tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post5954124924659700680..comments2023-05-10T02:47:51.886-07:00Comments on GOSSELINS DO NOT NEED OUR PITY: Favorite DocumentaryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-66493207705370651732009-01-22T11:05:00.000-08:002009-01-22T11:05:00.000-08:00MCB, "Shut Up and Sing" is indeed a great document...MCB, "Shut Up and Sing" is indeed a great documentary - I saw it in a theater when it came out.Guineverehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594898905741204155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-59860278440479126682009-01-22T09:44:00.000-08:002009-01-22T09:44:00.000-08:00I love documentaries about popular music. I was a ...I love documentaries about popular music. I was a Behind the Music junkie when they showed them on VH-1. I loved the documentary on The Dixie Chicks called "Shut Up and Sing," and a couple weekends ago, I sat down to watch the Peter Bogdonovich documentary about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on a movie channel. I didn't realize it was FOUR HOURS LONG until I was well into it.MoreCowbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01740518966343218314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-57345125093417477912009-01-17T21:41:00.000-08:002009-01-17T21:41:00.000-08:00Jesus Camp is a must see! Interesting to see how ...Jesus Camp is a must see! Interesting to see how easily children can be manipulated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-44747219005394687572009-01-17T14:26:00.000-08:002009-01-17T14:26:00.000-08:00Agreed, Anonymous--"God Grew Tired of Us" was real...Agreed, Anonymous--"God Grew Tired of Us" was really good. Sad, but an excellent story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-14330061701223511132009-01-17T14:23:00.000-08:002009-01-17T14:23:00.000-08:00I lurk sometimes, but rarely post (since I don'...I lurk sometimes, but rarely post (since I don't watch J&K+8), and I enjoy reading this blog. Anyway, I would suggest that everyone watch "Maquilapolis" (Spanish with English subtitles). It's about female factory workers just over the Mexican border who are exposed to harsh chemicals, paid little, and given no severance when fired. Very powerful, and the movie really makes you think about how different things are on one side of an invisible line. There's this great split-screen at the beginning; the upper half is the bright, shiny, industrialized US; the lower half is polluted, underdeveloped, impoverished Mexico. The two images are divided by one thing: a sign on a freeway.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work with the blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-75769310307202753572009-01-17T13:58:00.000-08:002009-01-17T13:58:00.000-08:00Bridget-She sounds like an amazing woman, thanks f...Bridget-<BR/><BR/>She sounds like an amazing woman, thanks for sharing with us.Samantha@IWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277929176284771513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-55640738310694734092009-01-17T12:42:00.000-08:002009-01-17T12:42:00.000-08:00Thanks Quiltart,I did Lamaze but too long ago to r...Thanks Quiltart,<BR/><BR/>I did Lamaze but too long ago to remember the movie.<BR/><BR/>Bridget,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing. I have great memories and stories from my grandparents also. You are fortunate to have the journals and I am sure there would be a lot of people interested in reading them if you do ever decided to publish.Nina Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176632913586852529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-89665555005271694312009-01-17T11:40:00.000-08:002009-01-17T11:40:00.000-08:00Quiltart,That must have been a pretty exciting exp...<B>Quiltart,<BR/>That must have been a pretty exciting experience at the time. My first was born in 1981, so Lamaze was the "in" thing. Were you pioneers in that field in the 70's? Hence the documentary? Did they come into your home also or just the classes and the birthing experience at the hospital?</B><BR/> <BR><BR/>Lamaze had already been around for a long time, but the film they used in classes was probably 15 years old. The film we made was used for a LONG time... If you had a baby in the 80's, you probably saw it.<BR/> The did come to our home and followed me to my part time job at the time. We were to be the older first time parents. (30 years ago, anyone having their first over the age of 30 was considered older, and I was almost 30 when my son was born.) At the end, when they decided to do a C-section, the hospital decided they could not film, so they ended up doing a montage of still photos for the birthing part. Looking back, I can't believe I ever consented to do it! The film won all sorts of documentary awards... The participants signed away any rights.. If your kids were born in the 80's and you did Lamaze, you probably saw it!Quiltarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02934944084243509753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-1369773215916507342009-01-17T11:05:00.000-08:002009-01-17T11:05:00.000-08:00I would guess the tickets would be worth something...I would guess the tickets would be worth something. My mom has them. My grandmother passed in 1998 during the Titanic movie craze. I don't know that we would ever try to sell them, even though it's been ten years, we miss my grandmother so much that it's really hard to part with anything that belonged to her.<BR/><BR/>This is totally off topic (sorry) but my grandmother had a very interesting life. She socialized with a lot of politicians and celebrities in the 1940s, due to her husband's families' political connections.She was also very active in helping the Japanese who had been interred at the work camps in California during WWII. She hired many Japanese who were without jobs to work for her and helped them find housing. But she never talked about it to her children or grandchildren because she was a very quiet, modest woman who did not like to bring attention to herself. The only reason we know about her earlier life is because of newspaper articles and her journals which she wrote in extensively and we only discovered after her death.