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💥 Exploitation Films

Critical or celebratory explorations of the transgressive, low-budget cinema tradition that reveled in shock, taboo, and gleeful excess.
Cinema Speculation
by Quentin Tarantino • 2022
How a child snuck into adult movies in 1970s Los Angeles and came out a filmmaker.
4.04
15k+
🎬 New Hollywood🎞️ Cinephilia🎥 Genre Cinema
Cinema Speculation Summary
Cinema Speculation 88%
How a child snuck into adult movies in 1970s Los Angeles and came out a filmmaker.
by Quentin Tarantino 2022
4.04
15k+ ratings
🎬 New Hollywood🎞️ Cinephilia🎥 Genre Cinema
Pornland
by Gail Dines • 2010
The porn industry didn't just sell fantasy; it built the scripts now governing real-world intimacy.
3.96
2k+
📼 Pornography Studies📺 Media Criticism⛓️ Sexual Exploitation
Pornland Summary
Pornland 86%
The porn industry didn't just sell fantasy; it built the scripts now governing real-world intimacy.
by Gail Dines 2010
3.96
2k+ ratings
📼 Pornography Studies📺 Media Criticism⛓️ Sexual Exploitation
Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho
by Stephen Rebello • 1990
Bored with his own glamour, Hitchcock gambled his fortune on a cheap psycho thriller and won.
3.91
2k+
🎬 Film Production🔪 Horror Cinema🧠 Psychological Horror
Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho Summary
Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho 85%
Bored with his own glamour, Hitchcock gambled his fortune on a cheap psycho thriller and won.
by Stephen Rebello 1990
3.91
2k+ ratings
🎬 Film Production🔪 Horror Cinema🧠 Psychological Horror
Poverty, by America
by Matthew Desmond • 2023
Poverty in America persists by design, fueled by exploitation and welfare that flows to the top.
4.27
64k+
🏚️ Housing Exploitation🛠️ Labor Exploitation💰 Affluent Welfare
Poverty, by America Summary
Poverty, by America 85%
Poverty in America persists by design, fueled by exploitation and welfare that flows to the top.
by Matthew Desmond 2023
4.27
64k+ ratings
🏚️ Housing Exploitation🛠️ Labor Exploitation💰 Affluent Welfare
The Natashas
by Victor Malarek • 2011
Post-Soviet women became a global commodity. The traffickers who trade them wear badges, not masks.
3.90
958
🔗 Sex Trafficking🕴️ Organized Crime🗣️ Survivor Testimony
The Natashas Summary
The Natashas 85%
Post-Soviet women became a global commodity. The traffickers who trade them wear badges, not masks.
by Victor Malarek 2011
3.90
958 ratings
🔗 Sex Trafficking🕴️ Organized Crime🗣️ Survivor Testimony
There's No Going Back
by David M. Stewart • 2025
Punk rock, Haitian activism, and radical trust: how a Corman pupil built an unlikely Oscar career.
3.76
21
🎬 Independent Cinema🎥 Director Biographies🎵 Music In Film
There's No Going Back Summary
There's No Going Back 85%
Punk rock, Haitian activism, and radical trust: how a Corman pupil built an unlikely Oscar career.
by David M. Stewart 2025
3.76
21 ratings
🎬 Independent Cinema🎥 Director Biographies🎵 Music In Film
Introduction to Documentary
by Bill Nichols • 2001
Reality does not speak for itself. How documentary turns observation into argument, frame by frame.
3.77
484
🎬 Documentary Filmmaking📖 Film Theory📜 Documentary History
Introduction to Documentary Summary
Introduction to Documentary 85%
Reality does not speak for itself. How documentary turns observation into argument, frame by frame.
by Bill Nichols 2001
3.77
484 ratings
🎬 Documentary Filmmaking📖 Film Theory📜 Documentary History
Not for Sale
by David Batstone • 2007
Slavery never ended. Thirty million people are still in chains, in the country next door.
4.24
2k+
💔 Human Trafficking🧒 Child Soldiers🔍 Investigative Journalism
Not for Sale Summary
Not for Sale 85%
Slavery never ended. Thirty million people are still in chains, in the country next door.
by David Batstone 2007
4.24
2k+ ratings
💔 Human Trafficking🧒 Child Soldiers🔍 Investigative Journalism
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
by David Foster Wallace • 2005
Mainstream acceptance forced adult film into a paradox: to keep its edge, it grew more extreme.
