DocuChix Podcast

ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff? is a 2018 documentary film is centered around the 1976 assassination attempt on Bob Marley. The documentary was released by Netflix on October 12, 2018. It was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary at the 40th News and Documentary Emmy Award (description by www.google.com) Streaming: Netflix Released: 2018

This documentary profiles music and culture icon Quincy Jones, offering unprecedented access to his private life and stories from his unparalleled career (description from google.com) Streaming: Netflix Released: 2018

This documentary features rare footage filmed by Christopher Wallace's best friend, Damion "D-Roc" Butler, and interviews with his closest friends and family, revealing a side of Biggie Smalls that the world never knew (description by imdb.com). Released: March 2021 on Netflix

Dolly Parton leads a moving, musical journey in this documentary that details the people and places who have helped shape her iconic career. Streaming: Netflix Released: 2019

His influence is unparalleled, and his legacy will live on through his inspirational music. In this fascinating documentary, we take an in depth look into the life and times of one of music's greatest performers…Prince. Streaming: YouTube Released: 2017

Filmmaker Mary Mazzio chronicles the first African American high-school rowing team from the West Side of Chicago (description by google.com) Released: 2020

Three-time world champion surfer Andy Irons struggles with bipolar disorder and opioid addiction: demons that millions of people worldwide battle. His incredible talent is overshadowed by self-destructive impulses (description by google.com) Released: 2018

Reporters from The Indianapolis Star expose Dr. Larry Nassar's sexual abuse of young gymnasts (description from google.com). Released: June 2020

Baseball pitcher Dock Ellis had a controversial life and career, once pitching a no-hitter while high on LSD (description provided by www.google.com) Released: 2014

Elite athletes and insiders reflect on the Paralympic Games and examine how they impact a global understanding of disability, diversity and excellence (description from www.google.com) Released: August 2020

The definitive story of the man who personified soccer, which he called "the beautiful game", and how he changed the history of the sport (description by google.com). Released: February 2021

When filmmaker Bryan Fogel sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller. Dirty urine, unexplained death and Olympic gold are all part of the exposure of the biggest scandal in sports history (documentary description from google.com) Released: 2017

Preachers who lose their faith in God join the Clergy Project, a safe haven for preachers from all faiths who no longer believe (description by google.com) Released: 2017 Streaming: Amazon Prime, Tubi

In the midst of religious intolerance and extremism, the Bahá'í faith offers a path toward world peace by advocating the oneness of humanity's major religions (description from www.google.com) Released: 2018 Streaming: Amazon Prime

This documentary interviews believers and nonbelievers -- Christians, atheists, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Jews and many others -- asking the question, "What is God?." Released: 2009 Streaming: Tubi, Amazon Prime

Scientists, authors and philosophers propose the secret to leading a happy and successful life (description from google.com) Released: 2016 Streaming: Pluto TV, Netflix, Amazon Prime

The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song is a moving four-hour, two-part series from executive producer, host and writer Henry Louis Gates, Jr., that traces the 400-year-old story of the Black church in America, all the way down to its bedrock role as the site of African American survival and grace, organizing and resilience, thriving and testifying, autonomy and freedom, solidarity and speaking truth to power (description from www.pbs.org) Streaming: PBS (www.pbs.org) Released: 2021

The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song is a moving four-hour, two-part series from executive producer, host and writer Henry Louis Gates, Jr., that traces the 400-year-old story of the Black church in America, all the way down to its bedrock role as the site of African American survival and grace, organizing and resilience, thriving and testifying, autonomy and freedom, solidarity and speaking truth to power (description from www.pbs.org) Streaming: PBS (www.pbs.org) Released: 2021

Through the lens of faiths and cultures in seven provinces in Indonesia, this documentary follows individuals who strive to address climate change (description provided by Netflix.com).

