Documentaries you have seen and still think of to this Day #2
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HockyRorror
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I've just watched a documentary called The Wonderful White's Of West Virginia. I've literally never seen anything like it. Made by the same people who made Jackass but it's not the same as that but surpasses it for crazy!!
Here's a link to it
Thank you this recommendation I watched it yesterday and loved it!
It was absolutely amazing!! I'm watching another one today, it's called Devil's Playground, on YouTube again, it's about The Amish community's teenagers, pretty good too xx
Chunkeylaydee
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I've just watched a documentary called The Wonderful White's Of West Virginia. I've literally never seen anything like it. Made by the same people who made Jackass but it's not the same as that but surpasses it for crazy!!
Here's a link to it
Is it on YouTube? Maybe I need to look harder
I think I've posted the link but yes it's on YouTube it's about 1 hour 16 minutes long xxIs it on YouTube? Maybe I need to look harder
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Sorry its 1 hour 28 minutes long
HockyRorror
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I think I've posted the link but yes it's on YouTube it's about 1 hour 16 minutes long xx
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Sorry its 1 hour 28 minutes long
You need an account to watch it as it’s got an Age rating on it.(Well, it made me sign in anyway in order to watch it)
I've watched another great documentary today called "You're not splitting up my family!" Again, it's on YouTube. It delves in to the lives of 2 twins (well it's not going to be 3 is it?!) and their life after their Mam was sadly killed. It goes into Social Servicea input and wider family. It's an absolute shocker. I live near where this was filmed and the 2 lads have been in the local paper a few times in their adult life!
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Zulkraa
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Thanks for sharing this. I’d not heard of this documentary before. I watched it yesterday. I wonder where they are now?
Chunkeylaydee
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Those poor boys. Gran was not the right person to be bringing them up. They should have gone to their auntie much sooner. Wonder how they are now. I read they had a much older brother who was already in Jail during this as well as the big sister.
Yeh exactly, it's like the huge rise in conspiracy theories and anti vaxxers over this time imo
HockyRorror
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I was just about to say “oh, there’s a really good thread about updates from people from documentaries” but then realised that it was my thread and it’s this one that we’re on
(it was originally titled “People from documentaries you’ve seen and still think of to this day” but got edited over time).TulleStarr
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Not come across this true crime YT'er before. I've subscribed to her channel, but need to be in the right headspace to watch that particular video.
Thanks for the heads up.
Boogs
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Jonny Kennedy has stayed in my mind too.
This song always makes me smile and think of him.
DCICassieStuart
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I always think of him when I hear that song. I remember the first time I saw that documentary I couldn't drop crying.
Jonny was an amazing man.
SarcasticEllis
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I always think of Cat Dancers (proper wtaf) when this subject comes up.
Away from the true crime genre I remember a documentary series on bbc3 called Wedding Stories back in 2005/2006 which followed couples planning their weddings, interspersed with older couples talking about their marriage. Often wonder how many of them are still married!
Away from the true crime genre I remember a documentary series on bbc3 called Wedding Stories back in 2005/2006 which followed couples planning their weddings, interspersed with older couples talking about their marriage. Often wonder how many of them are still married!
Boogs
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I’ll always remember Alex - A life fast forward. A BBC documentary from 2011. A young lad who was diagnosed with bone cancer as a teenager who at 21 wants to live his life to the full as he knows he doesn’t have much time left. He falls in love with a lovely girl and it’s uplifting and utterly heartbreaking at the same time. In fact I just saw the bone cancer research trust have it on their Facebook so I might go watch it and have a massive cry.
OnlyHereForTheLolz
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I recently watched The Prison Confessions of Gypsey Rose Blanchard and the whole thing is even sadder than I knew. I also do believe after watching it that she is a bit of a "liar/fantasist". I don't think she does it on purpose but life with her mu definitely fucked her up.
Also watched Jared From Subway, and it's again so much worse than I knew. In fairness though I weren't that interested in his case to begin with but there were some real wtf moments. Especially now it's come out the FBI knew for years and didn't really do anything
Also watched Jared From Subway, and it's again so much worse than I knew. In fairness though I weren't that interested in his case to begin with but there were some real wtf moments. Especially now it's come out the FBI knew for years and didn't really do anything
MeghanSnarkle
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This is a bit similar to a documentary I still watch to this day if I feel I need a bit of inspiration to push through something difficult that's happening in my own life as I absolutely adored her, BBC three Love on the transplant list the story of Kirstie Tancock born with CF the story was the build up to her wedding when her lungs were failing and she was on constant oxygen and in a wheelchair as walking took to much out of her, she was determined to live despite being on end of life care then after her wedding to Stu she gets the news that some donor lungs had been found, it then charts her transplant recovery and by the end she's well, running around the fields with her dog and able to live as normal young woman.
After the doc aired I started to follow her on Instagram she was doing great for years then she started getting signs of rejection, she stayed so strong but knew the worst was happening then out of nowhere doctors said it was a long shot but she could try for a second transplant which I think is very rare and it happend for her she became X2 lung transplant survivor
Again all was well for Kirstie she was doing pole fitness teaching and living to the full with her husband, dog and family and then the second set of lungs began to slowly fail, this time there was no more the specialist could do but she just kept living to the full. When it was announced she had died I was heartbroken i can't explain how someone I never met could be so inspiring but she just did and still does as a grainy version of the doc is still there on YouTube and I regularly give it watch or think what would Kirstie do if I'm struggling with life
Boogs
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It’s really humbling and inspiring to see how much some people go through in their lives and how much of an impact they make isn’t it?This is a bit similar to a documentary I still watch to this day if I feel I need a bit of inspiration to push through something difficult that's happening in my own life as I absolutely adored her, BBC three Love on the transplant list the story of Kirstie Tancock born with CF the story was the build up to her wedding when her lungs were failing and she was on constant oxygen and in a wheelchair as walking took to much out of her, she was determined to live despite being on end of life care then after her wedding to Stu she gets the news that some donor lungs had been found, it then charts her transplant recovery and by the end she's well, running around the fields with her dog and able to live as normal young woman.
After the doc aired I started to follow her on Instagram she was doing great for years then she started getting signs of rejection, she stayed so strong but knew the worst was happening then out of nowhere doctors said it was a long shot but she could try for a second transplant which I think is very rare and it happend for her she became X2 lung transplant survivor
Again all was well for Kirstie she was doing pole fitness teaching and living to the full with her husband, dog and family and then the second set of lungs began to slowly fail, this time there was no more the specialist could do but she just kept living to the full. When it was announced she had died I was heartbroken i can't explain how someone I never met could be so inspiring but she just did and still does as a grainy version of the doc is still there on YouTube and I regularly give it watch or think what would Kirstie do if I'm struggling with life
Alex proposed to his girlfriend and his health declined rapidly meaning he was needing to use a wheelchair by the time of the wedding (on his 22nd birthday) and was on oxygen at the reception. He died only 5 days later. I’ve often thought about his wife Ali as she was so young to deal with such a loss. A few years back I met someone who’d had the same type of childhood cancer he did and I spoke about the documentary. She’s done work with the bone cancer research trust so knew his family. She said that Ali was doing well and was in a long-term relationship which made me glad that she has been able to find happiness after such a sad time. I rewatched the documentary last night and after he died his dad found a note he’d written.