4.18
55k+
🎬 Adult Film Industry📺 Media Criticism🛒 Consumer Ethics
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays Summary
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays 85%
Mainstream acceptance forced adult film into a paradox: to keep its edge, it grew more extreme.
by David Foster Wallace 2005
4.18
55k+ ratings
🎬 Adult Film Industry📺 Media Criticism🛒 Consumer Ethics
Filmmaking for Change
by Jon Fitzgerald • 2012
Fund, shoot, edit, and distribute documentaries that turn audiences into advocates.
3.27
22
🎬 Documentary Filmmaking💰 Film Funding📦 Film Distribution
Filmmaking for Change Summary
Filmmaking for Change 85%
Fund, shoot, edit, and distribute documentaries that turn audiences into advocates.
by Jon Fitzgerald 2012
3.27
22 ratings
🎬 Documentary Filmmaking💰 Film Funding📦 Film Distribution
Hitchcock/Truffaut
by François Truffaut • 1985
A bomb under the table, a document nobody cares about: Hitchcock decodes suspense for Truffaut.
4.47
10k+
🧱 Film Craft🎬 Auteur Theory⏳ Suspense Mechanics
Hitchcock/Truffaut Summary
Hitchcock/Truffaut 85%
A bomb under the table, a document nobody cares about: Hitchcock decodes suspense for Truffaut.
by François Truffaut 1985
4.47
10k+ ratings
🧱 Film Craft🎬 Auteur Theory⏳ Suspense Mechanics
The Franklin Scandal
by Nick Bryant • 2008
A credit union fronted a child-trafficking ring. The cover-up is better documented than the crime.
4.30
926
🔗 Human Trafficking📁 Institutional Cover-Up🔍 Investigative Journalism
The Franklin Scandal Summary
The Franklin Scandal 85%
A credit union fronted a child-trafficking ring. The cover-up is better documented than the crime.
by Nick Bryant 2008
4.30
926 ratings
🔗 Human Trafficking📁 Institutional Cover-Up🔍 Investigative Journalism
Girls on Film
by Alicia Malone • 2022
Landing her dream job as a TCM host was only act one of her film education.
3.82
272
🎬 Film Criticism🎞️ Classic Cinema✊ Feminist Media Criticism
Girls on Film Summary
Girls on Film 85%
Landing her dream job as a TCM host was only act one of her film education.
by Alicia Malone 2022
3.82
272 ratings
🎬 Film Criticism🎞️ Classic Cinema✊ Feminist Media Criticism
The Feminist Porn Book
by Tristan Taormino • 2012
Feminism's porn war: dispatches from the women who chose cameras over censorship.
3.98
636
🎬 Feminist Film📖 Porn Studies✊ Sex Worker Rights
The Feminist Porn Book Summary
The Feminist Porn Book 85%
Feminism's porn war: dispatches from the women who chose cameras over censorship.
by Tristan Taormino 2012
3.98
636 ratings
🎬 Feminist Film📖 Porn Studies✊ Sex Worker Rights
Indiana Jones and Philosophy
by Dean Kowalski • 2023
Beneath the fedora: a philosophy seminar on heroism, faith, aging, and who really owns the past.
3.71
21
🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy🎥 Film Philosophy🏛️ Cultural Heritage
Indiana Jones and Philosophy Summary
Indiana Jones and Philosophy 85%
Beneath the fedora: a philosophy seminar on heroism, faith, aging, and who really owns the past.
by Dean Kowalski 2023
3.71
21 ratings
🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy🎥 Film Philosophy🏛️ Cultural Heritage
Operation Hollywood
by David L. Robb • 2004
The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.
3.46
72
🚫 Military Censorship📢 Propaganda Studies🏛️ Pentagon Influence
Operation Hollywood Summary
Operation Hollywood 85%
The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.
by David L. Robb 2004
3.46
72 ratings
🚫 Military Censorship📢 Propaganda Studies🏛️ Pentagon Influence
National Security Cinema
by Matthew Alford • 2017
The Pentagon secretly approved or killed your favorite movies, one script at a time.
