Documentaries of the Week

Oh I've watched a few docmentaries recently!

I don't know if you remember the vagina exhibit at MONA (see old post) but I saw a documentary about that! Well not wholely on that but it was part of the show. Think the documentary was called 'The Perfect Vagina' and it featured people who were unhappy about their V. They wanted labioplasty, hymen repairs and the host was exploring various ways to convince these women that surgery was not the way to go. There was a weird part where this group therapist had ladies sitting in a circle and one by one they would take a mirror and look at their V and talk about what they like or don't like about it - in front of everyone else. @.@ NO WAY am I going to do that! It's just so weird!

The host also got some of them to go to the artist and cast their vaginas so that they can see how it REALLY looks and if it is different from the way their perceive it! It was interesting to see so many women willing to undergo this (btw the artist is male). I've seen my share of Vs and I'm not too fussed about it anymore. But for a lay person on the street, exposing yourself to someone else, putting plaster on your -ahem- and then moulding it. Just a bit strange for me but still not too bad.

The group therapy was weirder. Best part was some of these ladies got really emotional and just ran out of the room. But they felt like it helped them embrace their own sexuality. Interesting huh? :)

The other documentary I've started watching is an Australian production where they send 6 volunteers on a reverse refugee journey! Most of these volunteers are DAMN racist. They HATE the refugees, think they are taking over their country, think that they don't deserve to be here and they ought to have been sent back to wherever they came from. It hurts my heart to see such narrow-mindedness in them. Being an overseas student, we have our fair share of racism too so I understand but I bet it is a 100x worse for these refugees because of their skin colour, cultural background and stereotypes in society.

It's a 3 part series and it's called 'Go Back To Where You Came From'. I don't think you can stream it from Singapore (it's on SBS - special broadcasting service) but if you can somehow get hold of it through torrents etc, it is worth a watch! :) I just finished part 1 yesterday and I'm already starting to understand how difficult it must be for them. I hope these volunteers will be able to change their mindsets after their 25 days. I literally feel like smacking some of their faces - just the things they say! OMG heartless.