Filmmaker Rick Stevenson vividly recalls certain observations he had in his childhood. (I LOVED his brilliant and candid introduction.) He was ambitious enough to follow over 60 children through 5000 days of their lives. This first documentary begins with six- and eight-year-old brothers. We watch as they outgrow their sibling upsets, become best friends, and grow into men. You have to suspect that being interviewed helps them live an examined, more fulfilling life.
This first one is dear to my heart because I’ve raised my sons in the same traditions, and because I’m raising sons in general, but I can’t wait to see the rest of these revealing and developing self-portraits. Storytelling means understanding our common humanity and our fascinating differences. It means being inspired by each other.
It’s a brilliant idea to borrow: capture your own growth and that of your young ones with a series of video interviews, perhaps as a birthday tradition. And it turns out that there’s even a private version of 5000 Days where you can upload video diaries as a time capsule, and later choose whether to submit them to the project.
The film will be available online for a little while here:
http://byutv.org/seethegood/post/The-5000-Days-Project-Two-Brothers.aspx
After that, you can find it here:
http://twobrothersthemovie.com/purchase/
Here’s a sneak peek at a future project. Maybe you’ll be the angel to help complete it.
http://twobrothersthemovie.com/about-us-2/
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Screenshot from BYU TV’s broadcast of Two Brothers
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That is a good idea. I wish we’d thought of it for our boys.
They do have a potted history of the world during their lives, though – we save the newspaper on their birthdays.
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