ABSTRACT
A good documentary is neither emotionally manipulative nor didactic. Nor should the director tell the viewers what to think or feel or be overly explicit in connecting all the dots. Life is much more complicated than that, and films should be as well. Darwin's Nightmare, the top-rated documentary, meets all these criteria. There are no talking heads, no swelling music, and really no attempt to package a particular political message for the viewer. Instead, we are introduced to a destitute village in Tanzania that seems a universe removed from us. Those who watch this film will find out that the truth is something much different from this.