3.81
113
📢 Propaganda Studies🎬 Military-Entertainment Complex📺 Media Manipulation
National Security Cinema Summary
National Security Cinema 85%
The Pentagon secretly approved or killed your favorite movies, one script at a time.
by Matthew Alford 2017
3.81
113 ratings
📢 Propaganda Studies🎬 Military-Entertainment Complex📺 Media Manipulation
Roman by Polanski
by Roman Polański • 2007
He watched propaganda films through barbed wire. Then he made Chinatown and Rosemary's Baby.
4.12
827
🎬 Filmmaking Memoir🎥 Director Biographies🕯️ Holocaust Survival
Roman by Polanski Summary
Roman by Polanski 84%
He watched propaganda films through barbed wire. Then he made Chinatown and Rosemary's Baby.
by Roman Polański 2007
4.12
827 ratings
🎬 Filmmaking Memoir🎥 Director Biographies🕯️ Holocaust Survival
American Prison
by Shane Bauer • 2018
Undercover as a guard, a reporter finds that profiting from captivity built the American prison.
4.23
13k+
🕵️ Undercover Journalism🏛️ Prison Industrial Complex💰 For-Profit Punishment
American Prison Summary
American Prison 84%
Undercover as a guard, a reporter finds that profiting from captivity built the American prison.
by Shane Bauer 2018
4.23
13k+ ratings
🕵️ Undercover Journalism🏛️ Prison Industrial Complex💰 For-Profit Punishment
Racism as Zoological Witchcraft
by Aph Ko • 2019
Racism is a ritual of consumption that devours animal and human bodies. Here's the exit strategy.
4.48
301
⚖️ Critical Race Theory🐾 Animal Studies🧬 Human Animal Binary
Racism as Zoological Witchcraft Summary
Racism as Zoological Witchcraft 84%
Racism is a ritual of consumption that devours animal and human bodies. Here's the exit strategy.
by Aph Ko 2019
4.48
301 ratings
⚖️ Critical Race Theory🐾 Animal Studies🧬 Human Animal Binary
The New Rulers of the World
by John Pilger • 2002
The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.
4.14
1k+
🏴 Anti-Imperialism🔍 Investigative Journalism📰 Media Criticism
The New Rulers of the World Summary
The New Rulers of the World 84%
The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.
by John Pilger 2002
4.14
1k+ ratings
🏴 Anti-Imperialism🔍 Investigative Journalism📰 Media Criticism
A History of India, Vol. 1
by Romila Thapar • 1990
How a 1999 sci-fi film exposed the simulation we were already living in.
3.63
2k+
🎬 Film Criticism📖 Cultural Theory🏛️ Postmodernism
A History of India, Vol. 1 Summary
A History of India, Vol. 1 84%
How a 1999 sci-fi film exposed the simulation we were already living in.
by Romila Thapar 1990
3.63
2k+ ratings
🎬 Film Criticism📖 Cultural Theory🏛️ Postmodernism
What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia
by Elizabeth Catte • 2018
Appalachia's story isn't moral failure. It's extraction, and resistance is the real tradition.
4.01
5k+
🌄 Appalachian Studies🏘️ Rural America🔍 Debunking Myths
What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia Summary
What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia 84%
Appalachia's story isn't moral failure. It's extraction, and resistance is the real tradition.
by Elizabeth Catte 2018
4.01
5k+ ratings
🌄 Appalachian Studies🏘️ Rural America🔍 Debunking Myths
Scandals of Classic Hollywood
by Anne Helen Petersen • 2014
Hollywood scandals were never just gossip. They were the culture's ugliest arguments, in public.
3.48
3k+
🎬 Hollywood History🎞️ Classic Cinema⭐ Star System
Scandals of Classic Hollywood Summary
Scandals of Classic Hollywood 84%
Hollywood scandals were never just gossip. They were the culture's ugliest arguments, in public.
by Anne Helen Petersen 2014
3.48
3k+ ratings
🎬 Hollywood History🎞️ Classic Cinema⭐ Star System
Number Go Up
by Zeke Faux • 2023
A journalist chases crypto's billions from a billionaire's penthouse to a Cambodian scam compound.
4.24
9k+
🕵️ Crypto ExposéS💸 Financial Bubbles🔍 Investigative Journalism
Number Go Up Summary
Number Go Up 84%
A journalist chases crypto's billions from a billionaire's penthouse to a Cambodian scam compound.
by Zeke Faux 2023
4.24
9k+ ratings
🕵️ Crypto ExposéS💸 Financial Bubbles🔍 Investigative Journalism
A Fever in the Heartland
by Timothy Egan • 2023
In 1920s Indiana, the Klan was the law. One woman's dying declaration exposed the regime.
