Community telly - from Annie
Excitingly (given the latest lockdown and all) we have ANOTHER community review for a show that is accessible to all via the Kanopy App (it really does have great movies and as previously discussed is accessible for free. You can download it on your phone, tablet or computer using your local library card. Just log on to your library and follow the instructions - you might like to also download Cloudlibrary, Borrowbox and Libby so you read your favourite magazines, listen to audio books and read books online for free while you are there!!).
Anyway … Annie has been part of the ACC family for a couple of years now. Her first introduction being the Alphington Show (in which she entered a shroud made of coffee sacks - you might remember it if you came along). More recently she participated in Women in the Shed.
Anyway, here’s what she wrote! Thanks Annie. This sounds really interesting.
306 Hollywood
This gorgeous documentary is about stuff … so much stuff. It’s a houseful of things left behind. And every bit of it carries a memory. This movie is for anyone who’s ever had to deal with stuff. It’s for anyone who’s ever had a relative and the house they’ve lived in forever to sort through.
When she's alive, the adored grandma remarks to her granddaughter that she does clutter big time. With no shame. Just a remark.
Do you know Marie Condo? Her method and its concepts had its time in the sun.
Spark joy by tidying up. It will get worse before it gets better. Give thanks to the house and express gratitude to the items’ service to you. Put it all in one big pile.
Every single one of her rules seems to figure in some way in this tale of love for the grandma, the house (306 Hollywood) and what the eclectic stuff tells us.
It is very time-consuming taking care of what grandma left behind, the siblings Elan and Jonathan Bogarin find. And instead of rushing it they savour what’s there. They curate an amazing honouring of one woman’s ordinary life.
I loved this movie and getting to know the family stories across older and younger generations.