Documentary Analysis: America Screams

Late last week, on my favorite time waster and social network, Twitter, I declared Capitol C was one of the best documentaries I had seen in this year of our Lord 2015. I was quickly called out out by Bub, saying it was the only documentary I had watched this year. Not true, I've watched at least a dozen- mostly about Nazi's and stolen gold strangely.

Lots of music, fast cuts, fantastic cinematography and superb sets and costumes make it the lively tale it was meant to be. These features also make the film somewhat cartoon-like with a lot of heightened realism. Don't expect to see British people prancing around in tights when you rent this one. Luhrmann creates a world where gun-toting youths sport Hawaiian shirts and beachfront brawls are an everyday event.

After watching 13th it didn't make me upset at all, it made me very sorrowful, to see some of the things that African Americans had to go through. I wonder how it would feel to be kidnapped and brought to another country, to be enslaved and then freed to only be, enslaved in a different way. Know that I have watched this documentary it oped my eyes on why things are how they are know. Everything that they said in the documentary was linked together one way or another, it’s like putting together a puzzle with a lot of pieces. One thing that really stuck with me from the documentary was when they were saying that, a lot of the african american leaders around the 1960 were either killed, imprisoned or fled the country and that's why there is not a lot of African American civil right leaders, because maybe people seen what happened to the civil right activist and didn't want the same thing to happen to them. After all I don’t blame them I would want to play it safe to. On the other hand I don’t feel

Obesity, heart disease and diabetes are all serious conditions that are caused by an increased intake of sugar. In the documentary Sugar Coated, it mentions Japan and how over there, they are taking drastic measures to ensure that their nation does not have to be burdened by the diseases sugar can lead to. Before Japan was introduced to a high sugar diet, they were much healthier than Americans. Now, Japan has to combat many years of high sugar diets that is newly occurring and could potentially ruin their economy due to sugar intake. Although one may think they have a well balanced diet, there are many ways that sugar can be disguised by wording through seemingly healthy food items, such as granola bars, fruit juices and yogurts. Another problem

Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath is heartwarming documentary about life after 9/11 and the people who the American public thought were responsible. The documentary was made and directed by Valarie Kaur, a gradue student at Stanford University. Her goal was to travel across the world and document the hate crimes against the Sikh people post 9/ 11. Her journey begun when Kaur packed her bags and decided to drive cross country across the U.S to interview and discuss racism, religion and security post 9/11. Tne one group that was targerted the most and mistaken of the talibans were the Sikh people. Kaur travels around to interview and document the hate crimes and prejudice against the Sikh community.

The Weight of the Nation is a four-part documentary series that explores the impact of being overweight and/or obese. This documentary is produced by Sheila Nevins and John Hoffman, and is a presentation of HBO and the Institute of Medicine in association with the Center for Disease Control and the National Institute of Health and in partnership with Michael and Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser Permanente (The Weight of the Nation, Part 1: Consequences). This documentary is part one and explores the consequences of being overweight and/or obese. It presents several facts on the prevalence of being overweight and/or obesity on an individual, family, community and national level.

At Discovery Cove there is a lot of things you can do like swim with the marine animals, see different exotic bird species, go swimming in the tropical river, and etc. The thing that mostly attracts guest is getting to see all these marine animals that you might not ever see again and getting to swim with them. The thing that seems to relax these guest and some fun is getting to float or swim on the tropical river that runs into the parks heated freshwater pool.

Can Mr. Smith get to Washington Anymore and Street Fight are both documentary movies about the road to obtaining a public office position. Can Mr. Smith get to Washington Anymore focuses on the path of a non-government official making his way through the campaign process to control a Missouri Senate seat. Street Fight focuses on a current City Council member running for Mayor in a small town known as Newark. Both documentaries walk audiences through the struggles and the obstacles politicians face when trying to out compete their opponent.

As a child, these monsters of fun always intrigued me, but I was required to travel more than 2,000 miles in order to ride one. I used to question why the state of Hawaii didn’t have just one amusement park on any of its eight islands. It’s actually pretty ironic how we have several water parks in our state, though we are fully surrounded by the refreshing H2O or zero boardwalks in an area with an abundance of beaches.

A violent contract killer, a blue-collar welder, and a weary sheriff are all players in the ensemble No Country for Old Men. The Coen Brothers adaptation of the novel written by Cormac McCarthy is a multi-genre, visual buffet about a man’s strength of will and dedication. It’s about death, fate and American violence. It is set in 1980 and centers around the chaos of questionable decision making and killing without a purpose or at the very least killing without ethics. Every Coen Brother movie has utilized violence as a way to enhance realism, entertainment and narrative. Each of their films employ bloodshed in

Why We Fight released to the viewing public in 2005. One of several documentaries by director Eugene Jarecki. Narrator Walter Huston did not uniquely stand out from the cast yet held a neutral position. Music selection on the other hand, stood out boldly from the plot. As the issues of war and freedom intensified so did the music. If people mourned the deaths of others soft spoken emotional music evoked feeling. The film adds to the propaganda exampled by the subject matter. Fluency of the film immediately stood out to me. Jarecki’s attention to detail, diverse mediums, and personal opinion as well as entertainment of the viewer were well taken care of in this film with the exception of fluency. The film’s purpose is to question the viewer about the preemptive community of the American

Hungry for Change is a thought provoking documentary produced by James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch that delves into the implications of eating a modern diet. Using pathos, facts and figures, and association, Hungry for Change delivers a meritorious performance that engages viewers and leaves them questioning their own diet and lifestyle choices. The film’s use of rhetorical and advertising strategies and its ability to captivate viewers make this an effective, life changing documentary.

The documentary, The Good Fight, captures the many struggles and sacrifices James Farmer faced during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Through first hand accounts, pictures, and documents, this film brings James Farmer to life portraying him as a selfless, committed, and collaborative leader dedicated to the movement. James Farmer experienced segregation from a young age and knew at that point that he must actively do something to put an end to it. He strongly believed in changing something that is wrong rather than just passively accommodating to the world.

In the Documentary Blackfish, directed by Gabriel Cowperthwaite, the hidden secrets of SeaWorld are revealed, exposing a company that is filled with lies, danger, and recklessness. The treatment of the animals and trainers that SeaWorld has put in effect is not only unfair, but also cruel. Throughout most people’s childhood, they would recall SeaWorld as a magical and amazing place that they have either heard about or seen for themselves. The message being sent across through this documentary is that SeaWorld is not as wonderful of a place as everyone thinks it is, in reality it is a brutal and harsh community, where death strikes often and anyone could be the next victim.

I would like to say that my favorite amusement park is LEGOLAND, where kids can be kids and be creative. Kids have fun even when it is raining, it has been said that at Legoland Florida there is never a day without rain. My family and I did enjoy our stay when we visited, there were many of indoor activities that the children took part on, the indoor playground, indoor theatre and so on. Beautiful structures build with Lego blocks, there were so many beautiful well put together Lego design: the popular cities like New York, Chicago, Miami, Orlando. There were ford explorer SUV with every block carefully put together, if standing at a distance it would appear to look like a real vehicle. Third is you meet and interact with people all around the world and since it’s a day of fun in the sun or rain, every family make the best of it.