Documentaries that have stuck with you.

[LetsGoCrazyPurpleBanana]

I remember in the early 9Os watching a documentary about 2 men who were partners, living with and ultimately dying from AIDS. Found it on YouTube and watched it again at the weekend. I've not stopped thinking about them. It's called "Silverlake life,the view from here" 😭

Also another one,again early to mid 1990s called "The dying room" about China's orphanages.

Actually I should add watching monsters within.. it’s new on Netflix about a rapist with multiple personalities, These new personalities developed due to servere childhood abuse. And he would put ‘himself’ away and bring other personalities out to lock away the trauma. Very sad story despite the awful things he went on to do.

House of Maxwell- ghislaines family

There was one about fostering and a sweet little boy had gone to an older couple with grown up kids after several failed attempts at homing him (none his fault). He was doing all he could to be ‘perfect’ so he wouldn’t be sent away again and the couples daughters wanted their parents to adopt him but they were undecided. I don’t know what happened to him in the end, but I really hope they kept him as I can’t imagine what it would have done to his young mind to be sent away again after being such a good boy.

There was another one about Romanian orphanages where there was a deaf/blind child who had basically zero interaction. The person doing the doc gave this kid a small hug and he/she clung on with all the strength they had. The woman was sobbing as she had to peel the child off to leave. It was just desperately sad.

As has already been pointed out Cathy comes home is a film not a documentary so is fictional

A few...
-Dear Zachery

-The boy who's skin fell off

• there's something wrong with aunt Diane

-And another one. I can't remember the name , maybe the man with the 3 second memory? So sad and scary.

I recently watched the BBC Storyville 'Navalny' - brilliantly made film. It's particularly poignant to watch it given what's been happening in Ukraine. Great thread. I'm going to hunt some of these documentaries down. Thanks for posting 🤗

Joyce Vincent lived a mile from me. It was horrible to think of all the times I shopped in the shopping centre below her flat not knowing she was dead upstairs.

The Panorama programme about Winterbourne View...I nearly cried.

John's Not Mad. Early 80's documentary about a young Scottish boy with Tourettes. I don't think we'd ever seen someone with Tourettes on the TV back then. There was talk of nothing else for many many months.

Murderball

A fantastically uplifting documentary about the US wheelchair basketball team. Definitely worth a watch.

I was only thinking about To Courtney, with love the other day. I’ve never forgotten it, it’s so sad.

The central park 5 - this was so upsetting 5 innocent children getting sentenced for a crime they didnt commit and the police manipulating evidence to make it look like they did it. So sad.

The trials of gabriel fernadez

Only the dead see the end of war
harrowing but informative

The Family was so shocking at the time. I was quite young and I couldn't believe children were allowed to talk to their parents like that. How times have changed.

Ohh and the house of secrets off netflix!

@BertieBotts
Thanks! I will do that. I cant imagine it's an easy decision or procedure for any woman, but like I said it didnt have the desired effect on my as I am still pro choice.... even with my own current fertility issues.
It does anger me as much as anything that it was clearly some sort of tactic on behalf of the school, I suspect heavily influenced by the Catholic affiliation. I guess I'll also remember the documentary for that reason as much as the content.

I remember the fostering one too. The fostering parents wanted to move on/retire and start going on foreign holidays again but the daughters were so upset and wanted to keep him. He was lovely, the thought of him having to start again in another fostering family at such a young age is so heartbreaking. Still wonder every so often how it played out...

My brother Jordon, really stuck with me, so much lovely footage from the brothers childhood and such a sad story

Same. Changed how I seen the world, led to my profession and my political affiliation.

@LetsGoCrazyPurpleBanana yes as soon as I saw the title of this post I immediately thought of the dying rooms. that documentary has always stayed with me, those poor babies left to die just because they were born female. it was so upsetting il never forget it, let's just hope things have improved in china since and especially now theyve lifted the 1 child only rule.
Also the documentary about Johnny Kennedy, about him living with his skin condition he passed away whilst filming and the documentary starts with him in his coffin. so sad, had me in tears.

The trial of Gabriel Hernandez 😔

I’m just rewatching A Change of Sex on the iPlayer and I’m sure the doctor is the basis for a League of Gentleman character - it’s the bit where he says ‘you can’t buy my opinion’.

There’s also a really interesting documentary called Working for the Enemy about a man who doesn’t see why he should have to work as he’s quite happy on the dole - there’s a bloke at his jobseeker’s meeting called Mr Waddilove, which is another LoG character.

Coincidence?

Marking place to read later

Just remembered a Storyville doc about a little French boy who identifies as a girl. I watched it and came away with more questions than answers.

The boy whose skin fell off 😪I still think of Johnny every time I hear Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen years and years later

Blackfish.

I came on here a few years ago asking about what sea park to take my Dd in America. Got a lot of responses. I didn't realise what goes on in water parks. I literally had no idea.

I was recommended to watch blackfish.

It changed my whole outlook. I'd never go to a sea park now. Fucking horrific.