Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhy don't people do Documentaries about the average person instead of someone who was in the news or pop culture? Like their neighbor or something.message-squaremessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down13
arrow-up111arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't people do Documentaries about the average person instead of someone who was in the news or pop culture? Like their neighbor or something.Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squareceleste@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoThey exist! https://screenrant.com/best-documentary-movies-about-normal-people/ These don’t all fit, but the first one on the list is about the documentarian’s parents. I think the documentaries that we see are going to be the ones that conceptually interest enough people that they can get, like, funding for it. Or it’s just someone’s movie they made about grandpa that only people in the family see. Oh, this question reminded me of NPR’s story corp. https://www.npr.org/series/4516989/storycorps https://storycorps.org/about/
minus-squareparaplu@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoFor more radio, NPR’s This American Life also feels similar.
They exist! https://screenrant.com/best-documentary-movies-about-normal-people/ These don’t all fit, but the first one on the list is about the documentarian’s parents.
I think the documentaries that we see are going to be the ones that conceptually interest enough people that they can get, like, funding for it. Or it’s just someone’s movie they made about grandpa that only people in the family see.
Oh, this question reminded me of NPR’s story corp. https://www.npr.org/series/4516989/storycorps
https://storycorps.org/about/
For more radio, NPR’s This American Life also feels similar.