Film Analysis: The True Cost

Through parts of the world workers may face injury and even death depending on the nature of the job being performed. In addition, it seems to be only getting worse and with no sign of making improvements. From being payed lower and lower wages, to facing abuse, the conditions these workers are put through make their lives at work fit for no human. The makers of the documentary, “The True Cost”, show successfully the struggle and hardships these workers face.While watching the film you can see how the producer and director were building their arguments against big clothing companies who put their workers through such a terrible struggle. The Trust Cost, displays powerful images and video of first hand accounts of abuse and death. They also give a character for the watcher to relate to so it makes it easier to …show more content…
Within in the film you will see very careful imagery and dialogue that makes the watcher wish he or she could change the fashion world. Through out the film you are shown images of struggle and see first hand the damage the fashion world has caused. Michael Ross uses Shima as a catalyst into the viewers life. One interview in particular you see Shima crying and speaking of how she can 't do anything and that no one understands how hard they work. She goes on to say that factory workers die all the time. No one seems to care. How could they wear the cloths that are made by the blood of lost lives. Shima is everything that the viewer cannot be in the documentary. You make a connection with this single mother that draws out any emotion it can. You feel for Shima and hope her life will turn into something that it should be. The fashion companies don 't care to see it get any better. They show a riot where a woman was killed just because she wanted a better wage. This powerful imagery can stir emotions out of any viewer. People are dying just wanting basic human things such as a better living