This week I watched the indie documentary, Donor Unknown. It is a feature length, light hearted documentary about group of children from all over the united states of america who have the same sperm donor as their father. the documentary focuses on the children, how they found out about their father,how they met each other, and also what the father himself is like.
The donor himself Jeffery Harrison is shown to be an upbeat and artistic man who happens to also be a drug addict living in a motorhome, the story shows that even though jeffery donated simply out of a need for money he has met up and communicated with his children several times and is ultimately a good person.
The style of Donor Unknown is very much an observational piece with no presenter or interviewer shown on screen. however the contributors to the documentary all talk to the camera and the films audience. I like this style of documentary as it feels to me as if what we are being told is a much more personal secret by the contributed and the viewer rather than information wormed out by a presenter. I also enjoyed the tone of the piece as for the most part everything is presented in a bright optimistic fashion.
Overall I enjoyed the documentary and feel it could be a great influence on my own work in the future such as the documentary I make in this module
sources:
http://www.donorunknown.com/
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