In his 93 years, Attenborough has visited every continent on the globe, exploring the wild places of the planet and documenting the living world in all its variety and wonder. But during his lifetime, Attenborough has also seen first-hand the monumental scale of humanity's impact on nature (description provided by www.google.com). Streaming: Nexflix Released: 2020

Ivory is a prized status symbol for middle-class Chinese, and poachers in pursuit of white gold are slaughtering African elephants in record numbers. Filmmakers went under cover for 16 months, infiltrating and documenting the deep-rooted corruption at the heart of the global ivory trafficking crisis (review google.com)

Six girls living along the Amazon, Nile, Mississippi, Danube, Ganges, and Yangtze rivers learn about water sustainability and preservation, then use their new-found knowledge to educate their communities (description provided by google.com)  Released: 2018 Streaming: Netflix

Activists, scientists, farmers and politicians turn to regenerative agriculture to save the planet's topsoil (description from www.google.com) Streaming: Netflix Released: 2020

From reuse to energy generation, new innovations across five continents are explored in this documentary about building a future for sustainable water (description from www.netflix.com) Released: 2020 Streaming: Netflix

When he discovers the world's oceans brimming with plastic waste, a documentary filmmaker investigates the pollution's environmental impacts (description from www.netflix.com). Released: 2016 Streaming: Netflix, Amazon Prime, YouTube

The story of Tilikum, a captive killer whale that has taken the lives of several people, underscores problems within the sea-park industry, man's relationship to nature, and how little has been learned about these highly intelligent mammals (description from www.google.com). Streaming: Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, Hulu Released: 2013

How to Change the World tells the story of Greenpeace's earliest days as a group of friends improvised their way into starting a global movement (description from google.com) Streaming: Netflix

To get to the bottom of the current mental health crisis in the U.S., psychiatrist and documentarian Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, M.D. chronicles the personal, poignant stories of those suffering from serious mental illness, including his own family, to bring to light to this epidemic and possible solutions (description from www.pbs.org). Director: Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, MD Streaming: PBS & PBS Video App Director: Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, MD Streaming: PBS & PBS Video App

Brené Brown: The Call To Courage is a 2019 documentary film directed by Sandra Restrepo. The documentary depicts Brené Brown as she discusses what it takes to choose courage over comfort in today's culture. The film was released by Netflix on April 19, 2019 (description by wikipedia.com)  Streaming on Netflix

James Wilks travels the world on a quest for the truth about meat, protein, and strength. Showcasing elite athletes, special ops soldiers, and visionary scientists to change the way people eat and live (description provided by www.google.com) Released: 2019 Streaming: Amazon Pime, Netflix, YouTube

What the Health is the groundbreaking follow-up film from the creators of the award-winning documentary Cowspiracy. The film exposes the collusion and corruption in government and big business that is costing us trillions of healthcare dollars, and keeping us sick (description from www.whatthehealth.com). Streaming: Netflix, Amazon Prime, YouTube

This documentary about cancer contains two narratives: one from celebrated French neuroscientist and cancer revolutionary Dr. David Servan-Schreiber, the other from film's director, Meghan L. O'Hara. After braving the journey from diagnosis to wellness, Meghan and David join forces to expose systematic failings in our society, which reinforce the bad habits that predispose us to disease (documentary description provided by www.google.com). Streaming on Amazon Prime, Netflix, YouTube, Vudu.

HEAL is a film by Kelly Noonan Gores about the power of the mind to heal the body, featuring Deepak Choprah, Bruce Lipton and Marianne Williamson (information provided by www.healdocumentary.com). Streaming on Amazon Prime & Netflix

Filmmaker Roko Belic travels to more than a dozen countries, searching for the meaning of happiness (information provided by www.imdb.com) Released in 2011 Streaming on Amazon Prime and Netflix

ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY examines the issue of voter suppression in the US. The film interweaves personal experiences with activism and historical insight to expose a problem that has corrupted our country from the beginning. With the expertise of Stacey Abrams, the film offers an insider’s look into the barriers to voting (description provided by www.amazon.com). Streaming on Amazon Prime

The right to vote is at the foundation of America's democracy. But not every vote is created equal. How does the system work, and can it be fixed? (documentary description provided by www.netflix.com) Released: 2020.

