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First We Eat (2020)
Fascnating Doc About eating ONLY local food
Enjoyable, and educational documentary about eating only local food in Dawson City, Yukon, where the growing season is too short for many kinds of produce. With climate change increasingly having an impact on food security, knowing how to source/produce your own food locally is more important than ever. And the story is told in a gentle way that makes its message go down easily. Thoroughly enjoyed spending time with th Crocker-Parsons family and getting schooled too.
All the Time in the World (2014)
A Perfect movie for family and for everyone at this moment
Beautiful, gently told story of going off grid for nine months to experience the world and family in a fresh way. This and First We Eat are the films I have been craving, real storytelling, real people, no ginned up fake tension or suspense. In fact, the very real risks and dangers ar shown but treated in a low-key, deadpan manner, e.g., the bear. I so appreciated this approach right now, when the world has enough suspense, real and fake, and horror. I don't need it in films right now. The messages of Crocker's movies are soothing and enlightening too-what we have that we fail to appreciate and what we risk losing if we don't take care of the environment, and by cooperation is better than competition. Ten stars.
After Life (2019)
You Will Feel Everything
After Life Series 1 was so perfect I was reluctant to watch Series 2. Why continue when the first series seemed so right on its own. But I did watch 2, and it was perfect too, and right to do it because grief doesn't wrap up neatly with a few epiphanies, it trails you confronts you and continues to change you. I hate sappy stories about death so thank you Ricky for keeping it real without any manipulative schmaltz. Ricky has made something deeply true and emotional, so the moments of pathos and sadness and love are authentic and genuinely healing. Genius. For a guy with a rep as a misanthrope, he sure does love humanity.
Black·ish: Feminisn't (2019)
Nails It
This show is good on every level, not just on racism but feminism, intersectionality, ageism, family dynamics, politics, and all with multidimensional characters and while being freaking funny. No other show comes close to this.
(And that easter episode where they used actual easter eggs as "easter eggs" was genius.)