Here is a mini documentary-style news story that Jon showed to our Hands on a Camera class this morning. We talked about how it is a great example of the documentary use "Transcendence Through Tribulation" but I also think it shows the other two "Voice to the Voiceless" and "Exalt the Everyday." This is a great inspiring story about a small community and an autistic boy with a lot of heart. We talked about it in terms of what Jason went through to get here being the water boy all of those years and being autistic...etc. I was fascinated at the crowd and how they responded to him. This story is a personal story for those who were there and it was captured and told in a way that made it more so.
It would be fun to discuss whose story this is and who is telling the story. We could also talk about how this specific video in some ways captures all of the points of documentary and maybe how we could tell a similar story from a different point of view. For example, I think it would be incredibly fascinating, now having this footage, to go and interview a handful of students on the team or in the crowd who all obviously loved and admired Jason as a friend and peer.
Here is the article and video: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/23/earlyshow/main1339324.shtml
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