In this thought-provoking documentary, scholars, activists and politicians analyze the criminalization of African Americans and the U.S. prison boom (documentary description from www.netflix.com) Streaming: Netflix

Five times in U.S. history, the popular vote loser was named president, putting American Electoral College in the crosshairs of Constitution reformers. This film, named official selection of the 2019 Awareness Festival, explains how the Electoral College came to be, its impact on U.S. legislative policy, and current efforts to make presidential elections better represent the will of the people (documentary description provided by www.amazonprime.com). Released: 2019

This documentary probes the presidential campaigns that have changed America through the eyes of former campaigners, journalists and researchers. Find our how financing, crime and corruption, and TV debates play a major role i swaying political opinion on the way to the White House (description of documentary from www.amazonprime.com) Streaming: Amazon prime, Tubi.

Dark Money examines one of the greatest present threats to American Democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials (description of documentary provided by www.amazon.com) Streaming: Amazon Prime Released: 2018

Explore how a data company named Cambridge Analytica came to symbolize the dark side of social media in the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election (documentary description provided by netflix.com). Streaming: Netflix Directed by: Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim

Filmed in countries all over the world, from the brightest runways to the darkest slums, and featuring interviews with the world’s leading influencers including Stella McCartney, Livia Firth and Vandana Shiva, The True Cost is an unprecedented project that invites us on an eye opening journey around the world and into the lives of the many people and places behind our clothes (documentary description from www.truecostmovie.com/about) Producer:  Michael Ross Streaming: Tubi, Amazon Prime, YouTube   Released in 2015.

Food, Inc. is a 2008 American documentary film directed by filmmaker Robert Kenner. The film examines corporate farming in the United States, concluding that agribusiness produces food that is unhealthy, in a way that is environmentally harmful and abusive of both animals and employees (documentary review information provided by wikipedia.org) Producer: Robert Kenner Streaming: Amazon Prime, Hulu

For years, scientists have known about the remarkable existence of another brain within our bodies: our gut (documentary description provided by Amazon Prime).   Streaming: Amazon Prime Release date: 2013

Set in the overwhelming white world of classical dance, it tells the stories of amazingly talented black ballerinas from several generations who face racism, exclusion and unequal opportunity while pursuing their dreams to dance. Interviews are combined with stunning archival footage and photography to explore how the challenges of the past still exist in the ethereal world of ballet today(documentary description obtained from Amazon.com). Director: Frances McElroy Producer: Frances McElroy Released: 2016 Streaming on Amazon Prime

Skin is a documentary about exploring through the meaning of beauty in all the different shades of black. Set in Logos, Nollywood actress Beverly Naya goes on a journey to learn about contrasting perceptions of beauty by meeting individuals who have dealt with the pressure to conform to certain standards of beauty and how colorism continues to shape the face of the entertainment industry in Africa (documentary description per imdb.com). Director: Daniel Etim Effoing. Streaming on Netflix. Released in 2019.

Prompted by a question from his young daughter, comic Chris Rock sets out to explore the importance of hair in black culture. Rock interviews celebrities such as Ice-T & Raven Symone, and visits hair salons, stylist competitions and even an Indian temple to learn about hair culture (documentary description per Google.com) Streaming on YouTube. Released in 2009.

Filmmaker Roger Nygard (Trekkies, The Nature of Existence) tracks down the experts and discovers surprising scientific facts behind what makes happy relationships work, and what we can do to increase our chances of finding a soulmate (documentary description per Amazon.com) Streaming on Amazon Prime now. Released in 2020.

In this episode, you will learn more about who the DocuChix, aka the hosts of the show Miaya and Emem, and how they came to be along with the reason for choosing to review documentaries. You will learn all about future shows and what to expect in each podcast recording. And last but certainly not least, you will become part of the family.