GREAT BIG STORY BRINGS TO YOU A STORYTELLING ADVENTURE WITH VIDEOS THAT ARE A MUST-WATCH!

Jyothi Venkatesh

When social distancing is the need of the hour, it might just be the right time to know topics that you wondered about but never had the time to pursue. What different kinds of professions are there? How do locations or places get their significance? How hot is too much hot, when it comes to pepper?Well, Great Big Story has all the answers. As a content cove of informative pieces around travel, culture and lifestyle, Great Big Story, will make your time worldly at home and take you on a self- exploration journey like no other. Here’s listing 5 documentaries available on Great Big Story, which will bring you the much needed in house entertainment that you would want to know!

Throwing Paper Airplanes with the World Record Holder

John Collins, the “Paper Airplane Guy,” studied origami and aerodynamics in a quest to design the world's most sophisticated paper projectiles. Great Big Story takes you on a paper planes journey that can teach us a lot about science.

Fear the Reaper: Breeding the World’s Hottest Pepper

As a fan of hot peppers and hot sauces far and wide, there is a heat we fear. Meet the Carolina Reaper, the world’s hottest pepper, and “Smokin’” Ed Currie, the mastermind behind this brutal act of horticultural aggression.

This Theater Has Been Screening the Same Movie for Over 24 Years

If you ask someone in India if they’ve seen “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge”—or DDLJ for short—chances are you’ll get a yes. The movie is an iconic part of Indian cinema and has changed rom-coms forever. Great Big Story senior producer Beryl Shereshewsky goes to the movies in Mumbai to experience it for herself and discovers why the cinema hall has been screening the same over for over 24 years.

Visiting One of the World’s Last Bell Foundries

From the 19-ton Savoyarde at the Sacré-Coeur in Paris to replicas of the Liberty Bell that can be found all over the United States, the Paccard family has been making bells since 1796. Great Big Story visits one of the last remaining bell foundries in the world to see how the Paccards make bronze bells and tune them to perfection.

Living Alone on a Paradise Island

In 1989, Mauro Morandi’s boat docked on Budelli Island off the northern coast of Sardinia, Italy. Discovering that the island’s caretaker was retiring within the next two days, Mauro decided to extend his stay indefinitely and step into the role himself. Little did he know that, 30 years later, he would still be there. Great Big Story meets Mauro who has built a small, simple life for himself on the island, collecting rain for drinking water, and building solar panels for electricity.

Great Big Story is a global media company devoted to cinematic storytelling. Headquartered in New York, with a bureau in London, our studios create and distribute micro docs and short films, as well as series for digital, social, TV and theatrical release. Since our launch in late 2015, our producers have traveled to 100 countries to discover the untold, the overlooked and the flat-out amazing. Our stories engage and inspire tens of millions daily. For more information, visit www.greatbigstory.com.