Be Good, Smile Pretty

On a serious note. I recently watched the documentary "Be Good, Smile Pretty" and was really taken with it. It is a self made documentary by Tracy Droz Tragos. It chronicles her attempt to deal with her father’s death during the Vietnam War 32 years after the fact. Her family, especially her mother, never spoke of him and never shared much of him. At age 32 she sets out on a life affirming journey to try and get a glimpse of, who he was, and what he was about. I highly recommend it.

While watching this film I could not help but think about how the impact one instance like this reverberates through hundreds of people lives for years and years, and given that we, yet again, have young men dying we may have a sequel to this movie in 32 years.