2 nf recs- derry girls and black earth rising.

[mopinko]

ok, couldnt be different, but gulped down both of them.

i avoided derry girls cuz i have limited tolerance for high school drama. but read the other day that scorcese was a fan, so i tried it. i loved it. as a survivor of 12 yrs of catholic school, and recognizing a few of my relatives in the characters, well, i was sad to get to the end.
def a fun 1.

black earth rising, tho, phew. what a complex story. what interesting characters. and what a view of humanity. beautifully done, too. the animations they use to illustrate past events is gorgeous and perfect.
def recommend.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Derry Girls is wonderful.

I only went to Catholic school for kindergarten and first grade, but that was enough. Plus, all four of my grandparents came from Ireland, the Republic rather than Northern Ireland, but still.

Not sure if I want to watch Black Earth Rising.

[mopinko]

2. it's a tough one.

1 of the characters is a former child soldier, and there’s a big population of them in chi, so that angle rly hit me hard. brought here from this conflict and others in africa for treatment at the kolver center (?) for survivors of torture.

tough. but a great cast, and the kind of honest portrayal of war that we need.

[bif]

3. Big Derry Girls fan.

You might like "Detectorists". Not sure where it's streaming. Really offbeat, dry English humor.

[Merlot]

4. No catholic school here, but I really liked Derry Girls

for the politics of the era and seeing regular life goes on during the turmoil. Especially liked the Bill Clinton episode, seeing that from the "other side" as it were. You had to love the school nun (principal? leader? don't know what her title was), dry humor extraordinaire!

[mopinko]

5. yeah, i rly appreciate the historical perspective.

been finally learning to history of my homeland in the last few yrs.
growing up, the troubles was all i rly knew about ireland. the propaganda version of the troubles, that is. that it was irish on irish, no mention of the crown.
i only learned recently how it even started, and what it rly meant to be a catholic in the north.

and sr michael is like, me, if i had somehow ended up a nun.
(not being a subject of the irish catholic church is my main consolation for being born here. typing that line sent chills down my spine.)