Documentaries you've seen you still think about to this day

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HockyRorror said:
I have two. I’m also wondering if anyone else saw these two documentaries:

The first one was a 2011 BBC Three documentary about the youngest and only woman (at the time) to receive an ASBO for drunken behaviour and who had been barred from every from pub in Britain. Her name is Laura Hall. The documentary was really sad. She was only 21 at the time but addicted to alcohol. It showed her trying to overcome it and also documented her downfalls. I often wonder about her and how she is doing now. There’s nothing from a google search and I feel it’s completely intrusive and overboard looking around on Facebook. The only thing I could find was an interview about the making of the programme: https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/2011/01/laura-hall-battle-with-booze.shtml

The other one was also a BBC Three documentary from 2009. It was about a 16 year old gay school boy called Tony who had left home and was living by himself whilst trying to find his non-immediate family. It was so sad watching him navigate through a world when he was just a disadvantaged child. Again, I would love to know how he is doing now, almost a decade later.

Am I the only weirdo who still thinks of things like this years after they’ve been on TV? Does anyone else have any? Or could anyone shed some light on either of the two people above? 🙏🏽
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Haven't read the whole thread so apologies if it was posted but there was an article from Dec 2012 saying she was pregnant and 5 months sober. Hope she managed to stick to it for the sake of her child!
www.mirror.co.uk

Laura Hall: Britain's most notorious girl binger tells why she has quit drinking to have a baby

But the 23-year-old insists she's finally kicked her habit... not least because she's five months pregnant
www.mirror.co.uk www.mirror.co.uk
 
BigBrenda said:
Have you seen the crystal meth one. I found that I felt upset for them sometimes, but there was people I just couldn’t find sympathy for at all, it all seemed to be woman leaving their kids for men and then the couple who was brother and sister shagging 🙀
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I didn’t see it, the only other LT doc I’ve seen was the Westboro church one and a little bit of the American prison one. I do like his work though from what I’ve seen so I’ll check the meth one out , thanks (y)
 
littlepup said:
It makes me incredibly sad that Daisy from Audrie and Daisy just took her own life.
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I don't know if anyone else actually watched this but apparently the Mother has now taken her own life too. The poor remaining brothers!
For anyone interested it's about victim blaming in assault/rape cases in American high schools.
Often the girls are assaulted by a large group of males while intoxicated (the girls), there's clear evidence but due to their family connections, sporting abilities, popularity etc they are excused while the girls become victims of cyber and physical bullying, accusations of promiscuity, 'shouldn't have been drunk, they were asking for it', etc
 
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littlepup said:
I don't know if anyone else actually watched this but apparently the Mother has now taken her own life too. The poor remaining brothers!
For anyone interested it's about victim blaming in assault/rape cases in American high schools.
Often the girls are assaulted by a large group of males while intoxicated (the girls), there's clear evidence but due to their family connections, sporting abilities, popularity etc they are excused while the girls become victims of cyber and physical bullying, accusations of promiscuity, 'shouldn't have been drunk, they were asking for it', etc
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if you‘ve not already seen it I highly recommend Roll Red Roll about the same subject.

www.theguardian.com

Roll Red Roll: behind the chilling documentary on high school rape

The much-reported 2012 case of sexual assault in Steubenville, Ohio gets re-examined in a tough yet vital new film
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
 
Upintheair83 said:
The one documentary that stays with me is from years ago- I reckon I must have been around 8 years old maybe? So reckon 1991/92 time.
But there was this documentary and I think it was called the Street Kids of Brazil, or something like that. It was about these children who lived on the streets, mostly near sewers. They had no family and had to fend for themselves- I don’t remember much, I just remember being this little girl watching it and not understanding why their parents didn’t want them and why they lived outside. It upset me that much I begged my mum to take down the address of the charity they showed on the screen at the end and I remember giving some of my pocket money to them. Iv often thought about that documentary although I can’t find any trace of it at all when Iv tried to google it. It must have been a bbc documentary or a channel 4 as there wasn’t many channels around then.
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I’m pretty sure this was about “Russian street kids” I don’t remember her specifically but if you YouTube it and you might find what you’re looking for.
 
HotSaucer said:
I’m pretty sure this was about “Russian street kids” I don’t remember her specifically but if you YouTube it and you might find what you’re looking for.
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Thanks @HotSaucer , il have a look and check that out, out of interest. but I’m 100% sure it was Brazil as I remember always thinking back to the documentary whenever I heard about Brazil growing up. I’m pretty sure in the loft at my family home I have some literature on it because I asked my mum to write and ask for some info on the charity when I was little. I just can’t remember what the charity was or what the documentary was called. Xx
 
BustySinclair said:
No idea why I remember it but there was a documentary about a really young mum (maybe like 13?) called Kizzy. I wonder how she’s doing now :) does anyone else remember?
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Haha this documentary was soooooo long ago but I think of one of the things shsajd at least once a week 😅 "Bobs your uncle and fanny's your aunt, I'm up the bleeping spout." It was when she found out she was pregnant again. Bless her she had a heart of gold.

