Category: Documentary

From training dolphins for the famous American TV series Flipper, to now being an activist for these mammals, Ric OBarry has been playing a major role in trying to uncover a dirty secret that is performed by the Japanese fishermen. The Cove, an Oscar-winning documentary, directed by Louie Psihoyos shows the motives and passion that…

Kwame Nkrumah in his essay Neo-Colonialism, the Last Stage of Imperialism unleashes two different dimensions where in theory a neo-colonial state seems independent and sovereign but in reality, that states economic system, political policy, cultural practices are influenced/controlled by external powers. In the documentary Life and Debt, directed by Stephanie Black, the director has carefully…

The visual artifact I chose for this rhetorical analysis is a documentary titled Gasland (2010). Gasland is an American documentary written and directed by Josh Fox. The film focuses on the communities in the United States where natural gas drilling activity was taking place, more specifically hydraulic fracturing or fracking. The film provides experts opinions,…

The modernization of our lives has a huge impact on one us, especially in the field of technology ushering in the computer age. It would be nice for everyone to work together, but this is not possible because conflicts of interest between people impede joint action. There are lots of name persons interviewed in the…

Thanks in large part to Netflix’s new documentary, people are beginning to recognize the dangers of modern social networking sites. The film includes interviews with sort of particular employees, executives, and other professionals from the sort basically top tech companies and sort of kind of social media platforms like Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Mozilla in…

From training dolphins for the famous American TV series Flipper, to now being an activist for these mammals, Ric OBarry has been playing a major role in trying to uncover a dirty secret that is performed by the Japanese fishermen. The Cove, an Oscar-winning documentary, directed by Louie Psihoyos shows the motives and passion that…

Kwame Nkrumah in his essay Neo-Colonialism, the Last Stage of Imperialism unleashes two different dimensions where in theory a neo-colonial state seems independent and sovereign but in reality, that states economic system, political policy, cultural practices are influenced/controlled by external powers. In the documentary Life and Debt, directed by Stephanie Black, the director has carefully…

Many documentary narratives are heavily influenced by the unique relationship present between documentarian and their subject. Whether friendly, professional, neutral, or intimate, this connection ultimately skews the products position upon its subject matter and poses difficulties in exploring the subject matter in the manner intended by its documentarian. The choices in how each of the…

1. Compare and contrast, evaluate and critique, the use and effect of archival footage in the nonfiction films we have studied across weeks 9-14. I am not your Negro vs. Chisholm 72 Beyond the presentation of archival documentaries, it has fallen into two unfortunate groups. Theres the conventional variety of archival doc that consists of…

One film that Ive seen recently, which I think deserves merit is the movie Harriet. According to IMDb (Internet Movie Database), this film is based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic African American freedom fighter. Harriet tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and her transformation into one of…