Hi Everyone,
Now that I have seen the documentary, The Stairs, three times, my opinion has not changed. This is what I mean.
The first time I watched the documentary, The Stairs, was at The Regent Park Film Festival in November, 2016. The second was last week when I did my usual of listening to whatever is on the TV instead of watching. This week was the third time and I did sit and watch it. Today I watched the second last chapter, or section, again.
I am telling you this because the first time I saw it I was watching a documentary at a free film festival. There I got some great insight into the production of the film from the director and some of the cast members who answered as many of the audience’s questions as possible. After I saw the documentary, it was off my radar for a few months.
Watching the documentary a few years later at home versus a crowded auditorium coupled with more life experience and I have to tell you my opinion hasn’t really changed.
We all make choices. Everyday each of us will make several if not up to several hundred choices. And it is what we decide to do with every situation presented to us that will either help us or hinder us in the long and short-term.
If you decide to watch the documentary, The Stairs, I would encourage you to really, and I do mean, really listen to what each person says.
Everyone of us has had things in our childhood that has hurt us, or perhaps scarred us. I get that. Life is not perfect. It never has been and it never will be. Even people living in what most would consider privilege have it hard. People from the most loving, caring families feel abandoned, alone. Good kids who do all the right things at the right time, get a raw deal all the time. Some people just can’t get a break no matter how hard they try, what they do and who they know. Everything is relative.
If you decide to watch this documentary, and I sincerely hope you do, listen and I do mean really listen closely. I hope you understand what I mean. Life is what we make of it.
Thank you for reading, A. Rebel’s Rant! ;D
PS I don’t know what systems were in place while this documentary was being filmed, however, now most volunteers who prepare the harm reduction kits get two tokens and a gift card with a minimum balance of $10 for volunteering. Volunteering is, in my humble opinion, being twisted.
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