Born To Lose Documentary

This essay will be written about the DVD Born to Lose. Born to lose is a hard-hitting documentary that asks if our children are born to lose. I will be discussing the findings of the DVD shown in August 2013 on STV. The documentary looks at whether being brought up in poverty causes a problem for future generations. Hollywood star Paul Brannigan tells us of his own experience of being brought up by his mum and dad who were both heroin addicts in Glasgow’s rough East End.
The DVD is mostly based on Paul Brannigan. Paul is now an actor, he has had a few roles in television, and also had a part in a Hollywood Blockbuster. Paul was brought up in the 90’s in Barrowfield one of the roughest areas in Glasgow’s East End. Both his mum and dad were heroin addicts. This was at the time all Paul knew, he believed this was the normal way of life. The environment he lived in was dirty, the close where he lived was covered in graffiti, urine and dirty used needles used to lie about …show more content…
It has even been scientifically proven that if expectant mothers are experiencing stress then this will have a massive effect on their unborn baby. Paul again informs us that he felt due to his deprived up bringing he had to deal with a lot of stress in his childhood. He believes his has a lot to blame for his bad behaviour in school. He has no good memories from school and when he re-visited his primary school in the film he got really upset. He even managed to get himself expelled from primary school his behaviour was so bad, he knew nothing different. As he got older he also served a prison sentence for stabbing someone. For this reason he decided that there was more to life and he turned his life around and got himself an acting career. The writer of the DVD has also tried to educate the viewers of how the effects of stress has a lasting effect on many peoples