Here at A Little Seed Inc, we love a good documentary. Brave, riveting, and heart-warming – these documentaries are gripping masterpieces, pivotal stories of the human experience that are definitely worth the watch. Promise.
CAUGHT IN THE NET (2020)
Caught in the Net is a chilling expose of internet horrors – vile sexual predators who prey on underaged girls online. 3 actresses over the age of 18 are cast to play prepubescent girls online, communicating with men who approach them based on their fake accounts. The men seduce them, demand video sex, and send pictures of their genitalia or links to porn. Some even attempt blackmail. Over the 10 days, the women attract dozens of men, then hundreds, and finally thousands…
Awards:
- Winner – Best Documentary Feature (2021 Czech Lion Award)
- Winner – Award of Film Fans (2021 Czech Lion Award)
CITY OF GHOSTS (2017)
City of Ghosts follows the journey of Syrian media activist group “Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently” – a handful of anonymous citizens who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. With astonishing, deeply personal access, this is the story of a brave group of citizen journalists as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run, and in exile, risking their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.
Awards:
- Winner – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary (2018 Directors Guild of America)
- Nominee – Best Documentary (2018 BAFTA)
- Nominee – Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking (2018 Primetime Emmy Awards)
FOR SAMA (2019)
For Sama is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waadal-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Waad wrestles with an impossible choice – whether or not to flee her city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.
Awards:
- Winner – Prix L’Œil d’Or for Best Documentary (2019 Cannes Film Festival)
- Winner – Best Documentary (2020 BAFTA)
- Nominee – Best Documentary Feature (2020 Academy Awards)
FACES PLACES (2017)
89-year-old Agnes Varda, one of the leading figures of the French New Wave, and 33-year-old acclaimed French photographer and muralist JR team up in this enchanting documentary. Kindred spirits, the two share a lifelong passion for pictures and how they are created, displayed and shared. Together they travel around the villages of France meeting locals, learning their stories and producing epic-size portraits of them. Faces Places documents these heart-warming encounters, as well as the unlikely, tender friendship they form along the way.
Awards:
- Winner – Best Documentary (2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards)
- Winner – Best Non-fiction Film (2018 National Society of Film Critics)
- Nominee – Best Documentary Feature (2018 Academy Awards)
All films above are available for purchase or rent on Apple TV (iTunes Movies store). Happy viewing!
