Documentaries happen to be Netflix’s forte. Ranging from true-crimes to air crash disasters, or somewhere between missing
person files, and closely covering the public feud of celebrities, you name it, and Netflix will produce a documentary like Aladdin from the lamp. While most of
these are well-received and well critiqued, there are certain original
documentaries that have stirred up controversies due to their sensitive subject
matter, like the Root Cause
documentary.
A research original
from the past decade, but forced to leave the platform when contested for being unauthentic, what created the Root Cause
havoc?
How Root Cause single handedly disrupted the world of dentists
Root Cause
is
a 2019 feature-length documentary produced by Frazer Bailey, which showed his 10-year
journey to find the root cause of his panic attacks, anxiety,
chronic fatigue, nausea, dizziness, agitation, and insomnia. He even claimed that root canal therapies are associated with cancer. In 2019, it was
released on multiple platforms like Netflix, Amazon, Vimeo, iTunes, Google Play, and YouTube. But things got complicated as government associations soon intervened in the matter,
accusing the documentary of spreading misinformation.
🦷 Netflix pulled this documentary on root canals causing cancers after dentists threatened to sue… pic.twitter.com/qG0oPsexXk
— “Sudden And Unexpected” (@toobaffled) April 23, 2025
The American Dental Association, the
American Association of Dental Research, and others sent a private letter to companies
streaming the film, which warned that continuing it could “harm the viewing
public by spreading long-disproven claims.”
This was followed by its removal from the
major streaming platforms, including Netflix and Amazon, in less than a month of
release.
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Fast forward
to 2025, the documentary can still be streamed in the internet but the current options
are limited.
Root Cause is still present in the streaming world with slender alternatives
Despite the
disputed subject and the authorities labelling it “significant misinformation
that is not supported by scientific evidence,”
there are some services that have
continued to stream the film. For the viewers who are interested in watching Root Cause
can
do so with the best available option of Apple TV. Other than that, it is also
available on Gala, Tubi, and Just Watch. It stars Luisa Prosser, Ron Kelley, and
Oliver Bailey.
Though Netflix
may have severed its connection to this specific documentary, it has continued
to offer a number of fresh, original made and rented movies and series in its genre.
From The Only Girl in the Orchestra
to A Deadly American Marriage
, fans can
stream an abundance of documentary options in 2025.
Taking you on the journey behind the scenes with the music superstar, to an appalling m—– of a devoted husband that shook America for the worse, or a chilling deep dive into America’s scarred psyche, Netflix has so much to offer you this year. Meanwhile, fans of Root Cause
can
stream it on the above-present options.
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