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Filmmaker Emma Sullivan was looking to profile eccentric inventor Peter Madsen and his homemade rocket for a documentary. Instead, she captures incriminating footage that helped convict him of the murder of journalist Kim Wall.

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Posted by Mr Boyles

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Posted on 9/23/22 at 3:53 pm to finchmeister08

Let me guess? Another English Subtitle flick?

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Posted by finchmeister08

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Posted on 9/23/22 at 7:46 pm to Mr Boyles

it's in english.

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Posted by alajones

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Posted on 9/24/22 at 8:50 am to finchmeister08

Kind of tangential, but I’ve lost some faith in Netflix docs after watching a couple. I don’t think anyone vets these before they are released. Maybe all documentaries are really just propaganda and always have been and I just never realized it.

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Posted by tiggerthetooth

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Posted on 9/24/22 at 8:54 am to alajones

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Maybe all documentaries are really just propaganda and always have been and I just never realized it.

Been true for a long time. The filmmakers want you to come to a particular conclusion and hide under the guise of "objectivity" because it's classified as a documentary.

Michael Moore is a great example of heavily biased filmmaker.

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Posted by alajones

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Posted on 9/24/22 at 9:02 am to tiggerthetooth

I watched Thirteenth and it really bothers me that people believe all that stuff is gospel. I counted at least 2 dozen factual inaccuracies and intentionally misleading comments within the first 20 minutes. I watched it after reading New Jim Crow, and was pretty disappointed.

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Posted by DaleGribble

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Posted on 9/24/22 at 5:15 pm to tiggerthetooth