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Documentaries have always been slanted whether people on whichever side want to admit or not. I have Netflix and have watched dozens of their listed documentaries and ALL of them are slanted to make you feel empathy for the subject matter and a sort of vague resentment towards the often painted antagonist portrayed by the filmmakers.
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My point didn’t have anything to do with the fact that documentaries have opinions or agendas— they obviously do— my point is that this “documentary” blatantly falls into the category of current political propaganda.
Trump is still in office, and this is clearly a fluff piece, so anyone showing this movie under the pretense that it is a documentary pertaining to valid facts (such as a PBS Frontline episode), should take a look at their ethics.
I have respect for the BBC’s journalism, and for Netflix’s ability to curate quality documentary content, that is why this caught my attention. Had this popped up on YouTube, done by a hack, production-company-for-hire, I wouldn’t care.