documentary fever:

had a terrific time last week. got tickets to see the new documentary film by michael moore, sicko, at a special screening with the mayor, his staff, other local politicos, and michael moore himself. and then afterwards mr. moore did a q&a with the audience. it was fun and incredibly informative. jessie and justin came along and we had a really great time.

then last night i finally got around to rewatching the times of harvey milk. now i had seen this movie before, but actually seen it before i moved here to san francisco years ago. so while watching it back then was interesting from a gay perspective, it was all the more interesting now from a san francisco perspective. i knew many of the people in the movie from a personal frame now, understood the issues a lot more involved in city politics, and felt a stronger connection to the people involved. additionally, everybody i know now looked so young then! of course.

anyway, been a really useful week of documentary productions. i hope 'sicko' goes on to be as important and wide-spread as al gore's environmental movie, inconvenient truth, did, because it clearly shows the terrible state of affairs we have in this country with utilizing health 'insurance' rather than 'health care'