tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post112784974673307162..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: The TV camera always liesJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1140643873680982722006-02-22T21:31:00.000+00:002006-02-22T21:31:00.000+00:00I've always viewed documentaries as interpretation...I've always viewed documentaries as interpretations. There is always a human being interpreting a "reality" as there is in journalism and other fields of media.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1127908627456077362005-09-28T12:57:00.000+01:002005-09-28T12:57:00.000+01:00Similar local reaction to the Channel 4 documantar...Similar local reaction to the Channel 4 documantary 'The Strangest Village in Britain' - about Botton, the Camphill Trust village in North Yorkshire. They filmed for months, but real life in the Village didn't fit the formula for a documentary: conflict and/or triumph over adversity. Disabled people living happily and fulfilling their potential doesn't suit. The resulting programme focussed on a spat in the woodwork shop (the only thing they didn't do to dramatise it was play the Jaws music) and a rather predatory following of a man who left the village (after 20 years) to live independently in Whitby. The producers promised Botton full editorial control: a lie. The kind of people who run such a place tend to believe the best of human beings. The media usually has its own agenda and doesn't mind trampling on people or distorting the truth to get its story in the way it wants. Beware.Peter Mchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03850862887931603954noreply@blogger.com