01 February 2013

Documentary a Week: "Dear Zachary"



52-Week Challenge: Documentary a Week
Summary (from IMDB): ”A filmmaker decides to memorialize a murdered friend when his friend’s ex-girlfriend announces she is expecting his son.” 
Phil’s Rating: N/A - After learning about my Documentary Challenge, a friend suggested that I watch this one. This somewhat-flawed documentary interviews the friends and family of a murdered man. However, I’m not exactly sure what this documentary is trying to prove. Yes, it does a little bit of exposing flaws in the larger system, but it doesn’t really try to fix those flaws. So, I’m not sure what the point is, other than as a memorial to a friend. I felt very strange watching this, because it felt like I was looking into a life that I shouldn’t have been seeing. A life that isn’t mine to judge or put a rating on.


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