‘The Tinder Swindler’, ‘Bad Surgeon’, and endless true crime series are just some popular (especially among women) examples showing that people love a somewhat shocking documentary. And while there are thousands, if not millions, of them covering basically anything and everything out there already, there are nearly equally as many stories waiting to be uncovered.
Members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community recently discussed such stories, when the user ‘Ninac4116’ asked them about ‘open secrets’ that don’t have a documentary created about them yet. If you’re curious about what stories people would love to watch on the big screen—or their TVs, at least—next, scroll down to find their answers on the list below and see what might be coming up in the world of documentaries in the future.
Below you will also find Bored Panda’s interviews with the OP themself as well as with the Cinema Studies lecturer at Rutgers University, Albert Nigrin, who were kind enough to answer a few of our questions.
impossibly_curious , Polina Zimmerman / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
donrhummy , Phung Touch / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
Soggy_Height_9138 , Michael / flickr (not the actual photo) Report
effdubbs , Jonathan Borba / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
In a recent interview with Bored Panda, the redditor who started the thread, ‘Ninac4116’, shared that it was curiosity that led them to pose the question. “As an exposé junkie, I was curious what more in the world we don’t know about yet,” they said.
urmaiidibear , Oregon State University / flickr (not the actual photo) Report
newhunter18 , Michael Hart / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report
Gealbhancoille , Matthias Zomer / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
ashleyz1106 Report
“Many answers were surprising,” the OP added, “but a common theme [that was] somewhat unsurprising were the Jeffrey Epstein and Trump comments. It makes you wonder why certain things don’t get more media attention.”
deepsouthguy68 Report
writeorelse Report
Ninac4116 , Sincerely Media / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report
diablette , Ayyeee Ayyeee / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
hsmith9002 , Dan Smedley / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report
Ducra Report
Papagorgio22 , Abog / wikipedia Report
“Documentaries are very important as they are a window into the life of our planet,” he added. “They play an increasing role in helping us understand ourselves and our lives better.”
AaronMichael726 Report
Poundchan , Prasopchok / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report
irq , Rafael Cosquiere / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
“Today’s documentaries are all over the place given that there are so many more outlets for these; everything from ‘reality TV’ to series on the climate crisis.”
SnooChipmunks126 Report
virtualadept Report
ScooterMcdooter69 Report
GovSurveillancePotoo , Matthew Hurst / flickr (not the actual photo) Report
adisgo , Nataliya Vaitkevich / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
i_voted_for_stewie Report
mac9426 Report
Fuzzie_Lee Report
Puzzleheaded-Fly402 Report
simongurfinkel , Dennis Jarvis / flickr (not the actual photo) Report
biblio_phobic , HS You / flickr (not the actual photo) Report
breakfastmeat23 Report
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