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You described my experience almost exactly. The first time I went to Tanzania I stayed for 2 months and part of that time was in Dar es Salaam in an Airbnb with a small family j…
by lukehandcool · Oct 8, 2026
Maybe creating the documentary was the most ambitious Nathan For You episode yet, and all simply to build publicity for this company.
by setsewerd · Oct 8, 2026
Feels like they are unintentionally marketing the new Elizabeth Holmes documentary rather than themselves.
by binlog · Oct 8, 2026
I finished the juice. Now what ? LOL Excellent work! All the best for the documentary launch!
by ksd482 · Oct 8, 2026
Israel promotes film that mimics NAZA documentary
by hebelehubele · Oct 8, 2026 · 12 points
Are you only buying disks for the features? (And otherwise just streaming / pirating the movie if the disk isn't interesting?) I've found that now they're a crapshoot, some…
by gwbas1c · Oct 8, 2026
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A documentary film is a nonfiction motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". The American author and media analyst Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception [that remains] a practice without clear boundaries". Read more on Wikipedia