Today we shine the Instant Video spotlight on noteworthy, well-reviewed documentaries.
Steve Jobs: One Last Thing (TV-PG, 4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $3.99 to rent, $9.99 to buy, and FREE to view for Amazon Prime members) – Few men have changed our everyday world of work, leisure, and human communication in the way that Apple founder, Steve Jobs, has done. This documentary looks not only at how his talent, his style and his imagination have shaped all of our lives, but also at the influences that shaped and molded the man himself.
Deep Sea (G, 4/5 stars, currently priced at $3.99 to rent, $9.99 to buy, and FREE to view for Amazon Prime members) – Famed oceanic filmmaker Howard Hall guides an immersive adventure that lets you swim alongside the most exotic creatures of the planet. Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet provide the narration.
Through A Dog’s Eyes (G, 4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $2.99 to rent, $9.99 to buy, and FREE to view for Amazon Prime members) – Documentary explores the human-canine bond through the moving stories of service dogs and the people whose lives they change.
Between the Folds (G, 5/5 stars, currently priced at $2.99 to rent, $9.99 to buy, and FREE to view for Amazon Prime members) – The award-winning Origami art documentary! Between the Folds chronicles the stories of 10 fine artists and intrepid theoretical scientists who have abandoned careers and scoffed at hard-earned graduate degrees–all to forge unconventional lives as modern-day paper-folders.
Forks Over Knives (PG, 4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $3.99 to rent, $9.99 to buy, and FREE to view for Amazon Prime members) – FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most; if not all; of the so-called “diseases of affluence” that afflict us can be controlled; or even reversed; by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods.
You can view Amazon’s full catalog of Instant Video documentaries here.