Last week we got together and watched Nobody's Business, a documentary in which the filmmaker interviewed his father in hopes of learning more about himself and his family heritage. Throughout the film the father finds the idea of his life being interesting quite absurd and most of his son's questions silly and unnecessary. Though guarded and unconcerned, the father radiates intellegence and is often very funny. The style in which this film was shot seemed to combine historical and biographical elements. As the father failed to answer many questions about their family's past, the son began to research and find many facts such as names, birthplaces, times of death and even distant relatives with the same name. I enjoyed this film very much and after watching it I feel I have a better idea of the use of certain styles.
Though our group has yet to decide on or discover a style appropriate for our project I have a feeling it will be a Process style, which will include Biographical, Journey and a bit of Historical as well. As far as the Process style goes I am sure we will focus on a succession of events which will include a biographical study of Dr. Bennett, his journey through education and clergy to his present position as pastor/mentor and the obstacles which he has faced in the past and hopes to overcome in the future. As I mentioned in earlier posts we hope to include a Historical view of the subject of mentoring as well.
A few ideas as to who we hope to interview (other than Dr. Bennett) include men from each of the three catagories of mentorees in the program. Interviewing several "laymen" would be ideal as to gain an understanding from different backgrounds and viewpoints of reasons for seeking guidance through Christian mentorship. Interviewing those interested in becoming clergymen would give us an idea of some goals these men hope to achieve on their way to entering the ministry. Interviewing those already in the ministry would further our understanding of the importance of mentoring and uncover another set of goals which they hope to achieve and why. I am most interested in the idea of interviewing a man who has had Dr. Bennett as a mentor and has himself become a mentor to others. This should give us an idea of what up and coming mentorees may aspire to be and illuminate the importance of mentoring as a networking process.