Michael Moore's Film Capitalism: A Love Story

Gentrification is the term that explains the process of renovating and improving homes, or a district to conform to middle-class preferences. As viewed in the documentary Class Divide, a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York called West Chelsea has already undergone a major shift in their community. The addition of schools such as The Avenues, and tourist attractions like the High Line has generated a new identity for the community. Children who are born in poverty in the United States have a harder time getting out of poverty than those children who come from other developed countries. This is due to various institutions such as The Avenues that have created a gap between social classes, making it harder for the lower class to achieve success. Throughout the documentary, the storyline constantly shifts to represent two different point of views: the upper class and the lower class. Within these different points of views, the central themes become evident: income inequality, opposing views of privileged and underprivileged students, and the gentrification of a community.

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In Rereading America an excerpt by Michael Moore entitled “Idiot Nation” focuses on the collapsing educational system in the United States of America. Moore brings to light his view on the failures of the educational system and the lack of financing that has been caused from the top of the food chain. Politicians as well as American corporations contribute to the decline in education according to Moore. He attempts to give the reader a clear picture of where America places the importance of educational funding. He follows-up with detailed examples on what districts and schools resort to in order to gain financial support for their programs. Moore is quick to point out the irony of politics and education in America

1.Social: Germany and the United States have vastly different social structures that affect their respective citizens immensely. From analysing the various social differences presented in the documentary “Where to Invade Next,” by Michael Moore, one can deduce the differences in the quality of life between Germans and Americans.

The primary focus of the film, Bernie, revolves around the direct relationship between Bernie Tiede and Marjorie Nugent, played by Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine. Bernie is an assistant funeral director in East Texas who bonds with Marjorie after hosting the funeral of her late husband. His community universally loves him and while in an attempt to pay his respects for Mrs. Nugent’s husbands passing, Bernie gradually fosters a new friendship that leads to her becoming less cold. The story is significant because it seeks to portray a true story, which demonstrates how even the kindest person can be commit a serious yet innocent crime without intending to cause harm.

Capitalism, economic system where the central topics include private property, accumulation and wage labour. In this film,

The Movie Crash is valuable in learning about social issues because it points out things that we may tend to ignore in everyday life. It also brings light to things that we may do, but not necessarily consciously realize. Another benefit of this movie portraying social issues like racism is that it helps us think about ourselves as a person and we can analyze ourselves in our way of thinking and our actions. Using a movie in class is also beneficial because it breaks up the traditional classroom activities. It helps student be a little more involved and interested in the topic. It also helps extend learning beyond just the textbook and classroom lectures and activities. Although using movies can make students more involved and interested

The film Che is about the man, Che, who joined forces in Cuba and start a revolution to end of the Batista regime in Cuba. The men that fought in the revolution were in bad conditions because they were on a really hard and dangerous combat, most of them got hurt during this fight. Also, the film shows that a lot of peasants were tortured and murdered by Batista’s army because of two men that decide to betrayal to the revolution and one of them was the messenger of the Rebel Army. Indeed, I think that Che became a hero in Cuba because he was a doctor but during the revolution, he was the commander and the one who protect and gave Cuba the freedom again and everyone respects him and him made sure that everyone was doing the right thing.

In the film Living On a Dollar a Day, four American college students attempted to live in Pena Blanca, Guatemala on the budget of the people living in the community. A majority of the people living in the village were farm workers and therefore did not have a steady source of income. Some days they may not make money at all and on days they do work they make little to nothing. Because of this their children are less likely to continue school, which continues the cycle of poverty. The message portrayed in the film is that small changes, make big impacts.

Income Inequality is at an all-time high in the United States, and it has increased significantly since the 1970s, and now has reached levels not seen since 1928 during the Great Depression. (Pew Research Center, 2017). Today the top 1 percent takes home more than 20% of all U.S income. The outcomes of income inequality are worse in the unequal countries (Wilkinson and Pickett). The Divide documentary primary purpose is to show the growing divide between the rich and the poor in the US and UK. The individuals being interviewed have one goal in common, they are all striving for a better life for their families. The evoking emotions of the intense stories told by the interviewees and feeling empathy for the economic state display the use of

The 2006 movie “Idiocracy,” starring Luke Wilson as corporate Joe Bauer presents a different outcome than what humanity expects the future to be. Joe Bauer works for the U.S military as a Liberian and due to the fact he has an average life, he is chosen to be a part of a top secret experiment with another subject. The other subject is a prostitute known as Rita, who agrees to be part of the experiment in exchange that she gets to be a prostitute without any consequences. Rita is played by Maya Rudolph. The experiment is only meant to last one year, but due to various scandals in the military the experiment is shut down and both subjects end up 500 years into the future. I feel like this movie is a satire of the financial crises that the U.S went through in 2007-2008 and the health issues that arose during those years. While watching this movie, I feel one can almost relate to this movie because of the current situation we live in politically. I love “Idiocracy” because of the plot, the key actors in the film and constant use of sarcasm.

What I've noticed about the documentary is that the migrant workers tend to be influenced by both the outside world and their families. They feel conflicted. Do they want better for themselves or do they want to stay trapped because being 'trapped' is almost a safety blanket for them? They notice that people look down on them in society. For instance, not many in the United States speak Spanish fluently so they feel out casted just by language barrier alone. They may feel as if this is a world that doesn't want them, they only want to see them struggle beause they arent like the others. The older girl in the film, Perla is always stating she wants a degree to become a lawyer, because she wants to help people like herself. However, she states

The documentary “Inside Job” offers its viewers with a thorough and thoughtful analysis of the 2008 financial crisis, which eventually led to the Great Recession that later cost the world ten trillion dollars and thirty million jobs. Almost all major economist as well as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agree that the recession is the worst global recession that has ever happened since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

American Beauty, a film that was written by Allan Ball and directed by Sam Mendes in 1999 is a unique piece that demonstrates many sociological themes throughout the development of the plot. The characters strive to portray themselves as the All American Family. They live in a nice house, drive nice cars and seem perfectly normal to the general public, but the audience is allowed to view the deep set issues that plague the main characters; Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), Carolyn Burnham (Annette Bening), Jane Burnham (Thora Birch), and Jane's best friend Angela Hayes (Mena Suvari). As the plot develops there are many obvious parallels relating the lives of the characters to Merton's Strain

A cancer cell known today is a destructive living organism that duplicates itself by feeding off the energy of a corpse. Similarly, a country that promotes capitalism enables businesses to gain wealth at the expense of the consumer’s wealth. Ultimately this becomes a question of morality as these corporations reap the money from hardworking citizens for the purpose of greed and exploitation of the free market economy. In the film, Capitalism: A love story, the film makers use conventions and point of view to show that capitalism in America is an evil that is better replaced by democracy. Michael Moore warns everyone that promoting capitalism will destroy the economy because of the financial sacrifices made by citizens for free enterprise