15 Hidden Documentary Film Gems On Netflix Right Now
1. Virunga
Virunga focusses on the Virunga National Park, a protected natural habitat in North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It follows a group of people working to protect the park and to develop it positively for tourism.
But as the area becomes caught up in a conflict between rebels and government forces, and an oil company begins exploratory actions in the region, the focus of the documentary shifts to cover these events as they unfold.
It's a dramatic film that uncovers the inherent difficulties of protecting natural habitats in volatile regions of the world and plainly shows how these areas, and their inhabitants, are incredibly vulnerable and under constant threat from human activities such as war and big business.