chandlercheesecake said:
It was called Hardcore and it's available to watch on YouTube.
Really sad and disturbing
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I've just watched this after reading your comment. My heart was in my throat the entire time. That guy was an absolute scumbag. I wonder what became of the girl. :(
 
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littlepup said:
I don't know if anyone else actually watched this but apparently the Mother has now taken her own life too. The poor remaining brothers!
For anyone interested it's about victim blaming in assault/rape cases in American high schools.
Often the girls are assaulted by a large group of males while intoxicated (the girls), there's clear evidence but due to their family connections, sporting abilities, popularity etc they are excused while the girls become victims of cyber and physical bullying, accusations of promiscuity, 'shouldn't have been drunk, they were asking for it', etc
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I just watched this randomly on Netflix and was so angry after watching it that I went on a googling spree. I cant believe both daisy and her mother are gone while her attacker walks free. Horrific all round!
 
witchofwestbyfleet said:
I used to live in the same town as a young man who was on both "The World's Strictest Parents" and in a police documentary I watched - can't remember the name but he'd been arrested for drunken behaviour and taken into custody which they caught on camera. The first time I saw him out and about I couldn't place why he looked so familiar, it only dawned on me later but while I lived there I would spot him in different places

There was an episode of "Snog, Marry, Avoid" I watched as a teen where a goth couple got a makeover, one of whom was an 18-year-old girl and they were already married. I often wondered what had happened to her as she reminded me somewhat of a girl in my class at school who had married at the same age. I found her on YouTube a while back, she's in her 20s now and divorced, still a goth
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I don’t know if anyone has replied to this already but I know Emily from snog marry avoid & she’s remarried and has a daughter :)
 
So glad I found this thread! I’m a huge documentary nerd but nobody in my family entertains my ramblings.

The Family - This was a fly on the wall series on Channel 4 in 2008, I loved the dad Simon and it was really just a heartwarming series. It’s so innocent too because it was before all this obsession to be famous so it was just a real family.

Hotel Folie a Deux - This was on BBC Storyville and followed a woman who’s husband died and she was trying to open a hotel but was basically broke. It was so stressful on her and she had like 5 little kids. Thankfully they’re doing better now.

Fishing for Love: How to catch a Thai Bride - Watched this one recently on BBC Storyville. So interesting.

Gleason - follows American football player Steve Gleason and his diagnosis with ALS. This one really makes you weep. It’s such a portrait of raw human emotion throughout. They certainly don’t sugar coat anything. But it’s raw and it’s damn heartwarming too.

Dear Zachary: A letter to a son about his father - Best to go into this one completely blind. It floored me.

Last Breath - This is a Netflix documentary about a British commercial diver who got stuck and the incredible rescue mission. Edge of your seat type viewing. So heartwarming too!

For Sama - it’s available to watch on Channel 4 right now. A documentary filmed by a woman who had two children while living in Syria. It’s one of the most raw, heartbreaking things I’ve ever watched.

The Jinx: Robert Durst - If you like real crime, this ones for you. I think it’s like 8 parts but I watched it in one evening. Fascinating and really well made.

The Mole: Infiltrating North Korea - just came out on BBC iPlayer. I sat down to watch 10 minutes and 2 hours later I’d finished the whole thing. If this were the plot of a movie you’d say it was far-fetched!
 
truffletrot said:
So glad I found this thread! I’m a huge documentary nerd but nobody in my family entertains my ramblings.

The Family - This was a fly on the wall series on Channel 4 in 2008, I loved the dad Simon and it was really just a heartwarming series. It’s so innocent too because it was before all this obsession to be famous so it was just a real family.

Hotel Folie a Deux - This was on BBC Storyville and followed a woman who’s husband died and she was trying to open a hotel but was basically broke. It was so stressful on her and she had like 5 little kids. Thankfully they’re doing better now.

Fishing for Love: How to catch a Thai Bride - Watched this one recently on BBC Storyville. So interesting.

Gleason - follows American football player Steve Gleason and his diagnosis with ALS. This one really makes you weep. It’s such a portrait of raw human emotion throughout. They certainly don’t sugar coat anything. But it’s raw and it’s damn heartwarming too.

Dear Zachary: A letter to a son about his father - Best to go into this one completely blind. It floored me.

Last Breath - This is a Netflix documentary about a British commercial diver who got stuck and the incredible rescue mission. Edge of your seat type viewing. So heartwarming too!

For Sama - it’s available to watch on Channel 4 right now. A documentary filmed by a woman who had two children while living in Syria. It’s one of the most raw, heartbreaking things I’ve ever watched.

The Jinx: Robert Durst - If you like real crime, this ones for you. I think it’s like 8 parts but I watched it in one evening. Fascinating and really well made.

The Mole: Infiltrating North Korea - just came out on BBC iPlayer. I sat down to watch 10 minutes and 2 hours later I’d finished the whole thing. If this were the plot of a movie you’d say it was far-fetched!
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For Sama 😓. That broke me watching that. I just sobbed.
 
Children underground - it’s a Romanian docufilm about the homeless children on the streets of Bucharest. They live in the underground stations, streets and parks as well as getting high off of glue.

the worst thing was that some of the kids were around the age of 7
 
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