In this documentary‚ the directors‚ Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn‚ analyze the effects of factory farming while providing inside looks to the conditions and effects of factory farms. For example‚ the two travel to and film the conditions of a farm belonging to a premiere
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It was enlightening to see the field of dancing and entertaining from the male and female perspective. Overall‚ both genders work hard in their profession‚ but in different aspects. I found it fascinating that in the documentary “La Bare‚” one of the dancer’s points out that “male entertainers work harder than the female entertainers. All the females have to worry about is having nice titties and they are good to look at.” I disagree with his statement. Though the males put a lot more “stage antics”
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The documentary Food Inc. provides an eye-opening glimpse on the mass production of food and the process in which it reaches consumers. Personally‚ when I go to the supermarket‚ I never think about how the chicken‚ beef‚ or eggs I’m buying‚ actually got there. I was oblivious of the whole process. For instance‚ baby chicks are being modified to grow within 48 days compared to three months. Chickens are put in dark and overcrowded coops and some die daily because there bodies cannot handle their enlarged
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Abigail Gallegos December 9‚ 2014 BIOL 2406 Response to Documentary: “Addicted to Plastic” This documentary enlightened me on how plastic influences our lives. For instance‚ in the beginning of the film the filmmakers mention that they wouldn’t have been able to create to movie if it wasn’t for plastic. Almost everything we use has plastic or plastic residue in it. I believe that it’s going to take a very long time until we can be completely weaned off plastics. I also believe that
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The documentary on Cat Stevens‚ (Produced by George Moll) reflects his life showing the changes of his career from when he was a young rock artist to embracing Islam religion as personal fulfilment. His catalyst for change is that he was caught in a rip in the ocean and he prayed to God to spare his life and that he would live for him if he survived. The documentary uses flash backs which is an effective method to show the change‚ it juxtaposes the past and present‚ him as a rock star to a Muslim
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worldwide. The documentary Fed Up‚ directed by Stephanie Soechtig aims to address the issue of rising obesity rates due to our increase of sugar consumption. The film also discusses the hypocrisy of the USDA‚ which tries to warn people of their dietary habits while simultaneously providing billions of dollars in subsidies to farmers to produce corn‚ which in turn gets made into high fructose corn syrup (i.e. sugar) and inadvertently making the matter worse. Ultimately though‚ the documentary names the
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Afghan Star‚ the documentary follows four contestants of the Afghan Star TV show: Hameed‚ Setara‚ Rafi‚ and Lema. Afghan Star is said to be the Afghanistan’s version of the “American Idol format”. This show not only gave a new opportunity at democracy but also let the voices of the Afghan people be heard by casting votes on their choice of singer. Afghanistan has rich culture: music‚ religion‚ art‚ films – however‚ with the control of the Taliban‚ it resulted the country to go backwards and prevented
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The founders of the charitable organization Invisible Children are Bobby Bailey‚ Jason Russell and Laren Poole they were willing and capable to create a documentary presenting Sudan‚ Africa as a location with terrible corners and the innocent children who are abducted suffer mentally in other words are brainwashed to believe to live in fear of the dangerous rebels. In Sudan there has been years of trying to escape from war but it doesn’t seem to find it way out of the country.It was the people in
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Benjamin Garcia Horror Film Adam Wadenius 6-27-17 In the trailer for the movie Cat People‚ the representation for the “otherness” is show very straight forward. There is a normal woman who is cursed by transforming into a cat. There is also a part in the trailer where the narrator Discusses the “ women’s kiss means death” which can mean that any man that falls in love with her she plans to kill. In this trailer the “ norm” may be the modern girl just living a normal life‚ while the “other”
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Shannon McGee Shanon Lawson Hum 115 11 December‚ 2014 Big Myths Throughout human history there has always been significance behind the ritual of storytelling. Parents tell their children stories‚ leaders tell their followers stories‚ and it has always just been accepted as a part of life. The question I often ask myself is why are these story’s told‚ why not just tell the truth? The (2003) movie Big Fish directed by Tim Burton‚ helped me put reason behind the mythological story telling that has
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