<BR/>We have talked about possibly trying to publish some of her journals, however, knowing how quiet and private she was, I'm not entirely comfortable with doing that. I do share all I can about her with my daughter who never got to meet her great grandmother. <BR/><BR/>Oh, crud. Now I'm choked up :( I miss my grandmother so much.<BR/>Well thanks for reading this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-66128417772356647662009-01-17T08:22:00.000-08:002009-01-17T08:22:00.000-08:00Quite a few good ideas here, thanks Merryway for t...Quite a few good ideas here, thanks Merryway for the post.<BR/><BR/>Quiltart,<BR/><BR/>That must have been a pretty exciting experience at the time. My first was born in 1981, so Lamaze was the "in" thing. Were you pioneers in that field in the 70's? Hence the documentary? Did they come into your home also or just the classes and the birthing experience at the hospital? <BR/><BR/>Bridget,<BR/><BR/>There is something to be said for being "second class and getting bumped." Are those tickets worth quite a bit today?Nina Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176632913586852529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-74610582713172838522009-01-17T08:11:00.000-08:002009-01-17T08:11:00.000-08:00I used to be totally hooked on any documentary abo...I used to be totally hooked on any documentary about Titanic. My family has always been fascinated by the ship because my grandmother, her parents, and her sibs all had second class tickets to New York on her maiden voyage. They were "bumped". Yes, I have seen the tickets. It has always been unreal, that if they had been on the ship, what might have happened. Being second class, it's highly unlikely my great grandfather would have gotten off the ship, and who knows about my grandmother and her mom and sibs.<BR/><BR/>I also saw Jesus Camp. I love animal documentaries, especially polar bears!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-84972519812472278102009-01-17T07:53:00.000-08:002009-01-17T07:53:00.000-08:00Another favorite of mine... I like series, because...<B>Another favorite of mine... I like series, because I can savor them longer... is Paul Burn's PBS series on jazz... Great history and great music!</B><BR/><BR/>Duh... I mean KEN BURNS!<BR/><BR/>The person who mentioned Ricki Lake's childbirth film reminded me that I was IN a documentary... Back in the 70's, I was one of six moms shown in a Lamaze film called "Nan's Class" .. They followed us for the last month of our pregnancies and our births. I ended up being the one in six who had a C-section. This film was shown on PBS and in childbirth classes for over 10 years. Strangers used to stop us on the street and tell us we looked familiar... We'd ask the age of their kids...Yep, they saw us in childbirth classes. FWIW, the "baby" I delivered in the movie is now almost 32!Quiltarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02934944084243509753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-3040729353745820092009-01-17T07:51:00.000-08:002009-01-17T07:51:00.000-08:00i love the one shown on DH called "in the womb". t...i love the one shown on DH called "in the womb". they use ultrasound technology and cameras to show a baby from conception to birth. it's really incredible. the first time i saw it i was pregnant with #4 and i cried through most of it (not a crier normally :) it was on a few weeks ago and i recorded it so i can watch it again. it's really cool to watch all the things a baby does in the womb. <BR/>i also saw a documentary recently about legalized prostitution which was really interesting. i'm always watching things like that because i founded an outreach to prostitutes in my community. i think of it as "research".themrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05036877130096142872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-84360451154054030002009-01-17T00:19:00.000-08:002009-01-17T00:19:00.000-08:00Jesus Camp is very good.Hard as nails - about the ...Jesus Camp is very good.<BR/>Hard as nails - about the ministry <BR/><BR/>Deliver us from evil - about catholic church and the molestation<BR/><BR/>God Grew Tired of Us - africa<BR/><BR/>Invisible Children - child soldiers <BR/><BR/>Many other good ones I can't think of right now. I'm wanting to see the one about giving birth made by Ricky Lake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-51077827372312934302009-01-16T11:31:00.000-08:002009-01-16T11:31:00.000-08:00I am a documentary junkie...Maybe that's I like re...I am a documentary junkie...Maybe that's I like reality TV.<BR/><BR/>One of my all time favorites is a BBC series that was first filmed in 1964. It followed the lives of seven seven year olds... all from different walks of life ... from a child living in a charity home to a child of aristocracy to an Eastender and others from outside London. I saw this for the first time in the 70's and didn't want it to end. Since that time, and the shows success, every seven years they have done a new episode. As the children became adults some of them chose to drop out of the study.. some dropped back in. Some realized their dreams, many didn't. The last episode was done in 2005, when the seven turned 49. The first six titles are available in a boxed set called The Up Series and the 2005 episode is available on a separate DVD.<BR/><BR/>Another favorite of mine... I like series, because I can savor them longer... is Paul Burn's PBS series on jazz... Great history and great music!Quiltarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02934944084243509753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-66484481097971730852009-01-16T10:35:00.000-08:002009-01-16T10:35:00.000-08:00Fiona-I saw Jesus Camp a few weeks ago.Fiona-<BR/>I saw Jesus Camp a few weeks ago.Samantha@IWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277929176284771513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-61965965352112425022009-01-16T10:29:00.000-08:002009-01-16T10:29:00.000-08:00I think the one(s) that struck me and stuck w/me a...