Documentary about a man representing himself in a lawsuit?
May 1, 2013 6:47 PM   Subscribe

A friend of mine is trying to remember the name of a documentary they once saw and Google has failed them. I'm forever touting the skill and speed with which the AskMe community solves dilemmas like these, so don't fail me now! Here's what she asked me: I saw a documentary about a man who was representing himself in a lawsuit or series of lawsuits -- I think the government had filed them against him for sending threatening letters. Something about defending his land and eminent domain... He had a wife that he met in a foreign country. She was a lot younger than him and she moved to the US and married him. They were both chain smokers and used a plastic fork as a cigarette holder. They lived in a trailer that was a mess and full of document boxes of his "research" for his case. And they had a few big dogs.
posted by ErWenn to Media & Arts (2 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: It's a This American Life TV episode called Scenes from a Marriage
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/tv-archives/season-two/every-marriage-courthouse
the fork cigarette holder is a classic
posted by genmonster at 6:50 PM on May 1, 2013 [3 favorites]


Response by poster: It looks like that's it! Thanks!
posted by ErWenn at 7:37 PM on May 1, 2013


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