So, personally, not a fan of donuts. As they're literally the #1 least healthy food a human being could eat. As both processed sugar and fried foods are two of the worst things you could put in your body temple and donuts are both of those things combined. However, The Donut King is a documentary worth your time.
It's not in any way philosophical, but does highlight a trying story of immigrants and those at the bottom of the socio economic ladder trying to make something of themselves in the US of A. Being an immigrant story with a glazed twist, the film follows the journey of Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy, who arrived in California in the 1970s and, through a mixture of diligence and luck, built a multi-million dollar donut empire.
The film does a really great job of not just being sugar coated but also actually talking about real things. Such as the struggle of laborers and the oppressive elements of living in a country in civil war. After Ngoy escaped the brutal Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, he eventually was able to start his first donut shop in Orange County, California. Over the next decade, Ngoy also sponsored hundreds of visas for incoming Cambodian refugees and offered them steady employment in his donut shops. But after living his version of the American Dream and unfortunately becoming a Republican (which is common for those who flee communist countries, to go all the way to the other side of the bonkers spectrum with their politics), everything came crashing down for Ngoy after he, like a true dumbass, gambled it all away in Vegas.
The film is also about how “the American Dream” gets handed down and evolves from one generation to the next. Later highlighting the current generation of Cambodian donut shop owners and the ways they have been inspired by and diverged from their parents and grandparents before them.
It appears most available through PBS or if you choose to be slightly unhonorable, your favorite torrent streaming site.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10214496/
https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-donut-king/