The Documentary

I have recently watched the documentary, Blackfish. After I watched this I had a totally different view on whales in captivity. Seaworld shows in there commercials that it is a perfect place for the whales when in reality it is not. When I was younger I saw them as pets that could do tricks, but now I see that it is not acceptable for these whales to be contained in spaces that don’t accommodate their size and living needs. This is a serious problem in our world today. Many people see these…

Based on a documentary called "BlackFish", SeaWorld lies about many things. Now, imagine being on a still boat in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California. A seal is swimming around your boat. All of a sudden you see a group of killer whales (pod) swimming furiously, with one thing on its mind. Food. The instinct to hunt its prey, and the blood lust going through its mind. The seal is trying to evade the whales by dodging their mouths, and swimming vigorously away. Then, in one sudden…

I believe this is one of the most accurate film about early hominids beside a modern documentaries about them. The most inaccurate part of the film is possible how close these tribes are to each other as Professor Pursell talked about how people walk hundreds of miles without encountering a single group of hominids. The film shows us a several ways that ancient man survived. Every tribe is omnivore hunter-gathers as we see them eating meats like deer, bone mane, and other hominids, plants like…

development is thought to be differentiated by the numerous cultures globally yet in the documentary Babies directed by Thomas Balmès illustrates the similarities among all four countries he documents. As one infant (Ponijao) is from Namibia his culture is largely different in comparison to the baby (Hatti) from the United States of America. However, although the socialization differs immensely, the documentary illustrates the similar timeline that all four babies develop (Chabat & Balmès,…

Orphan Trains Orphan trains is a documentary about children in New York, being sent on trains to other parts of the country, in order to find families and be taken care of. There are stories from, adults that actually rode on these trains when they were children. The Orphan Trains was started by a man named Charles Loring Brace in 1854. Brace, had traveled to New York in the early 1850’s, and was horrified at the conditions of all the children he saw on the street. Brace felt that it was a duty…

Definition of Terms In this paper, plant-based will be used as an umbrella term for those diets which abstain from some or all animal by-products (such as veganism and vegetarianism). Veganism is the elimination of all animal by-products from consumption and vegetarianism is the elimination of all meat (including fish) from the diet with the inclusion of dairy and eggs. A pescatarian is one who abstains from all meat except for fish. Factory farming is used to describe intensive…

The documentary Bag It takes an in depth look at the use of the plastic bag and how it impacts our environment. I, like most, have assumed that because an item is recyclable, it can be used indefinitely while providing some level of satisfaction that we as humans have done our due diligence in protecting the environment. This film disproves that theory and takes you on the journey from the grocery store to the belly of a sea turtle. The first plastic bag was made known in the United States as a…

After watching an interesting documentary about factory farming, I learned so much about its unhealthy and abusive practices towards animals. The film was highly critical of the process of factory farming and provided relevant information about how the process as a whole was exploiting animals. This film had a serious impact on me and a result, I decided to stop eating meat and follow a vegetarian diet. This new lifestyle change was working pretty well, it made me feel good about myself as I…

Professor Trencher Environmental Science Diva Dreyer-Maruyama Kuanu,. J. (Producer), Seifert, J., (Director). (2013) GMO OMG [Documentary]. Palaceworks: USA The documentary GMO OMG speaks of integral issues in the case of genetically modified foods both internationally and within the United States through the perspective of a father whose main objective is caring for his children. As he digs, Jeremy Seifert discovers increasing evidence that genetically modified crops pose harmful effects to…

In the podcast “Human Spectacle 2015”, This American Life takes their listeners into the lives of two individuals who believe or are unaware that all eyes are on them. The host and executive producer, Ira Glass, incorporates clips of either an interview or television, different voices, and mood music into this episode. Through the use of these elements, Ira Glass creates a setting of disbelief and suspense that invokes an exciting element to a non-fictional piece. The prologue of this podcast…