In the documentary “Undefeated”, a team member named Chavis was given a second chance after he got in a fight with Money, another player on the team. Before this, he was given chance after chance, yet he kept getting into trouble. After the fight, he gets a suspension from football. He is allowed back on the team after the suspension is over.…
Roger & Me, a Michael Moore documentary, takes place in Flint, Michigan. It begins by highlighting a spirited and successful community and goes on to show the transformation and decline after General Motors closes their plant, leaving approximately 30,000 people unemployed. Michael Moore attempts to locate Roger Smith, chairman of GM, to show him the aftermath of the shutdown to the town of Flint. Evictions are at an all-time high, sometimes totaling 24 evictions in one day, and drug use and crime rate have also skyrocketed and as a result, jails become overpopulated. A woman began to breed and sell rabbits for income, some alive as pets, and others skinned and dressed as meat. Many local businesses went bankrupt and their doors closed, however, the Star Theatre of Flint remained one of the only successful outlets of revenue. The mayor was determined to revive the town of Flint and had a parade, brought in TV evangelist Reverend Robert Schueller to give a speech to boost morale, opened a theme park, and had a Hyatt Regency Hotel built. Unfortunately, none of these were successful. Michael Moore finally finds Roger Smith who refuses to visit Flint and states that GM is not responsible for the evictions of the community.…
As discussed in class Michelangelo Antonioni’s early documentaries rely a lot on silence, which seemingly helped bring a more real presence to the world within the films. Antonioni’s first documentary was Gente Del Po, about the inhabitants of the Po valley near his hometown. It covered every aspect of the hard lives the fishermen of the Po Valley had to face. One interesting thing about the film is that a bulk of it was lost due to damage. However, Antonioni’s showed determination as he created the documentary with what he had. It seems that he displays this level of determination commonly throughout the making of his films. Around the time of his first documentary, he also filmed several more. Another is Superstizione, a documentary about…
The Farmingville documentary examines the clash between long time residents of a Long Island, NY suburban community and Mexican day laborers who move into their neighborhood. The illegal immigrant population has grown to ten percent of the town’s population because of the area’s successful restaurant, landscaping, and construction industries. Many in Farmington are not happy with the arrival of the immigrants in their community, and yet they accept that the day laborers perform the jobs that the residents do not want to do themselves. The immigration problems Farmingville faces are being experienced throughout the country, so it is interesting to see how this town deals with its illegal immigration problems. The documentary does not offer any solution to this problem, however, but instead ends with the dilemma that America needs to decide what its identity is in relation to immigration. In other words, is America still a nation of immigrants or is it now closed to further immigration, especially from countries where the people do not look like us? After seeing this documentary, it is clear to me that our country needs to address…
The first point I noticed in this movie was that when the Mexicans first disappeared people seemed to be happy and excited that they were finally gone for good, or at least that’s how it was originally supposed to be, and at the same moment of the disappearance, a mysterious fog rose up around the state of California.…
The United States prison system is notorious for the way it treats its inmates. There are so many theories, and facts to back up the claim that the prison system is not working the way it was intended to be, and it continues to be a growing issue that the government is not addressing. Further, within the already complicated prison system, there is another issue. Solitary confinement, which was originally supposed to be used as a short term punishment within prisons, or jails, has now become an integrated part of prison life (Edge, 2014). Solitary Nation, is 2014 documentary highlights the damages that solitary confinement is doing to people (Edge, 2014). Individuals whom have not shown any signs of degrading mental health come out of segregation, or as the inmates call it, “seg,” disturbed (Edge, 2014).…
The Trudell Documentary taught me a lot about Native American’s that I didn’t know. Growing up, in history class, one of my teachers made a point to state that what America did to the Native American’s was wrong. We then learned all about how we took their land and made them change their lives. Although it is important to know the historical backgrounds to these events, we never really talked much about how the Government was treating Native Americans now.…
Sifferlin, Alexandra, and Alexandra Sifferlin. "Hungry in America: Documentary Exposes the Growing Problem of Starvation Amid Plenty | TIME.com." Time. Time. Web. 21 June 2015.…
The Waiting Room Documentary is a story and a symbol of our national community and how our common vulnerability to illness binds us together as humans. It is a type of film that uses unprecedented access to go behind the doors of Oakland’s Highland Hospital, a safety-net hospital fighting for survival. Baring the struggles and determination of both a community and an institution functioning with limited resources and no road map for navigating a health care.…
In the wake of information communication technology, production of movies, films and television programs has gone a notch higher from thematic analysis to the production process. This implies that movie producers and directors source for the best shooting locations, best characters as well as the best costumes to amplify their intended messages. In this regard, popular movie A Civil Action based on long litigation process exemplifies diverse factors that will form the core of this essay. This essay will provide an in-depth analysis of the language use and choice of cast among other factors that make it a worthy film across the world.…
I agree with how a film could predict Mexican men as drinkers and drug users. The film Y Tu Mama Tambien is a very bias towards Mexicans in general. Not every European man is wealthy and successful. In every race, you have individuals seeking to marry a wealthy individual regardless, if those individuals are of the same race or another race. I believe there should be more films displaying all races in positive way. This will cause some of the racial issues seen on the internet and media down.…
The new documentary on the Vietnam War by Ken Burns has already aired the first two episodes on PBS. So far, in my humble opinion, I think it is a rather good documentary, and I have personally learned some things about the geopolitical situation that was taking place during the time of Vietnam right after World War 2 ended. I hope Mr. Burns will not try to be politically correct and give the truth about the Vietnam War from all perspectives.…
The main purpose of this film is the explore the life of African Americans throughout the world over the past several years. It gives you the highlights of the tragedies, triumphs and contradiction of the black experiences. This film was written and presented by Henry Gates Jr. Gates highlighted the black Spanish conquistador in 1513 named Juan Garrido convoyed Ponce de León on his expedition into what is now the state of Florida. Thus, the airing of The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross coincided with the 500th anniversary of the presence of persons of African ancestry in what is today the continental United States.…
It is about the directors of the film time-travelling to the deep southern pre-Civil War American South.…
a) One difference between dance and most sports is the way the athletes present themselves. During a tennis match, the players grunt and groan when hitting the ball to show everyone how hard they are working. However, dancers must always look graceful and light as a feather. The best dancers can make the most difficult moves look effortless. It takes lots of practice to perfect those moves and make them look…