4.35
50k+
👻 Klan History🏛️ Political Corruption🔪 True Crime History
A Fever in the Heartland Summary
A Fever in the Heartland 84%
In 1920s Indiana, the Klan was the law. One woman's dying declaration exposed the regime.
by Timothy Egan 2023
4.35
50k+ ratings
👻 Klan History🏛️ Political Corruption🔪 True Crime History
The Visual Story
by Bruce Block • 2021
How to align visual structure with story: seven components, one law, and a shot-by-shot system.
4.67
3
🎬 Visual Storytelling📽️ Cinematography🎥 Film Craft
The Visual Story Summary
The Visual Story 84%
How to align visual structure with story: seven components, one law, and a shot-by-shot system.
by Bruce Block 2021
4.67
3 ratings
🎬 Visual Storytelling📽️ Cinematography🎥 Film Craft
Why Not Me?
by Mindy Kaling • 2015
A vampire's diamond skin, a breakaway dance studio, and a weather war: how Twilight got made.
3.90
227k+
🎬 Film Production🎥 Behind The Scenes📖 Page-To-Screen
Why Not Me? Summary
Why Not Me? 84%
A vampire's diamond skin, a breakaway dance studio, and a weather war: how Twilight got made.
by Mindy Kaling 2015
3.90
227k+ ratings
🎬 Film Production🎥 Behind The Scenes📖 Page-To-Screen
Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy
by Richard Greene • 2007
Tarantino's blowtorch-wielding criminals as moral philosophers: nihilism, karma, and revenge.
3.73
201
🎞️ Film And Philosophy🍿 Pop Culture Philosophy⚡ Nietzschean Thought
Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy Summary
Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy 84%
Tarantino's blowtorch-wielding criminals as moral philosophers: nihilism, karma, and revenge.
by Richard Greene 2007
3.73
201 ratings
🎞️ Film And Philosophy🍿 Pop Culture Philosophy⚡ Nietzschean Thought
A Renegade History of the United States
by Thaddeus Russell • 2010
America's founders feared pleasure. Its drunkards, prostitutes, and gangsters made freedom real.
3.81
2k+
📚 Revisionist History👇 History From Below🚔 Social Control
A Renegade History of the United States Summary
A Renegade History of the United States 84%
America's founders feared pleasure. Its drunkards, prostitutes, and gangsters made freedom real.
by Thaddeus Russell 2010
3.81
2k+ ratings
📚 Revisionist History👇 History From Below🚔 Social Control
The Hamlet Fire
by Bryant Simon • 2020
A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.
4.12
245
🏭 Labor History🍗 Food Politics⚠️ Workplace Safety
The Hamlet Fire Summary
The Hamlet Fire 84%
A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.
by Bryant Simon 2020
4.12
245 ratings
🏭 Labor History🍗 Food Politics⚠️ Workplace Safety
Short Stories
by Columbus Short • 2020
A pint of whiskey daily to become Little Walter, and the habit that outlasted the role.
3.94
293
🎬 Hollywood Memoirs🖤 Black Hollywood💊 Substance Abuse Recovery
Short Stories Summary
Short Stories 84%
A pint of whiskey daily to become Little Walter, and the habit that outlasted the role.
by Columbus Short 2020
3.94
293 ratings
🎬 Hollywood Memoirs🖤 Black Hollywood💊 Substance Abuse Recovery
Empire's Mistress, Starring Isabel Rosario Cooper
by Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez • 2021
MacArthur's Filipina mistress was no victim. She used performance and his letters to survive.
4.14
44
🇵🇭 Philippine History🌎 American Imperialism🧬 Mixed-Race Identity
Empire's Mistress, Starring Isabel Rosario Cooper Summary
Empire's Mistress, Starring Isabel Rosario Cooper 84%
MacArthur's Filipina mistress was no victim. She used performance and his letters to survive.
by Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez 2021
4.14
44 ratings
🇵🇭 Philippine History🌎 American Imperialism🧬 Mixed-Race Identity
The Big Picture
by Ben Fritz • 2018
How Marvel, Netflix, and the Chinese box office dismantled the movies you used to love.
