New documentaries on Netflix this month:
July 14th
Chasing Coral
Chasing Coral taps into the collective will and wisdom of an ad man, a self-proclaimed coral nerd, top-notch camera designers, and renowned marine biologists as they invent the first time-lapse camera to record bleaching events as they happen. Unfortunately, the effort is anything but simple, and the team doggedly battles technical malfunctions and the force of nature in pursuit of their golden fleece.
July 21st
Last Chance U
A sports documentary that even non-sports fan can enjoy. The 8-part series is a gut-wrenching, behind-the-scenes look as Junior College players alter their life path and dive into the pressure cooker football program at East Mississippi Community College (EMCC). Under Coach Buddy Stephens, EMCC has become one of the most successful but least known athletic programs in the US.
July 28th
Daughters of Destiny
Daughters of Destiny is a 4-part Netflix original documentary series that chronicles the lives of five girls from Indian families who are among the so-called “Dalit” caste and most impoverished communities in the world. The series witnesses the girls grow up (ranging in age from 7 to 23 over the course of the 4 episodes) while they are raised at Shanti Bhavan, a unique co-ed residential school in Tamil Nadu. The expectation for these girls and all the children who attend Shanti Bhavan is that they must grow up to support themselves, lift their families and communities out of poverty and contribute to the larger world.
