DocYOUmentary Series!
Hey everyone,
I’ve always been very obsessed with documentaries – I just
love learning about things visually. Lately I’ve been watching a few really
good ones so I figured I’d start a mini-series on it. So for the first post
I’ll mention the last few that I’ve been watching, incase you want to get
started on a documentary binge like me! And each post after this one will be
basically a short review of a new one that I’ve watched. Hope you enjoy!
Mad Hot Ballroom
This is a totally sweet film documenting the lives of
children in inner city New York who participate in a ballroom program within
their schools. It’s pretty amazing to see the lives of the children, whose
parent are pretty much all immigrants. It’s wonderful to see how the dance helps
them form relationships, build teamwork skills and learn how to focus. It’s
also quite interesting to see how the individual children are affected
differently by their involvement in the program. This would be a great
documentary to watch with younger family, to inspire them!
Beats, Rhymes and
Life – The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
If you love hip-hop, you probably love Tribe. And if you do,
then you will DEFINITELY love this documentary. It outlines their lives before,
during and after their music success as a group. Again, it’s very interesting
to see the dynamics of the team, and watch how they’ve all grown throughout the
years. It’s also quite intriguing to see how their music has progressed and how
that’s changed them as people. This documentary talks about the music industry,
and has commentary from some really awesome producers and fellow artists. I
love Tribe, and this documentary taught me so much about them, which only made
me love them more! Definitely check it out!
Picture Me
I love this documentary! The supermodel Sara Ziff stars in
it and it’s very close to my heart because it documents the trials and
tribulations of the modelling industry. It’s VERY up close and personal; her
boyfriend, from the start of her modelling career right up until she decided to
slow down a bit, shot all of the footage. It documents the wonderful ups, and
the not so wonderful downs that the international modelling industry is a part
of. It’s wonderful to see commentary from all of her friends, all of whom are
real models – it’s very authentic and I love that about it. It’s very cool
because it shows her building interest in model rights and even alludes to her
starting her own labour union for models in New York. If you were at all
interested in modelling this would be an awesome documentary to look at!
Take a look at those three for now, and look forward to the next docYOUmentary post!
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