4.02
2k+
🎬 Hollywood Economics📺 Streaming Disruption🎥 Franchise Filmmaking
The Big Picture Summary
The Big Picture 84%
How Marvel, Netflix, and the Chinese box office dismantled the movies you used to love.
by Ben Fritz 2018
4.02
2k+ ratings
🎬 Hollywood Economics📺 Streaming Disruption🎥 Franchise Filmmaking
Perversion of Justice
by Julie K. Brown • 2021
Thirteen months for abusing dozens of girls. The secret deal one reporter exposed.
4.21
4k+
🔍 Investigative Journalism⛓️ Sex Trafficking⚖️ Justice System
Perversion of Justice Summary
Perversion of Justice 84%
Thirteen months for abusing dozens of girls. The secret deal one reporter exposed.
by Julie K. Brown 2021
4.21
4k+ ratings
🔍 Investigative Journalism⛓️ Sex Trafficking⚖️ Justice System
It's Never Too Late to Begin Again
by Julia Cameron • 2016
A London workhouse boy invented the world's most famous character. Then the world demanded he speak.
4.12
1k+
🎞️ Silent Cinema🎭 Comedy Theory🎨 Creative Autonomy
It's Never Too Late to Begin Again Summary
It's Never Too Late to Begin Again 84%
A London workhouse boy invented the world's most famous character. Then the world demanded he speak.
by Julia Cameron 2016
4.12
1k+ ratings
🎞️ Silent Cinema🎭 Comedy Theory🎨 Creative Autonomy
Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
by Robert Rodríguez • 1995
$7,000, no crew: a 23-year-old's diary of shooting a feature in Mexico and breaking into Hollywood.
4.19
6k+
🎬 Independent Filmmaking📹 Guerilla Filmmaking🔗 Creative Constraints
Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player Summary
Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player 84%
$7,000, no crew: a 23-year-old's diary of shooting a feature in Mexico and breaking into Hollywood.
by Robert Rodríguez 1995
4.19
6k+ ratings
🎬 Independent Filmmaking📹 Guerilla Filmmaking🔗 Creative Constraints
The Great Escape
by Saket Soni • 2023
Trapped in a US labor camp, hundreds of Indian men escaped, then began a 1,500-mile march.
4.50
980
⛓️ Labor Trafficking🚨 Immigration Enforcement✊ Labor Organizing
The Great Escape Summary
The Great Escape 84%
Trapped in a US labor camp, hundreds of Indian men escaped, then began a 1,500-mile march.
by Saket Soni 2023
4.50
980 ratings
⛓️ Labor Trafficking🚨 Immigration Enforcement✊ Labor Organizing
If You Tell
by Gregg Olsen • 2019
Oil made the Osage the richest people on earth. Then trusted friends began murdering them for it.
3.98
360k+
📜 Historical True Crime📰 Investigative Journalism🏛️ Institutional Corruption
If You Tell Summary
If You Tell 84%
Oil made the Osage the richest people on earth. Then trusted friends began murdering them for it.
by Gregg Olsen 2019
3.98
360k+ ratings
📜 Historical True Crime📰 Investigative Journalism🏛️ Institutional Corruption
Bankrupting the Third World
by James Morcan • 2015
The global poverty industry: why aid, loans, and conflict minerals ensure poor nations stay poor.
4.40
96
🛢️ Resource Extraction💰 Aid Critique⛏️ Conflict Minerals
Bankrupting the Third World Summary
Bankrupting the Third World 84%
The global poverty industry: why aid, loans, and conflict minerals ensure poor nations stay poor.
by James Morcan 2015
4.40
96 ratings
🛢️ Resource Extraction💰 Aid Critique⛏️ Conflict Minerals
The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman
by Vic Armstrong • 2011
Indiana Jones's stunt double reveals the truck chase secrets and the invention that changed stunts.
3.67
403
🎬 Hollywood Memoirs💥 Action Filmmaking🎥 Behind The Scenes
The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman Summary
The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman 84%
Indiana Jones's stunt double reveals the truck chase secrets and the invention that changed stunts.
by Vic Armstrong 2011
3.67
403 ratings
🎬 Hollywood Memoirs💥 Action Filmmaking🎥 Behind The Scenes
Prophet's Prey
by Sam Brower • 2011
Seven years hunting a prophet who married 13-year-olds and exiled boys to keep the numbers right.
