1: Podcast Review
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Dream: Prepare for a different perspective of a lot of people in your Facebook feed. Quick synopsis: A look into what multi-level marketing (MLM) is and why it can literally ruin people’s lives. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: You have seen MLMs all over the place. Most likely, you’ve…
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Home Game (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Home Game: Sports are just like people, the weirder the better. Quick synopsis: A TV series which identifies fun and weird sports from across the globe. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Kyrgyzstan has a sport where the ball is a dead goat. Yes, you read that correctly. Fun Fact for…
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The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (HBO)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Inventor: I think I could lie my way to a billion dollars. Who’s with me? Quick synopsis: A documentary focused on Elizabeth Holmes and her company Theranos. She became the youngest self-made female billionaire in history. She is also a fraud. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Here is a…
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Fyre (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Fyre: This made me hate Instagram more than I already did. Yes, get off my lawn. Quick synopsis: Documentary on the Fyre festival. It was supposed to be a concert on a Caribbean island which would last for days. It turned into a legitimate nightmare. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like:…
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Tiger King (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Tiger King: It’s like white trash did a massive amount of meth and then had a baby. Then the baby did meth. Quick synopsis: Chronicles the ups and downs of owning tigers and running a zoo. I am so underplaying this whole thing. It’s so bonkers. Fun Fact Non-History People Will…
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They Shall Not Grow Old
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for They Shall Not Grow Old: Peter Jackson made a masterpiece. I’m not talking about Lord of the Rings, though. Quick synopsis: A documentary on World War I that uses new technology to blow your freaking mind hole. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: When it goes from black and white to…