Watch Farrah Fawcett’s “Farrah’s Story” The Complete Documentary Online

Farrah Fawcett 1976 poster

I had embedded these videos when they
were first made available by MSNBC in my Farrah’s Story review post, but they were recently removed. The videos are available once again so I replaced them there and am posting them again here. I encourage all of you to watch it. Here’s my review of the documentary:

I just finished watching Farrah’s Story and I wanted to salute her for creating a great documentary. I read a few articles previous to the airing of the show that asked the question, “why would someone so notoriously private want to record such a personal experience and share it with the world on network television?” My initial thoughts were that she wanted to spread awareness of cancer and how it not only invades tissue, marrow, and organs, but also the lives of those diagnosed as well as their family and friends, and in Farrah’s case, her fans. Farrah’s story accomplished all of that. But, I think it also accomplished something else – something that, whether conscious or not, played a large role in motivating Farrah to make this documentary and then to share it with the general public.

Farrah seemed extremely agitated by the leak of her personal medical information and also with the paparazzi that appeared to lurk around every corner, desperate to get a shot of her with a cane, in a wheelchair or even on a stretcher. I think what infuriated her most about it, and rightly so, is that the tabloids’ presentation of her battle with cancer aspired only to show weakness. When people heard or read about Farrah Fawcett and her battle with cancer, the only images that they could reference were hospital and airport paparazzi photos on the covers of tabloids or on celebrity web sites. Farrah ripped those two-dimensional images right out of our brains and replaced them with the depth of a human narrative. There were moments of weakness, but Farrah was able to rescue her dignity by sharing her suffering with us in a manor that revealed a great deal of strength and grace. (It reminded me of Johnny Cash’s later recordings on American Records, which showed all of us the incredible spiritual strength that can reside in a body and voice that may appear weak on the surface)

Farrah’s Story re-airing schedule: (all times EST)
MSNBC – Sat, Jun 27 – 1:00 PM
OXYGN – Sat, Jun 27 – 3:30 PM
OXYGN – Sun, Jun 28 – 8:00 AM
MSNBC – Sun, Jun 28 – 6:00 PM

Other Farrah specials:

Saturday, June 27
E! – 4:30 PM – Michael & Farrah: Lost Icons
TV Land – 7-9 PM – Charlie’s Angels, two episodes
TV Land – 9 PM – Chasing Farrah, the first two episodes of her 2005 reality show

Sunday, June 28
E! – 10 AM – Michael Jackson & Farrah Fawcett: Lost Icons

Monday, June 29
E! – 10 PM – Michael & Farrah: Lost Icons
Biography Channel – 10 PM – Bio Remembers: Farrah Fawcett, a tribute to the star

Watch Online:
(If you are on the home page or a category page, just click “more” or “read the rest of this entry” after part one to see parts two through eleven)

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