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I have just finished watching the most upsetting documentary I think I have ever seen and I am an emotional wreck. Nay, it's the most upsetting film I have ever seen:

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

It is a horrifying tale which I can't really sum up particularly well here (go to the Wikipedia link); a man - Andrew Bagby - broke up with a sociopathic woman who then shot and killed him, fled the country whilst pregnant with his child and was let out on bail before being given custody of said child when it was born, all whilst the slowly turning wheels of justice fucked things up repeatedly.

The grief, pain and anger contained within the film is deeply, deeply upsetting and what makes it worse is that these negative emotions are contrasted with the beautiful, all-encompassing love shown by those mourning Andrew's death. It's made by a childhood friend of the victim and oozes love, cataloguing memories of Andrew for his son Zachary.

I found it an extremely diffifult thing to watch but I would urge anyone to take the time to see it, to better understand love, pain, hate and justice. It's available on the iPlayer this week.

Dear Zachary: Official Site

monky posted 212 words at 22:22 on 23/02/10 | (0)

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