The Documentary

Writer: Jessica Morris Category: Interview Title: Jon Foreman ‘My place in the world is to be honest’ Body: There is not much to say about singer/songwriter Jon Foreman that hasn’t already been said. His fans adore him, lyrists wish they could pen the poetry he writes, and whether it is friend or member of the press, general consensus is that Foreman is a genuinely good guy. So where do you start when interviewing a man who has fronted Grammy award winning band Switchfoot for 18 years? By asking…

Education highly impacts health in the contemporary U.S. There are many opinions on this matter, such as the opposing view that health has no correlation with education because someone 's well being should not affect the way they are taught. According to the Ross Mirowsky analysis he argued that “the more years of schooling, the better ones health, by almost every measure”. Things like better physical health and living situations, better access to medicine and medical help, along with the access…

TEDxCuny 2017 explored the theme of circuits between people, places and ideas, and asked if our nation is short-circuiting. The purpose of this talk was to discuss the problems and solutions created by the changing circuits of our new digital age Hanna wanted her audience to be informed and take action about human trafficking. Hanna Kit came to the US in 2007 from Ukraine, with her mother, who was identified as a victim of human trafficking and exploitation. Kit graduated from Brooklyn College…

Throughout history each generation creates new social norms and values that uniquely creates different trends from one and other. These social norms and values are referred to as culture, which is essential for each generation to have to develop self-growth and purpose in everyone’s lives. Youth culture is simply the adolescent’s culture which often differs from the generations before them. Youth culture includes music, dancing, art, heritage, traditions, etc. Youth culture is a shared symbolic…

DARWIN’S NIGHTMARE The film starts with Soviet made cargo plane landing on Mwanza airfield in Tanzania. The plane came from Europe to ship back processed fillets of Nile Perch, which had caused the extinction of hundreds of endemic species in the same lake. The plane carries fish fillets from Tanzania and brings guns into Africa. All the gun trade was being done under cover. One of the plane crew member, says: the children of Angola receive guns for Christmas, the children of Europe receive…

1) What do you think it means to be healthy? I believe that being healthy does not only mean to be in good shape but also to be mentally and emotionally stable. 2) What challenges and pressures do young people today face when they try to create a healthy lifestyle? Creating a healthy lifestyle is a challenge in many ways. Peer-pressure being one of them. All of the foods that are high in calories and have a vast number of sugars are placed in every store peer pressuring individuals to buy it.…

Tent City, USA is a documentary filmed in 2012, about the homeless community in Nashville, Tennessee. In this documentary it showcases an anecdote about the residents that lived in Tent City, located under a bridge owned by the Tennessee Department of Transportation. For 20 years, it has been a placed called home, in which it provided a community like setting that many enjoyed. Residents of Tent City had to follow the strict rules, which prohibited drugs. This place also provided a safe resident…

I noticed that this is a major disconnection Africans embrace when they come to America. From a video documentary called the Lost Boys of Sudan, which was about this group of male African refugees coming to America during a time of war in Sudan. This video documentary not only let us sees how Americans interact with each other, but with people of a differing culture. The one part of the video that stood out the most was when one of…

Mass incarceration does not fix crime or change our society towards the good; rather it creates a system of disadvantages and repression towards African Americans and other minorities currently living in the United States. In the documentary The house I live in, it is possible to see how the sociological driven fear of crime and drugs, has created things such as the three strikes rule, that in term position America as the country with the highest incarceration rate and one with some…

Indigenous teens are currently being marginalised, oppressed and stereotyped in Australia today. It will also explore how western and Aboriginal culture influences, affects and shapes young indigenous youth. Examples from the movie ‘Yolngu Boy’ and the documentary ‘Black Chicks Talking’ will demonstrates stereotypes, personal opinions from those affected and the way Indigenous youth and the dominant white culture are interdependent to one another. One way Aboriginal Australians have been…