Essays on Documentary

The film depicts a visual tragedy and uses this sorrow and despair among the children to inform the world of the life they are going through. In addition, Zana uses contrast to show the uncertainty of the future that the children have and their hope for a better life. The film itself is fast paced, in that; it goes from one shot, where children are happy running around, to another where their mothers are shooting and cursing each other (Freire, 2009). Through this different screen shots, the author shows credibility and understanding of the life in Calcutta. In one

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Obama’s Deal is a frontline documentary that tracks president Obama deliberation and the passage of the health care bill. This documentary takes up the swearing in of the president during the March 21 vote that seals the final health care legislation. This frontline documentary applies background voices with narrations of speeches, newscasts, congressional hearings, interviews, and cable commentators. For those that follow the health care debate or scan the New York Times cannot derive new information from the documentary. One can appreciate the political maneuvering that ensures the entire process prior to the bills passage.
This documentary tells

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The Inconvenient Truth is a documentary movie from Philip Davis Guggenheim, an American film director and producer. He is well known for his professional approach and has produced and directed three documentaries in addition to score of other movies. He has the honor of being one of those filmmakers who released three different documentaries ranked within the top 100 highest-grossing documentaries of all time. This paper describes the movie in second paragraph, an evaluation of the movie in next five paragraphs and a conclusion in last paragraph.
The Inconvenient Truth is about the threat of global warming and persuasively

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In the National Geographic documentary Pompeii: Buried Alive, narrator Leonard Nimoy describes the horrific circumstances of the Roman city of Pompeii, which was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pompeii is revealed to be a normal Roman city, if not one of its cultural centers, with public baths, ornate art, and coliseums. The volcano erupted in the middle of the day, catching most people unawares; as volcanic ash and magma spewed into the air, it quickly reached Pompeii, suffocating and burning its people who did not have the ability to escape.
Much of the documentary focuses on the

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The Botany of Desire documentary focused on four different plants: apple, tulip, cannabis, and potato. The journey each of these plants have taken over the past millennia or so largely reflect the globalization of humans that has occurred simultaneously, demonstrating the extremely interdependent relationship between humans and certain plants. Apples, for example, originated in central Asia and were transported via the Silk Road, eventually reaching Europe and then spreading, with European colonization, to the Americas. In the United States, apples accompanied settlers west.
Like applies, tulips likely originated in the mountains of central Asia. The first tulips likely had

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The twenty first century will be marked in the history of music when sampling was on its top. Nowadays, musicians prefer to sample other musicians’ works and not to create their own songs. To write this essay, I watched a documentary Copyright criminals. The documentary presents several significant ideas which will be revealed in this essay. The essay will consist of three parts, each answering a question: arguments for and against sampling, how copyright protected artists’ profits and whether the copyright influenced the way of making music.
There are different arguments for and against sampling. While watching the documentary,

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The movie Blackfish is an epitome of whales in captivity . It illumined viewers of the documentary film of the plight of whales, particularly orcas or killer whales, which are captured for the sole purpose of providing aquatic entertainment through famous marine mammal parks, like SeaWorld. Statistics provided by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) revealed that there are 54 orcas currently in captivity in a global scale . Viewers are given the opportunity to see the perspective from the view point of these whales in captivity through asserting the traumatic isolation, restrictions, and impositions inflicted on them as trainers worked

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The documentary Dear Pyongyang and Crossing the line were both filmed during the mid 2000s in North Korea and both were a reflection of what really transpired between two families who had their sons being citizens of the North Korea both willingly and unwillingly. This film takes us through the journey that these brothers had to endure in the foreign country showing us what really transpired in North Korea between the year 1960 to present times.
The documentaries Dear Pyongyang and Crossing the line can be seen to both have an aspect of the present times in relation to

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INTRODUCTION.

Cracking the code: the system of racial inequity is prompted by the stories in the documentary which leaves people more than ever motivated to participate in change.

Social determinants which include history, identity and culture, these areas are exclusively covered in the first section of the documentary. Internal components which include bias privilege and internalized racism; this is well detailed in section two of the documentary. An external relationship is the last section of the documentary which smartly covers the interpersonal, institutional and structural perspectives.
Looking at the argument of Charles Blow it truly contradicts the reality, The society

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In the past years, movies marked as “based on real events” appear more often. Moreover, some of the researchers, as well as ordinary viewers claim that almost every movie is based on real events. The point is that sometimes directors as well as screen play writers tend to exaggerate the importance and cruelty of some events. In the most cases, it happens in horror movies or some documentaries. The point is that the main idea of every documentary is to convince people in something. This essay is devoted to the issue of veracity of the events in three movies:

