Need a world events class

Still chipping away at the documentary movie list... 20 is proving to be an ambitious goal!  I need the Oscars to come around and nominate some new ones for me.  

 
This one was nominated for best Academy Award last year - the first Palestinian to have that honor.  And... he was detained in LAX airport when coming to the awards ceremony because they didn't believe him.  My that's embarrassing.  Your movie, and life, is about being persecuted and you come to "the land of the free" annnd it's the same.  Sorry buddy.

This guy gets a camera when his youngest son is born and becomes an unofficial videographer of the non-violent resistance to Israeli presence & barrier construction in their Palestinian border town of Bil'in.  And his cameras keep getting shot (hence the 5 broken ones).  Unfortunately, I apparently know nothing about Israel and Palestine and the film supposed you would (which, to be fair, if you chose to watch this movie, you probably should have some basic level of understanding).  But we were too busy reading the subtitles to be able to look up any "quick facts" other than to learn this is an ancient feud, not easily digested into "quick facts". 

It does make you appreciate that we live in a peaceful, wealthy country.  And that with as hot-spot as this area of the world is - I should probably learn a little more.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to learn about Israel/Palestine? Or any quick facts?? And 12/20 documentaries - check!

GPG!

I really didn't think we were going to get this one done, but thanks to a last minute invite from the company I buy my braces from - we got to CHECK #56: See a game at Lambeau.  And see a game we did!  The luxury suite we were in was one of only 4 in the stadium that fits 30 people and takes off the windows during the game.  I'm still not sure that I'd chose to do that, but it WAS cool to kind of be a part of the crowd.

 Partial view of the suite

 View of the stadium with the windows closed

We got there 2 hours before kickoff to get the best seats

 Fun memorabilia around the suite

 View with the windows open (and still all our gear on - that's for the green & gold Dad & Uncle Doug!)

By the end of the game, the flurries had really picked up!

Too bad it wasn't a win, but I'm really glad we got this chance.  Thanks American Orthodontics & Go Pack Go!!