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Suburban America Promise
The documentary that the class was assigned was “Suburban America: Problems and Promises.” This documentary’s intended audience was towards people either planning to move into suburban areas and the problems that they will face once they move into the neighborhood. This documentary also had an audience with people that already live in suburban areas with problems that they have already encountered tried to change.
The purpose of the documentary was to talk about the issues and opportunities that are affecting the individuals who live in suburban cities throughout the United States of America. They filmed this documentary in a wide range of suburban locations from Chicago Illinois, Long Island New York, Minneapolis Minnesota, Denver Colorado, Orange County California, and Cleveland Ohio. All of these locations have very different cultures surrounding the suburban cities but at the same time they all face the same challenges like public transportation, water sanitation, and segregation of the suburban communities. The main message that the director wants to get across to the audience is how suburban areas
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I found out that there is a lot more to the political side of suburban communities. For example, in the documentary they talked about Long Island, New York suburban areas and how depending on the governor that is elected into office. That will determine on whether or not the money for development and sustainment will go to Manhattan Island for the city or to Long Island for the suburban areas. I thought before watching the documentary it would be about problems within the community, for example two neighbors having a dispute about problems in their daily lives or problems with unwelcome pets trespassing on their property. As I watched the documentary I didn’t really have any questions in mind about the

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