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The child soldiers of Uganda-- introduced in the documentary discussed within this essay as “invisible children”--live vastly different lives than those of their counterparts in other parts of the world. These children have their childhood stolen from them, forced to take up the cause of the adults around them rather than growing up and slowly becoming adults. In Africa, high volumes of tribal and racial violence are a result of years of colonialism and the power vacuums that were left when colonial forces abandoned their colonies in Africa; the violence in Uganda and Sierra Leone is a direct

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While much has been hypothesized regarding the documentary Iron Wall, it is crucial to note that its construction was hypothesized as the primary strategy that could bring lasting peace between Palestine’s and Israelis. However, the construction of the Iron Wall was not of the best interests of the Palestine’s. Instead, its construction can be seen as a way of establishing settlements on the zone of conflict; hence, avoid any practical attempts to attain lasting peace. Overall, the documentary is filled with bias as it depicts persistent notions that Palestine’s were indeed side lined during the construction

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At the time this documentary was made the gay and transgender lifestyle was largely unknown and considered taboo. This documentary helps to shed light onto this lifestyle and place into context why this lifestyle exists. The documentary seeks to present this lifestyle as more than just a joke, but rather a presentation of the stories of real mean that desperately seek to fit into a society that has no desire to accept them. The men in this story are poor, black, gay, transgendered and desperate to fit into society and find self-realization. This

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Super Size Me is a documentary which was produced and starred by Morgan Spurlock. It revolves around Spurlock who offers to carry out an experiment to study the effects of fast food and inadequate exercise on his health. After consulting professional doctors and nutritionists, he decides to eat MacDonald foods for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Despite knowing the dangers awaiting him, he continues with this experiment for one month. Super Size Me is an excellent documentary which uses humor to sensitize the audience on the dangers of the wrong decisions they make regarding their diet. Upon the completion of

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Budrus is definitely an inspiring and motivating movie that clearly demonstrates what people can really do under the influence of a leader that renounces violence and manages to unite people that in fact, had nothing to split. It is amazing and note-worthy how a need for fairness can become an entire movement that strives for just, in a world where barriers are built to keep people apart, be it Palestinians from Israelis, to black and white people, to Christian and Muslims and anything else in between.
Like any other documentary, the camera in Budrus has indeed been used to

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Cocaine Unwrapped Seifert, Rachael (Director) 2011. UK: Dartmouth Films. The film is about 83 minutes and 54 seconds in length.

Introduction

The documentary addresses the most common economic disparity resulting from cocaine trafficking as the issue of war on drug is concerned. The film contributes to a clear understanding of the economic and social effects of the war on drugs on specification in cocaine dealing. The understanding is done through two accounts of the documentary. First, the film shows how the young people in every developed city are linked with the poor peasants in Columbia through cocaine line connection. Secondly,

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The documentary focuses on several medical crises that resulting from environmental problems. In the documentary the nightmare in question is the rapidly mutating bacteria that are hard to defeat once they get into an individuals body system. The antibiotic resistant bugs are evident in many places and that have become critical threat anywhere they are found. According to the documentary, doctors can not find any antibiotic protocols that can handle the rapidly evolving bacteria that c an kill people if no rapid diagnosis it done.
The documentary uses basic strategies of introducing people to the problem by focusing on

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Soldiers of Conscience. A documentary film by Gary Weimberg and Catherine Ryan.
This documentary shows the dilemma that the soldiers face in circumstances of war where they are forced to kill other human beings by means of guns and bombs. In this film some soldiers refused to kill on the basis that it is wrong to kill other human beings since it is against their conscience and moral ethics. On the other hand, the other soldiers believed it was wise and acceptable to kill under circumstances of warfare. The dilemma of the morality to kill will therefore have a

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Introduction

The documentary seems to take a different approach to try to understand human culture. Interestingly, the documentary is adopts a historical approach rather than a scientific approach. This is because Diamond is a biologist professor and to be able to understand why human culture has so many differences he ventures in to the world of anthropology and history. The main thesis of the documentary focuses on the environment and its influence in shaping the differences in human culture.
Do you think Jared Diamond has a plausible scientific basis for his thoughts on the spread of Guns, Germs, and Steel?