<B>I think the one(s) that struck me and stuck w/me are Paradise Lost, The Child Murders in Robin Hood Hills and then they made a second, Paradise Lost 2, Revelations. It is a intense film and not for those who cannot tolerate the subject. It shows a total failure of the system that let down the victims and destroyed other innocent lives by wrongly convicting (IMO) three young boys of the murder and mutilation of three 8 yo boys. They are still incarcerated and if you're interested just google West Memphis Three.</B><BR/><BR/>I watched a bit of the first documentary but I just find the story (the descriptions of what was done to the boys) too intense and upsetting. But I'm familiar with the case from looking it up online. It really does seem like a travesty of justice.<BR/><BR/><B>I was fascinated by Ganja Queen which is an HBO documentary. It is about an Australian woman who was arrested in 2004 when she arrived at an airport on the Indonesian island of Bali with 10 pounds of marijuana in her luggage. In Bali, the harshest penalty for such an offense is death by firing squad.</B><BR/><BR/>This is another one that I started watching on TV but didn't finish - not because it was upsetting; I think I just had something else to do. But I googled the case because I was interested to know more, and yeah, while the whole "innocent Westerner in Indonesian jail" angle is interesting, if I had to guess I'd say she's guilty. I don't remember the details too well, but there were things about her claims of innocence that just did not add up.<BR/><BR/><B>There's a documentary *I* would like to make some day. My focus will be on the fascinating and dynamic individuals who spend 24/7 hopping around the internet carping about a show that they hate. </B><BR/><BR/>Now THAT sounds like an interesting documentary!<BR/><BR/>I saw "Born Into Brothels" a few months ago, and that was very good too, though sad.Guineverehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594898905741204155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-17977634971283161862009-01-16T10:21:00.000-08:002009-01-16T10:21:00.000-08:00Confessions Of A Celebrity StalkerOne of my favori...Confessions Of A Celebrity Stalker<BR/><BR/>One of my favoritesNina Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176632913586852529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-89665611387889166622009-01-16T09:56:00.000-08:002009-01-16T09:56:00.000-08:00Merryway, I saw the majority of "1900 House" too. ...Merryway, I saw the majority of "1900 House" too. It was fascinating. Boy, do I appreciate living *now*! <BR/><BR/>Fiona, "Jesus Camp" was also a look into a world I could never have imagined. I would recommend that as well.Anya@IWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10277215288731619588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-78160057253637345672009-01-16T09:40:00.000-08:002009-01-16T09:40:00.000-08:00I liked the previously mentioned Spellbound, Mad H...I liked the previously mentioned Spellbound, Mad Hot Ballroom and Ganja Queen. <BR/><BR/>Recently I saw Ricki Lake's documentary The Business of Being Born. My husband thought it was pretty one sided but I thought some of it was true. As a woman who has had three c-sections, I guess I wanted to live vicariously through these women who were able to have beautiful home births. Alas, I will never know what it is like to have a natural birth. Oh well.MommyZingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04998105818316217574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-48467966934944431772009-01-16T09:37:00.000-08:002009-01-16T09:37:00.000-08:00Maggie said...Nanook of the North. Robert Flaherty...<B> Maggie said...Nanook of the North. Robert Flaherty. The original documentary. </B><BR/><BR/>My, what an interesting, if obscure choice!<BR/><BR/>There's a documentary *I* would like to make some day. My focus will be on the fascinating and dynamic individuals who spend 24/7 hopping around the internet carping about a show that they hate. <BR/><BR/>My working title: <I> "Who Has The Time?" </I> <BR/>(Hint: they do!)Anya@IWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10277215288731619588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-64687066304324520352009-01-16T08:58:00.000-08:002009-01-16T08:58:00.000-08:00Has anyone seen the DVD documentary called JESUS C...Has anyone seen the DVD documentary called JESUS CAMP? Scary beyond belief.FIONAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03027241302948571151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-65262517376082723162009-01-16T08:57:00.000-08:002009-01-16T08:57:00.000-08:00Anything about Alaska, the Iditarod, Planet Earth....Anything about Alaska, the Iditarod, Planet Earth...The Blind and Deaf Triplets was overwhelming to me. I am still thinking about those little girls.<BR/><BR/>Liz-serial killers totally fascinate me too! I know that right now in our own communities they walk among us..and things like secret hiding places for their victims is so believable. Ever since Silence of the Lambs I have a greater interest. Weird, but true.FIONAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03027241302948571151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-76818516749252547962009-01-16T08:25:00.000-08:002009-01-16T08:25:00.000-08:00Not sure if this counts but I love to watch "No re...Not sure if this counts but I love to watch "No reservations" on the travel channel. I also liked the "Planet Earth"Portiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985010516365951708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875099505545555742.post-76559255559329394672009-01-16T08:15:00.000-08:002009-01-16T08:15:00.000-08:00After all the history channel & war shows I...<B>After all the history channel & war shows I'm forced to listen to because of my husband, I really don't like documentaries. LOL</B><BR/><BR/>Then I will confess, that although I generally like documentaries, I <I>have</I> heard enough about Hitler and Nostrodamus to last me a lifetime thanks to cable TV.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05884219068017641778noreply@blogger.com