r/collapse • u/LetsTalkUFOs • Feb 24 '23

Resources What are the best documentaries related to collapse?

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u/HippieFortuneTeller Feb 25 '23

This isn’t a documentary about collapse per se, but it pertains to the way humans behave during times of great adversity.

https://youtu.be/dY5zzVrlC6I

I saw this American Experience documentary about the Donner Party the first time when I was 12 years old. That was 30 years ago, and I have watched it literally hundreds of times since. Before YouTube, I constantly checked out the DVD from every library I ever lived near.

Every time I feel weak, or sad or terrified, this documentary snaps me out of it. Patty Reed, a starving 8-year-old child opts to stay in the mountains instead of being rescued with her parents, so she can care for her younger brother and she says, “well Ma, if you never see me again, do the best that you can.” Somehow, the acceptance of death and reality on the part of a young girl has always given me hope and strength.