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Introduction

Socialist healthcare systems promote equal access to healthcare by everybody. Insurance coverage or money no longer dictates the people who gets good healthcare.
Socialism is often instituted into the healthcare system through the government’s involvement which provides goods and service to this sector. Socialists often stipulate that there no matter the amount any one pays to join the system, no one still deserves more than their colleague or their neighbor
The main problem that faces this type of healthcare is that it is free. Individuals can take advantage of this kind of system for most none-critical and mundane

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The Control Room is a really irresistible documentary of interest that features a very exceptional as well as rare view into the manner in which the international communities perceive the war at Iraq. The documentary was produced in the year 2004 to covers Al Jazeera and its associations with the United States Central Command. It also covers other news groups that also covered the war at Iraq. The documentary film was the work of an Egyptian-American filmmaker known as Jehane Noujaim. Among those in the video are; Lieutenant Josh Rushing, the officer in charge of the media dealings at

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The weather underground is a documentary that outlines the violent protest aimed at overthrowing the United States government. The general set up of the documentary is up to standards. It vividly shows the brutal violence of the protestors opposing the injustices performed by the government. The document is very informative on matters touching on the Vietnam War and how the weatherman got frustrated from the SDA (students for a democratic society). After I did deep review of the subject matter of the movie it is clear that it has captured the important elements of the Vietnam War and the

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Summary of American Experience: New York Season 1, Ep. 3 "New York: Sunshine and Shadow (1865-1898)"

The third episode of the seven-part documentary about the history of New York, takes the viewer to the second part of the 19th century, a period rich in radical changes that affected the lives of its ever-growing population. The documentary starts right after the end of the American Civil War and ends two years before the beginning of the 20th century. It follows a chronological approach, beginning from the events of 1865 and moving towards narrating the major events and the lives of important personalities that shaped the city’s history.
The documentary begins by telling the story of

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In the 2006 documentary Jesus Camp, directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady point their cameras at the Kids on Fire School of Ministry, a Missouri-based charismatic evangelical Christian camp for children. The purpose of the documentary is simply to show the goings-on of the children and the camp itself, attempting to be fair and objective in its leanings. There is little to no commentary on the actions of the church leaders or the kids themselves, simply showing the footage as is. That being said, this objective viewpoint demonstrates the ugliness and insularity that belies charismatic Christians and the Bible

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This documentary film by Josh Fox that exposes the devastating impact that gas drilling has on America’s environment. With American energy firms looking for new petroleum sources, natural gas is becoming increasingly important and they have set their sights on the Marcellus Shale Field. The film focuses on hydraulic fracturing or ‘fracking’, which is a process necessary for gas exploration. Hydraulic fracturing is a process which involves drilling and injection of fluid into the ground at a high pressure so as to fracture shale rocks and in turn releasing the gas inside. The fluid is usually chemically treated

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The study of irony is rather broad and studying irony in film is as challenging as studying irony in drama or literature. Christopher Guest’s Waiting for Guffman falls in a range of humorist tradition in which small-town culture is treated with irony and nostalgia (Frye 122). Through representations of small-town culture, irony in the film asks the audience where they stand on the issues of meaning, knowledge, subjectivity and values. Waiting for Guffman is full of implicit and ironic messages, and the goal of this critical analysis is to give thoughtful consideration to them.
The film does not

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Samsara is an intellectual montage documentary, directed and written by Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson and produced by Mark Magidson. Filmed over five years in 25 countries all over the globe and shot in 70 mm format, Samsara is a feast to the senses and the intellect. Samsara premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and was given a limited release in August 2012. The word Samsara, or Sansara is a Sanskrit word that explains the universal connections that every living being has with the other, a colossal flow of spiritual spirit that binds all souls together. Samsara

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The Longoria Affair (2010)
The movie, The Longoria Affair (2010) depicts the events that occurred in a small town in Texas that directly helped in raising the work of civil rights activists against discrimination and racism. The documentary is based on a 60-year old story in Three Rivers, Texas, where the sole funeral home refused to wake a deceased army man. The widow of the deceased Private Felix Longoria was simply told by the proprietor of the funeral home that the whites in the town would not like it if the funeral home held the wake for her husband.

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 "I wanna be Like Mike documentary" 

This documentary presents the idea of shift in the perception of opportunity among parents and young people in America. I agree that education in the United States was traditionally treated as being an important pipeline to well-paying jobs and a better life. However, this supposition has slowly been dissolved as the idea of drafting into the NBA has become engrained into the US cultural framework. The American society seems to have little concern about education. Parents and young people have embraced the idea that you do not have to necessarily be educated to be in a position to make

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Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 documentary directed by Michael Moore. One thing which stands out from the movie is the use of persuasion. The documentary uses rhetorical strategies to persuade the audience to adopt the narrator’s opinion on the subject matter, and this is perfected through the use of archived information used along interviews. According to the narrator, Americans are trigger-happy people who use violence to solve their problems and this is evident when the narrator asks “why does America have so many guns and so much gun violence?”
At the beginning of the documentary, Moore receives

