Documentary Analysis: Wrestling With Shadows

The documentary “13th” is very telling about the problems with the prison system and society's view of African-Americans. After the end of slavery, the economy too a hit because of the lack of labor needed for the industries. To solve this problem, people turned to prison workers, because it was cheap labor that weren’t protected under the 13th Amendment. This amendment abolished slavery and indentured servitude, but left the clause of criminal punishment. Because of this loophole, and because whites were very much still in control of society soon after the 13th Amendment was passed, police forces began going after African-Americans in order to fill prisons and satisfy work forces.

The Waiting Room is a 2012 documentary film and social media project directed by Peter Nicks that follows the life and times of patients, doctors, and staff at Highland Hospital , a safety-net hospital in Oakland, California. The project includes a blog which features stories and conversations from the waiting room as well as behind-the-scenes information about the project. Frequent video updates from the project are posted on the blog. These videos examine what life is like in an American public hospital caring for a community of largely uninsured patients. Many hospitals and health systems provide charity care for uninsured individuals when they require acute care, but the most forward thinking ones are also concerned with caring for this

The sport forces a wrestler to go out on the mat and put out their best performance and show their strength is madly impressive. Coach Evans once said, "you can't just wait for things to come your way, you have to go and take it." In order for a wrestler to get what they want, they have to put in work and go out and get it. Dedication is a huge factor in wrestling. Throughout the season, wrestlers have to cut down weight for at least four to five months and make their weight class two times a week. Often times, wrestlers will wrestle off-season, to help stay in shape, as well as, improving their

The documentary “Fed Up” provides some important and disturbing details of the food industry. The 1977 heart disease and diet study known as the McGovern Report warned that the obesity rate was increasing rapidly due to American diets in fatty meats, saturated fats, cholesterol, and sugar. The food industry vehemently denied these claims, but the American people still demanded lower fat food products. The food manufacturers found that the fat removal made the food bland and unpalatable so to address this they replaced the fat content with sugar. Both the documentary and the Harvard Nutrition Source discuss the role sugar has in health conditions such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. They both link the consumption of sugar as the causality for

Vince McMahon is the chairman of WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), which he is representing the third generation of McMahons in the business. Vince’s father died in 1984, leaving his son behind to carry on his father’s pro wrestling legacy. After his father died and left Vince with the company the first thing he decided to do with the company was get away from the National Wrestling Alliance. But even with his new vision he realized that it was incompatible since their old-school promoting viewpoint was so durable. Vince McMahon inherited this company from his father, Vince McMahon Sr. After inheriting it. Vince transformed WWE from being just a normally ran business into bringing wrestling into the mainstream and setting venue records. He has even set groundbreaking use of pay-per-views during the entire process. Vince McMahon managed to do all of this during the ‘80s. Now during the ‘90s, he managed to launch the most popular Attitude Era which was emphasized by his rivalry with “Stone Cole” Steve Austin. In the year 2001, Vince was able to purchase the rival WCW, and ever since that decision he has been able to entertain billions of WWE Universe fans in more ways than anyone could have

The WWE has seen a variety of gimmicks, which is the persona a wrestler takes on in order to connect with fans in either a positive or negative way. Some of the most popular gimmicks range from the bad ass, anti-authority types like “Stone Cold” Steve Austin to the American hero who

In any sporting events it’s the crowd that can make or break an event, needless to say the wrestling community made its voice heard, when needed. The seemly intense focus of the crowd an on individual matches was something that typically you do see in a lot of other sports. Its almost a quite type feel that collective everyone understands. Which can also change with a swift move by the athletes in creating such a loud roar from the crowd in appreciate. The intense of it all was a constant back and forward from the crowd in showing spirt for the event something is unique to the sport of wrestling.

Bret’s personal experience with being a parent and the kids not listening show in his essay. We learn stressful days will happen to all people, and the way they react to them will play a big factor in life. Hard times come and go throughout the essay “Atonement.” When it comes to parenting, times will get stressful, but be thoughtful of the people around. To start out, his two sons Zeb and Jacob have karate this morning at eight, so to start getting ready he let the dog outside to the bathroom.

One Day in 1959 changed my entire life. I was 14 years old and a rabid wrestling fan. It was a Tuesday night in late summer when my dad and I went to a show at Sunnyside Garden in Queens, New York. After buying two general admission tickets and a program for 25 cents, I saw the same vendor, Joe DeLall, hawking a box of wrestling magazines. It was the debut issue of Wrestling Revue. To me, this was a must-have, and I begged my father for 50 cents to purchase it. Dad reached into his pocket, no questions asked, and moments later I had the Fall 1959 issue in my

Life as a child was rough for Vince, his dad left when he was in second grade and he has never seen his dad since. Life was also fun for Vince, he would always play ball outside with his buds. His friends gave him a nickname too, it was UFO. Vince got this nickname because he could do all of Dr. J’s moves. But this is just the start of how he became one of the greatests.

Ever since I was little and saw WWE RAW, a wrestling TV show, for the first time, I enjoyed watching wrestling on TV. I would always jump up throwing my arms in the air when my favorite wrestler was winning. I would invite some of my friends over on Saturdays to mimic the wrestling moves that the wrestlers were doing from the TV on a trampoline in my backyard during the afternoon because it looked awesome and it was very fun. The wrestling TV show inspired me to join wrestling in High School.

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.

You know it, it's the one and only wrestling! You are probably living in a cave plus not be living your life's full potential if you don't know what wrestling is! Wrestling involves many things like its diet, its history, plus its rules!

This week’s Core Friday was not a lecture, but a documentary named The Pluto Files, which was coordinated by one of Core’s co-coordinator, Tom Hothem. The purpose documentary was that Pluto lacked a well-defined criteria to determine if it was or was not a planet. The documentary followed Neil Tyson as he traveled to different states in finding out the truth and views about Pluto being a planet and not a planet. There were many controversies about this topic when it was concluded that Pluto would no longer be considered a planet. This issue relates to how we must evaluate the Drake Equation in the Quantitative Essay. It connects because both lack a well-defined criteria that allow us to determine what is and what is not. It makes us question

Is a documentary always more realistic than fiction film? If so, why? If not, why not? What makes a film more or less realistic?