Wild Genius

Bobby Fischer Against the World [2011, Liz Garbus]

Genius is one of those things that seems amazing from the outside but can be very difficult for those who possess it, and that is exactly the case when it came to Bobby Fischer. A chess prodigy who turned the world of competitive chess on its head with his wild antics and strange demands, this documentary profiles Fischer's life in the spotlight as well as the decline of his mental health alongside it.

Oklahoma City [2017, Barak Goodman]

In April 1995, America experienced some of the worst cases of terrorism with the bombing of the Alfred. P. Murray Federal building, but what was it that led a young man named Timothy McVeigh to take such extreme actions against his own country? With amazing historical footage and first-hand testimonies, Oklahoma City is an intense journey into the mind of a maniac.

Blackfish [2013, Gabriela Cowperthwaite]

Animals living in conservation has always been a tricky subject, but often this is done so to conserve the species, but sometimes it’s for the entertainment of humans. Blackfish is the story of Tilikum who has been living out his days at Seaworld, enduring cramped conditions, boredom and frustration. Exploring the insane ways in which the company treats the whales as well as the staff, the viewer is taken on a whirlwind of sadness and rage as we explore this cruel and money-driven world. Not for the sensitive viewer, as there are a lot of distressing scenes, Blackfish will have you enraged to the end.

Amanda Knox [2016, Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn]

Amanda Knox was a happy-go-lucky exchange student from the USA who went to Italy. Things went well until she was accused of murdering her housemate ... which is going to put a downer on her trip, to be honest. This documentary covers the scandalous failings of the court system as well as the way the media portrayed the case in an incredibly unprofessional manner. With eye-opening interviews from the journalists who covered the case, and what they did in order to sell more copies of their newspapers as well as in-depth studies into how the evidence against Amanda was not exactly by the book. This is an interesting and pretty easy to follow crime documentary.