Violence Next Door Analysis

The first film viewed was called Broken Limbs. The film was about the poor farmers who were facing an economic crisis. The main topic of the film was how the international economy is destroying small businesses and forcing them to reevaluate their selling strategies to be in competition with bigger name brand companies. Economic factors that were depicted in the film were, unlike the small farmers, the bigger companies had more money and resources due to cheaper labor costs and resources outside the United States. This put some of the small farmers out of business. For those who did not go out of business, they had to cut costs through laying off employees and reduce the use of certain resources for healthy apple growth, such as pesticides. …show more content…
The grocery stores saved money through cheaper labor, transportation of the product in bulk, and pesticides. This film opened my mind by showing me how consumerism works as well as supply and demand. I am guilty of comparing prices for the same products, but always choosing the cheaper one or the more well-known name brand. What I did not know is when I do that, I am negatively affecting the smaller businesses and making it harder for them to get by.

The next film watched was Violence Next Door. It showed how life is living in the lower class areas. Also referred to as ghettos and favelas. The main idea of this film was how poverty stricken areas have similar experiences with violence and how it is affecting their community's economic structure. For example, the gangs and drug dealers in the favelas created their community's economic structure and income through their illegal activity. Also, the gangs are viewed as heroes because they give to the community by rebuilding schools and fund activities, such as sports and school extracurricular activities. In both lower class communities of Baltimore and Brazil, the people who live there were deemed as bad news. Some of the kids in the Baltimore area said they could not receive