Review of 51 Birch Street (2006) by Sv G — 10 Nov 2008
Filmmaker Doug Block takes footage from his own family and forms a documentary about his parents after the unexpected death of his mother. Very close and insightful (and often uncomfortable) look at his parents, their relationship, how that wore on their children; as well as some revealing though sad information on his mother that was found in her many hundreds of journals she kept over the years.
There was some discussion even in the documentary if she would have wanted that to come out; but if you write journals and hang onto them for decades knowing full well if you do that someone is going to find them someday? You want them found.
I would suggest watching "Who Knew?" which is a short on the special features of the same disc after viewing the documentary to see the reactions of the various family members once the movie premiered.
That is the icing on the cake. Enjoy.
This review of 51 Birch Street (2006) was written by Sv G on 10 Nov 2008.
51 Birch Street has generally received very positive reviews.
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