The Documentary

The documentary, The Other Conquest is based on a year later after Hernan Cortes’s invasion. The opening scene shows a native Aztec, Topiltzin as the last survivor of the massacre at the temple. As he searches among the dead bodies for a sigh of life he discovers his mother dead. Seeing all that’s left behind which isn’t much, he than realizes the importance of his existence. He felt as if he was assigned to keep his culture alive. To do so, he draws in his codex all that has occurred. Topiltzin…

One of the first notable things said in the documentary was 14 year old, Perla, stating that many people will tell her family that they don 't belong in this country. They tell her that she is not an American citizen, even though she was born here. Her family works extremely hard to keep their family afloat and to pay their bills. Her parents are legal citizens, as is Perla and her siblings. There is nothing illegal about them. This visibly upsets her during her one-on-one interview with the…

Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary Moral Reasoning Moral Reasoning can be defined as being the process in which an individual tries to determine the difference between what is right and what is wrong on a personal situation by using logic. This is an important and often daily process that people use in an attempt to do the right thing. Every day for instance, people are faced with the dilemma of whether or not to lie in a given situation. People make this decision by reasoning the morality…

1. In the opening scenes of the documentary, Malala tells the story of a young girl who led her people to a great victory on the battlefield. She states that “It is better to live like a lion for one day than to live like a slave for a hundred years.” Explain the significance of this in context of the documentary. Can you identify at least one example where an individual or group has risked their live/lives for a particular cause? The film begins with an animation of a mythical famous Pashtun…

Battleship Potemkin Battleship Potemkin is a revolutionary film that was shot in 1925 with a political purpose as well as protecting the blacks from the Abortive Revolution. Potemkin film is paramount in watching since it gives an experience that transcends on its landmark and its milestone status. Its dazzling technique makes it unique, and the revolutionary service gives a lot experience to the viewers. In this case, the filmmaker was trying to inform us how the massacre on the Odessa steps…

Casey Hopkins Professor Kristen Hoggatt-Abader English 101 10/15/15 Title – Michael Moore is able to effectively convince his audience that capitalism is having a negative effect on America through his use of ethos, pathos, and logos. Through Michael Moore’s use of graphs and statistics, he is able to appeal to the viewer and tell them that Capitalism isn’t working for the United States. Moore points out that “Millions of people were thrown out of work, and the remaining workers were told…

Video Assignment: “The Merchants of Cool” Assignment What do these quotes mean? The comments from the video “The Merchants of Cool” summarize many of the important ideas expressed in the video. In your answers, include AT LEAST 2 sentences: one sentence that explains the quote and another sentence that expresses your opinion about the concept. 1) "The paradox of ‘cool hunting’ is that it kills what it finds." -Douglas Rushkoff • According to Douglas in the video the…

arguably become an overly abused power. The implications that it has had on people, especially with parents has now led to parents beginning to question what makes a good parent and keeps them from goes against societal norms. Fortunately, the documentary, Babies, helps put these issues and judgments to rest for the most part. The film does a formidable job at analyzing the parenting styles of four families from various cultural backgrounds across the globe. The four families depicted in the…

effects of holding and breeding whales in captivity for the sole purpose of making a profit, it is no longer acceptable in today’s society to allow this archaic practice to continue at places like SeaWorld under false pretenses. The release of the documentary “Blackfish” has raised questions on the treatment of Orca whales in particular, illustrating the inhumane conditions and treatment of these animals, which are exploited for their intelligence and used in performances for thousands of…

The video, Harvest of Shame, was a documentary about the migrant workers of the 1960s. The things that surprised me the most about this film was the conditions the migrants had to live in and the family life of these workers. The doesn’t seem like 1960 was that long ago so to see people living in those harsh of conditions is really mind boggling to me. Large families being shoved into tiny rooms, whole camps sharing a tiny spigot of water, and no bathroom facilities were just a few of the…