Documentaries offer a fun and unique way of telling stories of past events as documented throughout the years.
Ranging from historical events to contemporary issues to human experiences, documentaries are a great way to capture one's attention, while equipping knowledge and spicing up one's holiday.
You can watch them from sources such as Youtube or TV versions recreated into movies across streaming apps/sites such as Hulu, and Netflix, among others.
With the festive season fast approaching, here are some of the documentaries that would entertain and keep you glued to your TV sets.
God Forbid
Featuring deceit and hypocrisy in the lives of a Christian community, the scandal that brought down a dynasty is about a pool boy who finds himself in a scandalous affair with a prominent family in the church community.
Our Father
This documentary features a story about a former Indianapolis-based fertility doctor, Donald Cline who gets involved in a fertility fraud case after he is accused of using his own sperm to impregnate several unsuspecting patients.
Jeffrey Dahmer
This American serial killer story is about a sex offender and a serial killer who murdered seventeen men between 1978 and 1991. The murders nearly went undetected for nearly a decade.
Theranos
This documentary features the rise and fall of a multi-billion dollar biotech startup headed by Elizabeth Holmes.
Holmes created an Edison kit which she claimed could detect conditions such as cancer and diabetes with a single drop of blood.
It was later discovered that the kit was non-functional as claimed. Holmes was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Enron
Enron is about one of the biggest bankruptcy filings in the history of the United States and the world. The scandal generated much debate as well as legislation designed to improve accounting standards and practices, with long-lasting repercussions in the financial world.
