Hi Ruby - I have just emailed you. And funnily enough recommended in my email that you get Richie on board - he definitely is your no 1 interviewee for this! If you could reply to my email to let me know you recieved thart would be great but no need to respond at length at this stage if you are being inundated.
new documentary film about Disfellowshipping - the anti - Knocking
by RubyParker 74 Replies latest forum announcements
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RubyParker
Thank you Crumpet. Would you mind telling me (i'm fairly new to this kind of format) am I posting my "replies" properly? when I review them it seems a continual page of my responses, and I am hoping that individuals are receiving my responses.
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RichieRich
Ruby i resent the email....
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Quandry
Part of my argument is that those who are disfellowshipping experience a unique form of TRAUMA. It is not possible to lose your entire family, social network and worldview overnight and to then obtain closure or to “carry on” in my experience. The experience is carried with us - - it is not possible to compartmentalize our emotions and memories this way. Disfellowshippiing has a long term impact on an individual’s: emotions, self-worth, mental health, social skills, finances…the list goes on. The best these individuals can do, in my view, is to cope and continue to learn about our experience and those of others. If we had all “moved on” – none of us would have logged into this site in the first place.
You are quite right. My teen daughter was df'd after being spoken to in the most humiliating, demeaning way possible. She was called a liar after being accused of fornication for two and one half hours. She was made to read every condemning scripture in the Bible which five elders applied to her. When she would not admit to something she did not do, they made her read a scripture in Rev. that said God viewed her as filth and she would burn in the fire reserved for the devil and his angels.
Trauma? Oh, yes... for our whole family. Deep depression for two years for my husband, daughter, and I. The utter dissillutionment for our entire family to find out that "spiritual shepherds" cared so little for a child, and made her feel worthless and unloved even by God..
Her father and I would never dream of abandoning our child when she needed us most. Of course, we are now unofficially shunned also, for not "accepting what happened because God has allowed" it, as we were told.
Your work is very important. This is a story that needs to be told. Too many are unaware of the true results of this experience-especially for young impressionable people.
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RubyParker
Hi RichieRich,
Did you receive my response? Hope so. If not, please let me know and I will re-send!
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Kenneson
Ruby,
I don't know if you've seen any of the comments made on Knocking; there are bunches of pages. But, I did see numerous references to disfellowshipping and shunning made by non-Jehovah's Witnesses and Jehovah's Witnesses alike. You might want to take a look if you have not yet seen the site.
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Lady Lee
interesting idea
a. thinking of leaving already out for 23 years now
b. who have been disfellowshipped - particularly those at a young age like myself DFed aged 35
c. those who have been severely shunned by their immediate family and entire congregation/community definitely my experience
d. those who have lost their children and/or spouses in the process well I lost the spouse but I wanted to do that and my daughters left with me
e. mental health professionals who specialize or who have worked with those within this population me again
f. those few grad students from different disciplines who have completed theses / dissertations related to this topic While I haven't done a dissertation I have written some papers for some of my Univ courses. You might find this one interesting (Social Death: The Practice of Disfellowshiping among Jehovah's Witnesses)
g. information regarding individuals who have committed suicide as a result of their being disfellowshipped. while I personally know 2 people who committed suicide in relation to the WTS neither was DFed -
observador
Hello RubyParker, What a wonderful idea! You sound like an intelligent, reasonable, articulated individual, precisely what it takes to make such a movie. It was about time a serious, professional grade film was produced on the JW shunning issue. I am absolutely ecstatic. Thank you and good luck. Observador.
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monophonic
[I was dfed at 16, 18 and 23.]
wow, a DF trifecta! that's amazing.
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monophonic
awesome!! this needs to be made.
just in case you haven't taken film classes, i'd suggest finding a class on documentary story telling...and getting a detailed proposal/synopsis together could get you access to grants and funding.
also, from my experience totally crapping out as a director...i suck at directing, but kick ass at writing and editing, i highly recommend getting an assistant director and a cinematographer if you can....include that in your budget when going after money.
money and grants vary state to state and country to country. even getting a detailed proposal together and making it available in this forum would be a great idea. for example, $2000 would get someone an associate producer credit and $5000 would get an executive producer credit.
AND, when it comes to distribution, that fake journalist whore who directed 'knocking' recruited his audiences from every congregation, encouraging them to pay to see the film multiple times to get the PBS backing by showing them how "big the audience was", even though it was 95% witnesses going over and over to get their word out. i hate that he's even mentioned as a journalist.
your film needs to be made. if you have any other film questions you can hit me up...i have film fest experience, write about film and have made mistakes galore in the industry that might be helpful to learn from.