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The Really Big Family (1967)
I'm glad people find this documentary interesting
I'm going to say this documentary is ten. But then its hard to be objective when its your family.
You could say it was the start of "reality TV" If you're wondering what happened to the Dukes', they still live for the most part in Washington State. Louise is a beautiful Great Grandmother. Bill passed away in 2000. John also passed away. The rest of the family is doing fine. BTW Bill and Louise shared 50+ years of marriage.
For the most part this documentary is an accurate portrayal of our life at that time. Whether or not our family was the basis of other movies and TV shows can be called coincidence. But certainly it has been a part of film documentary history. One thing that has surprised me is that the film has been shown all over the world and dubbed into many languages. I've personally seen it on German and Greek TV.
I hope you enjoy it.
Kevin Dukes 2006