5 Inspiring Digital Nomadism documentaries to watch

To say the pandemic has impacted industries is an understatement. The travel industry had to completely shut down as an effect of social distancing, lockdowns being observed on a global scale, add to that the fear of the unknown virus. The industry was in complete shock for more than 4-5 months.

Before the pandemic began, the trend of travelling to the places on your bucket list and working from there was gradually catching on. Let’s take examples of people from back home - so many couples, friends and mostly solo travellers renounced their worldly possessions, invested everything in earning irreplaceable experiences when travelling to their desired locations.

Some of these started their social media pages and became a star on the platform overnight! People from around the world could relate to these “nomads”. These are the people who were making their dreams come true and inspiring so many others. Many people followed suit, some while retaining the job. This concept started growing on quite a lot of people. The concept of “working from anywhere”.

In addition to that, a lot of co-working spaces were also on the rise in the country. These trends in a way supported the rising craze of the digital nomadic lifestyle.

And then 2020 happened.

The pandemic hit the travel industry real bad. And these digital nomads had to put a pause on their dreams too. As people joined forces from all over the world to fight this deadly virus and find a cure, 4-5 months went by. Slowly and steadily, places where the curve had flattened, people started resuming their old ways with newer precautions put in place.

By this time, the world that was not ready to believe in “remote work” culture, let alone “work from anywhere” suddenly had to embrace the situation they were forced in. Companies moved on an average of 70 - 90% of their work to remote. This quickly became the new norm.

Though there was a silver lining to it all. People’s believes in family values, personal choices, and their priorities shifted massively. And a lot of these reforms were also reflected in changed policies. Barbados declared its “Barbados Welcome Stamp”(https://www.barbadoswelcomestamp.bb/), which offered people to travel to the island and to work from there for a year. The move was inspired by the effects of COVID-19.

The rise in digital nomadism
While the future of tourism and international travel still looks unpredictable, it is policies like these that address the current mindset of the travel buffs may help shape the new face of the industry.

There is a definite shift in the mindset towards remote work and nomadism. So here we are, taking you through a list of movies and/or documentaries that will inspire you to take up digital nomadism again!

1. Hector and the Search for Happiness
   A psychiatrist who is tired of his mundane life. He feels he’s cheating his clients by offering advice that he himself has never tested. So he sets out on an adventure to seek the secret of happiness.

2. A documentary on Digital Nomads: One way ticket
   A documentary that takes us into the minds of the “digital nomads”. How they think, why they have chosen the lifestyle etc.

3. A map for Saturday
   A documentary about long-travel that opens up a whole world full of knowledge about all the aspects of travelling. This touches almost all the aspects of travelling for all ages.

4. The Wireless Generation
   The all-encompassing documentary that explains the concept - digital nomadism.

5. Minimalism
   A documentary that promotes minimalism, a parallel but essential concept digital nomads need to embrace.