30 Days: Season 2 (2006)

Morgan Spurlock, the man behind the through provoking documentary Super Size Me (2004), brings another season of social experiments to the small screen. 30 Days is based on one simple premise: Life in the opposing view for thirty days. It always makes for interesting television. This two disc set contains a couple of eye-opening, thought-provoking co-habitations.

Season two begins with a legal Cuban immigrant turned border patrolling minuteman who moves in with an undocumented Hispanic family. The clash is subtle and while it doesn't aim to change your mind; it will change your heart. Opposite sides of abortion, outsourcing, and New Age healing make for interesting exchanges.

The highlight is Spurlock himself going to prison for thirty days. He doesn't seek to shock, goad, or exploit. Instead, he presents the facts and his thought on it. Spurlock always succeeds in asking the questions or examining an angle that society has seemed to overlook. Sometimes the answers even seem easy.

30 Days is a crash course in empathy. Spurlock doesn't hesitate to examine the dirty secrets of our society. His matter of fact approach always makes it interesting.