I have been sober
For 2 days.
Docu-mania!
The following docs I have watched in the past 4 days:
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son about his Father
Jonestown: The Life and Death of People Temple
The Yes Men Fix the World
and Collapse.
Below you’ll find 2 previews of the 2 docs that had the most impact on me. Both are shocking in their own way and deal completely with greed.
Required viewing should be the incredible Lake of Fire, which deals entirely with the abortion debate. The film-maker Tony Kaye (who also directed American History X) is quite brave given the tempers that flair on each side. Throughout we never get a sense of what side he is on. This is no Michael Moore biased shit. This doc achieves what, in my opinion, no other has achieved before it. Complete objectivity! But this makes sense, because it took Tony Kaye 18 years to film it.
Dear Zachary is like nothing I have ever seen before. A very personal tale about the failings of the Canadian judicial system. ‘Zachary’ has a deep impact on all who watch.
People with steady jobs and enviable year-end bonuses plea with American homeowners not to walk away from their mortgage.
“What kind of message are you sending to your kids?” Says the guy responsible for the economic collapse.
How bout the message of survival and maybe, I dunno, a small message about living within your means.
