Documentary forum

[FLL]

1) I can't say I understand the rationale behind then new forum, and I think it opens some classification cans of worms, but I figured no big deal as long as it improves the board or at least doesn't hurt it. BUT... the removal of the [REL] and [REQ] tags in the forum listing is TERRIBLE.

If putting releases and requests together is such a good thing, then why were separate Release and Request fora ever created in the first place? I have no problem at all with intermingling the two in the same forum, as long as they are labelled. In fact that's how (with hindsight, of course) I think all the country fora should be, and that would save admin time moving threads when a REQ becomes a REL. But that's the past. For now, please at least put the [REQ] [REL] tags back for documentaries.

2) You missed a couple. Here's the results from a quick search and plus some others that sprang to mind. Later I can look for more if needed.

[REL] Conspiracy of Silence (1994) [Documentary] https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[RREL] Les Indiens kamaruyas d'Amazonie https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] Desi (2000) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REQ] A Different Life TV Series https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REQ] Summerhill At 70 (1992) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] Sex Quickies- Virginity testing in South.Africa (200?) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[RREL] Vivre Nu à la recherche du paradis perdu (1998) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL]JanSaudek:Life,Love,Death andOtherSuchTrifles (1997)39m https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] Anna: Ot shesti do vosemnadtsati (1993) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] Die nackten auf rugen https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] Skinny Kids 2004 https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[RREL] Girls Alone (2003) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... =24&t=1716
[REL] Kids And Cops 1999 https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] Joined for Life, Abby and Brittany turn 16 (2006) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] Teen Too Soon - TV Documentary (2008) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] Dzieci z Leningradzkiego (2005) [Documentary] https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REQ] Canada Naturally: The Film (Parts One & Two) (1993 https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] Vierka Aneb Zahada Zmizeni Rodiny B. (2006) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] Joined for Life (TV Documentary) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] Les Voyages Extraordinaires de Tippi (1997 - 2003) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] Children Underground (2000) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] ADDIO ZIO TOM (1971) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] Les tout petits rats de l'Opéra (2006) - Documentary https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] BARAKA - (1992) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] Chang (1927) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] Geschichte der Kindheit (1975) (Documentary) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL]Line of Beauty and Grace-Jock Sturges Documentary(2008) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] AFRICA AMA (1971) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REQ] Naisenkaari (1997) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] Engineering Red (1993) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] ADDIO ULTIMO UOMO (1978) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] THE "MONDO CANE" SERIES - MONDO CANE 1 (1962 https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] Amazonie: les indiens wayanas https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REQ] Souvenir Kids - Documentary [2005] https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REQ] A Different Life TV Series https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... highlight=
[REL] Michael Apted 7 Plus Seven (TV Series) 1970 https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... php?t=2311
[REL] Michael Apted 7 Up (TV Series) 1964 https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... php?t=2313
[REL] A few documentaries https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... ocumentary
A Browse at BUFF (see Childhood movie links) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... ocumentary
[REL] Girlhood (2003) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... torder=asc
[REL] The Human Body (1998) https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... .php?t=295
[REL] Henry Darger document https://www.first-loves.com/forums/v ... php?t=4719

[emuler]

Maybe we should call it the non fiction forum?

[FLL]

Maybe we should call it the non fiction forum?

Nah, then reality series would qualify, which would probably be a bad thing. And think of how many dramatizations of actual events could qualify (e.g. Amber's Story).

[emuler]

Nah, then reality series would qualify, which would probably be a bad thing

Honestly, I'd rather like that.

And think of how many dramatizations of actual events could qualify (e.g. Amber's Story).

As far as dramatisations go, they are fiction (albeit based on fact) and should be treated as such. The Titanic (Kate Wislet, et. al.) is a dramatisation of an actual event, but we all agree that it is not a documentary. However, I have seen documentaries about it on Discovery and National Geographic.

I found a very interesting site (sorry - Rapidshare only - you can stop grinning, Amadeus and charlottegainsbourg1) which has documentaries and shorts, besides the regular movies, some of which are FLM material. Perhaps someone with more bandwidth and time than I have could go through these and decide which ones the rest of us should get.

http://www.foriegnmoviesddl.com/

[ghost]

Thanks FLL for finding these.

OK, it wasn't a good idea to removie the REL and REQ's. I added them again.

[ghost]

All threads moved so far.

If you find more to move, please reply here.

[kev]

Thanks FLL, for your efforts.

However the rational seems obvious to me. 'Documentaries' are quite different from 'movies' and they deserve to be gathered together for those who have a specific interest in veiwing them..

Reality-based TV shows I think absolutely belong in the 'Documentary' forum as even though they are somewhat 'staged' events [set-up premises], they are 'documents' of what happens when people are put in certain situations, with certain boundries.

Movies like 'Amber's Story' [or any crappy Lifetime-Movie-Channel-based-on-a-real-story-tearjerker] would NOT belong there as they are fictionalized accounts, no matter how accurate they deem themselves to be.

I think ghost made a valiant effort yesterday in getting the Documentary Forum started up!

Thanks again for the list. When discussing creating this section amoung the admins, it was brought up that a good bit of work would have to go into searching out and moving each of the existing documentary threads scattered throughout the different forums.

I'll have to admit, you've probably cut our work load MORE than in half. Many kudos to you!!

kev.

[katzenjammer]

Clearly see the rationale of doing this. Documentaries rarely touch the thematic summoned in the forums name, but there are some out there that can be posted to FLM, and for those i think it can be wise to have a separate forum.

[Rich]

However the rational seems obvious to me. 'Documentaries' are quite different from 'movies' and they deserve to be gathered together for those who have a specific interest in veiwing them..

exactly,,,,

[Amadeus]

If simplicity is the reason for grouping [REL] & [REQ],, subforums may work better under each country.

Hmmm, documentaries are not movies certainly, however, since when was society's or the education community's perception of on-topic material entirety true.... Their non-fiction seems like fiction to me.