3.98
7k+
⛪ Polygamist Cults🕵️ Cult Investigation👰‍♀️ Child Brides
Prophet's Prey Summary
Prophet's Prey 84%
Seven years hunting a prophet who married 13-year-olds and exiled boys to keep the numbers right.
by Sam Brower 2011
3.98
7k+ ratings
⛪ Polygamist Cults🕵️ Cult Investigation👰‍♀️ Child Brides
Pound Foolish
by Helaine Olen • 2012
The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.
3.67
2k+
🦈 Predatory Finance🔍 Investigative Journalism💥 Anti-Self-Help
Pound Foolish Summary
Pound Foolish 84%
The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.
by Helaine Olen 2012
3.67
2k+ ratings
🦈 Predatory Finance🔍 Investigative Journalism💥 Anti-Self-Help
Hollywood Babylon
by Kenneth Anger • 1959
Morphine, sex crimes, unsolved murders: real silent Hollywood, exposed by a 1959 tell-all.
3.65
7k+
🎬 Early Hollywood🥂 Hollywood Scandals🎟️ Hays Code Era
Hollywood Babylon Summary
Hollywood Babylon 84%
Morphine, sex crimes, unsolved murders: real silent Hollywood, exposed by a 1959 tell-all.
by Kenneth Anger 1959
3.65
7k+ ratings
🎬 Early Hollywood🥂 Hollywood Scandals🎟️ Hays Code Era
Private Empire
by Steve Coll • 2012
How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.
4.00
4k+
🛢️ Oil Industry🏢 Corporate History🔍 Investigative Journalism
Private Empire Summary
Private Empire 84%
How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.
by Steve Coll 2012
4.00
4k+ ratings
🛢️ Oil Industry🏢 Corporate History🔍 Investigative Journalism
Copaganda
by Alec Karakatsanis • 2025
The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.
4.49
582
🎥 Media Criticism⚖️ Criminal Justice🔒 Mass Incarceration
Copaganda Summary
Copaganda 84%
The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.
by Alec Karakatsanis 2025
4.49
582 ratings
🎥 Media Criticism⚖️ Criminal Justice🔒 Mass Incarceration
How Not to Make a Short Film
by Roberta Marie Munroe • 2009
The Sundance programmer's playbook for making a short film that festivals actually want to see.
3.67
492
🎬 Indie Filmmaking💰 Microbudget Filmmaking🎞️ Short Films
How Not to Make a Short Film Summary
How Not to Make a Short Film 84%
The Sundance programmer's playbook for making a short film that festivals actually want to see.
by Roberta Marie Munroe 2009
3.67
492 ratings
🎬 Indie Filmmaking💰 Microbudget Filmmaking🎞️ Short Films
Broke, USA
by Gary Rivlin • 2010
How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.
3.71
1k+
🦈 Predatory Lending🏚️ Poverty Economics🚪 Financial Exclusion
Broke, USA Summary
Broke, USA 84%
How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.
by Gary Rivlin 2010
3.71
1k+ ratings
🦈 Predatory Lending🏚️ Poverty Economics🚪 Financial Exclusion
Very Bad People
by Patrick Alley • 2022
How three friends followed war-zone timber to European ports and brought down a dictator.
4.05
799
🛡️ Anti-Corruption💎 Conflict Resources📰 Investigative Journalism
Very Bad People Summary
Very Bad People 84%
How three friends followed war-zone timber to European ports and brought down a dictator.
by Patrick Alley 2022
4.05
799 ratings
🛡️ Anti-Corruption💎 Conflict Resources📰 Investigative Journalism
The Secret Life of Groceries
by Benjamin Lorr • 2020
Supermarket abundance rests on debt-bonded truckers, enslaved fishermen, and the illusion of choice.
3.94
15k+
🛒 Grocery Industry⛓️ Food Supply Chains⚒️ Labor Exploitation
The Secret Life of Groceries Summary
The Secret Life of Groceries 84%
Supermarket abundance rests on debt-bonded truckers, enslaved fishermen, and the illusion of choice.
by Benjamin Lorr 2020
3.94
15k+ ratings
🛒 Grocery Industry⛓️ Food Supply Chains⚒️ Labor Exploitation
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