12 Documentaries to Watch If You Want to Stay Woke

The story told in Shenandoah — a film that explores the brutal murder of a Mexican farmhand in small-town America — shines a light on the systemic racial prejudices and anti-immigrant sentiments in working-class America. The documentary focuses on the 2008 murder of Luis Ramirez by four white high school football players in the former coal-mine town of Shenandoah, PA, and the subsequent attempt by local police to cover up the crime and protect the boys from prosecution.

Watch it now on Netflix.