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Documentary Film

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What is documentary filmmaking? In early 20th century a lot of operators started featuring nonfiction items – calling them documentaries, expedition films, interest films, after 1907 – travelogues. (Barnouw, 1993) The first documentary films in the United states and France were either short news reports, records of important meetings and events, or travelogues that didn’t have any original story-telling, script or staging. Grierson, one of the first documentary filmmakers, defines it as "creative treatment of actuality".
Documentary is one of fundamental genres of filmmaking. Filmmakers are trying to explain or show really important social problems and dilemmas

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Introduction

This documentary presents the period of rapid evolution and change in China. It shows the most insightful time in history where China was going through a tremendous growth as well as the problems it went through during this revolution period. This video document the most critical point in the history of china was the country was struggling through several challenges in the growth of the economy.
The video presents the decisive issues which China faced in relation to its economic growth as well as the changes in the political structure of the country. It is therefore a summary of

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Introduction

Rumi an outstanding poet works are enjoyed by many throughout the world. This is because his poems are wise, ecstatic, and hilarious. This is evidenced by the translations of these works in many countries. Rumi’s poetry has actually influenced the Persian literature as well as Punjabi, Urdu, Turkish, among others. “Love’s Confusing Joy” is a documentary translated by Colman Barks, which is in fact an extension of what Singh said concerning love. Love is not essentially a rational analysis or a matter of intellect in this documentary. After watching the movie, we realize that love cannot be

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In his short documentary film about racism, The Shadow of Hate (1995) (Guggenheim), Charles Guggenheim remarks on the origins of race and how history and its people have been affected by it. In this documentary film, the racial minorities in American have been referred to as “them,” the ones who are different, the ones who are unknown. The documentary shows how intolerant America is against these unknown. The documentary also explains why these who are different, who are unknown as labeled as “them.” The documentary makes it apparent that America has always been uncertain about “them,” and this makes

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Introduction

Among the most valued societal processions that tradition passes from one generation to the other, is culture. Culture is one of the most essential processions that every society should have and that defines and gives identity to the society. At the same time, it is necessary, since it assists the society in identifying itself, and standing up uniquely, compared to other cultures. In this case, therefore, culture makes it possible for the corporation to establish it uniquely from other societies, and draw pride and identity for its organization and authenticity. By definition, therefore, culture is the societal quality, drawn

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Abstract

Health is a problem that concerns everyone in the population. Weather it is the ethical aspects regarding IVF treatment or medical engineering, or the fact that health care costs are on the rise and the number of doctors are decreasing. The first set of documentaries viewed concerning healthcare ethics, brought up points for and against the practices in regards to the medical community, the people involved, and the religious aspects of it all. The news documentary viewed brought up many aspects on why healthcare costs are rising, and what is going on now in our state and federal legislature

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Movie Review: Farmingville

If someone were to ask me what I think about illegal immigration, I would have a hard time figuring out where to get started. Honestly, I have never really thought about the issue of illegal immigration, and it is not something that directly affects me in any way. However, I am fond of documentary films in which political and social climates are analyzed, and Farmingville (2004), directed by Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini is one such documentary. Moreover, the issue of illegal immigration that this documentary film raises is also a good debate, especially since it is a political

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The mention of Holocaust brings to mind probably the greatest agony in history that mankind has ever faced. It is agonizing to even imagine the world being revisited by the horrendous events between 1938 and 1945. More than six million people (most of them Jews) were murdered in a state-sponsored spree led by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party in Germany during the World War 2. The event of the Holocaust have been captured in several books and films each trying to capture the horrific memories of the events in the best way they know how. In the film

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“Waiting For Superman”

About the Film
Waiting for Superman is an award winning documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim. The documentary film is about the current state of the United States public school system and the realities that both families and their children are facing amidst the failing standards of the country’s education system. The film follows the educational ambition of five children in which four are studying in a public school while the other one is enrolled in a parochial school. All of the five children share the same dream of going to college. However, that goal is far from

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1. The 2004 documentary Born Into Brothels follows documentarian Zana Briski's time spent among the prostitutes of Calcutta. She interviews these prostitutes, as well as their children, whom she teaches photography (and gives disposable cameras with which to take pictures). In this time, not only does she follow the trials and tribulations of prostitutes and women in Indian culture, but she also reveals new insights about the children of these prostitutes and how small their prospects for betterment are.2. I chose this documentary because I knew little about Indian culture, or how systemic the problem of prostitution was. I

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