...2004, has reviewed Cowspiracy in their good and informational review, “Courages Eye-Opener to the #1 Environmental Problem: Animal Agriculture” as a real “eye opener.” They somewhat summarize the documentary for those who have not viewed it yet, listing out what the film is about, or parts of it at least: animal agriculture (is or) as the number one contributor to greenhouse gases, leading for it to be the largest environmental issue, causing deforestation (, while also discussing danger throughout the production of the documentary). Susan-225’s listing out is sort of a cause and effect...
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...Ryan Fahrenkopf English 201 Fremio Sepulveda Research Paper “Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate." – Edward W. Said “Life and Debt” is a documentary directed by Stephanie Black with the screen play and voice over done by Jamaica Kincaid about how the IMF, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organizations destroyed Jamaica economically. This movie is based specifically on what happened in Jamaica but it is a model for how the IMF and first world countries have impacted the rest of the world. The film is about globalization and exposing first world countries, mainly the United States, for destroying third world countries. The Oxford English dictionary defines a documentary as a factual, realistic, applied esp. to a film or literary work, etc., based on real events or circumstance, and intended primarily for instruction purposes. “Life and Debt” mostly follows this definition because it does present real factual information, although it varies a little from the definition of a documentary because it is a little biased on the side of Jamaica. Another critical concept from the film is the term globalization. The Oxford English Dictionary defines globalization as the action, process, or fact of making global; esp. (in later use) the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international...
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...Government Mismanagement Sparks the Consumption of Unhealthy Food A 2008 documentary film, Food Inc., has struck a great number of people with its shocking truths about the food industry, as well as government policies related to food production. According to available statistics and media coverage on the food industry, government policies have facilitated the consumption of unhealthy foods by subsidizing corn production, ignoring the price gap between fast food and healthy foods, and practicing leniency towards large food corporations. The U.S. government has been heavily subsidizing the production of corn for decades, encouraging farmers to overproduce corn and allowing them to sell it at extremely low prices. Even cattle, which have been bred to eat grass, have now shifted to corn, since it is cheaper and more efficient in fattening the cows. However, research indicates that feeding corn to cattle results in a high occurrence of E. coli in the digestive system of the cattle, contaminating the beef produced from it (Callaway et al. 3: 852-860). USDA’s subsidies for corn have not only led to health problems related to meat, but also contributed to American’s high-caloric diet. Because of the low price of corn, many food companies use corns to produce artificial sweeteners and partially hydrogenated oils that should be avoided in a healthy diet. An author of Chicago Tribune comments on the USDA, “What it urges people to eat to remain healthy does not match what it pays farmers...
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...Film Review: When Strangers Click In today’s society, dating is not very easy to come by once you get older or think you have no hope in finding the one. Robert Kenner’s 2011 film, When Strangers Click, is a documentary film that is well worth the time to watch. The documentary focuses on five people that have used the internet for dating and their stories. From a woman turning thirty and having the fear of never finding love to a gay man that struggles being who he is, Kenner’s film is full of twisting and turning stories. As you watch with astonishment, the stories of these five strangers become absorbing and very unoriginal. We follow Kim, Dave, Beth, Ryan, and Jonas all very different from each other with their own unique stories. Kim is looking for her perfect guy in the tri-state area and ends up flying to Prague to meet a guy she has never spoken to besides on email. Her family is in for a very big surprise! Dave is a man that has confidence problems and turns to online dating to stay hidden from the truth for as long as possible. Beth is turning thirty and is terrified she is never going to find love. Internet dating gives her reassurance on her love life. Ryan is from a small town that looks down upon gays and never understands himself until he Googles the word “gay”. From there the internet opens up a wide variety of things he never knew and gives him an array of people to talk to. Jonas is your typical guy, always wishing he had something more in life. He lives...
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...a large impact on the way all food is processed. The top four meat packers now control over 80% of the market, compared to the past,when the top four meat packers controled 20% In America, whoever has the big bucks dictates how things are run. With money, there is no limit to what can be done. According the Youtube video, “Food Inc.” a perfect example of the desire for more is in the food industry. The narrator makes the argument that profit is put before the consumer’s well being, the legacy of the American farmer, workers safety, and our precious environment (Food Inc.) in many major corporations. I firmly believe that these corporations have put aside and have deliberately tried to hide the truth about how unhealthy the food they produce truly is for the American public. The documentary “Food Inc. produced by Robert Kenner and Eric Schlosser, takes an in depth look at America’s food industry and the terrible but completely legal way our food is genetically engineered. The purpose of this video is to shock the American public with clever filmography and facts about the food Americans consume everyday. The food industry is full of misconceptions. The youtube video, “Food Inc.” declares that the food industry is using deceiving images of agrarian America to sell their product. Images such as lush green fields, picket fences, silos, and 30’s farmhouse, but as the narrator asserts, “it’s the spinning of a pastoral fantasy”. In reality the food being consumed is coming from...
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...Fast food restaurants are everywhere in today’s society. They are found in hospitals, attached to fueling stations, in grocery stores, and inside major sports complexes (such as Great American Ball Park). With the many locations of these restaurants, the question must be raised… are fast food restaurants making people fat? That question can be answered with a resounding yes! In 1968, McDonalds was operating 1,000 restaurants (Schlosser 3); Taco Bell was just getting started and Wendy’s opened its first restaurant in 1969 (About Wendy's). According to Pearson Education’s Info Please website, 13.3% of adults were obese in the 1960s (Info Please). Today, 35.5% of people are obese (Flagel et al. 491). That’s an increase of 22.2%. In the 1970s, Americans spent 6 billion on fast food (Schlosser 3). In the year 2000 alone, Americans spent more than 110 billion (Schlosser 3). Today, there are over 50,000 fast food chains in America according to Google Maps. What is obesity and why is it a problem? Tabors Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary defines obesity as “an unhealthy accumulation of body fat” (Tabors Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary 1504). Obesity is clinically manifested (diagnosed) when the body mass index is ≥30 kg/m2 (Lewis et al. 2: 1035). Obesity is a problem because not only does it put more strain on the person during physical activity, but it also leads to decreased lung volumes from the heavy abdominal area placing pressure on the diaphragm (Potter et al. 826). ...
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...reducing hunger from the age group of 6-12 and increase the attendance in the primary education system. There are two models, which is the centralized model, and the decentralized model and it has been observed that most states are shifting towards the centralized approach; The program has been active since 1995 but there are still major cases of nutrition deficiency, anaemia, lack of vitamin A and iodine among many children in the country. (Rani & Sharma) A research work carried out by the centre for equity studies Delhi states that: - The drawbacks of the centralised approach include lack of employment, increased risk of food spoilage, no community participation, and lack of transparency; hence a research will be done to determine the effectiveness and viability of this approach and its comparison with the decentralized and handmade approach to food. (Natasha, 2010) 4. OUTLINES OF THE THEORY/IES UNDERPINNING YOUR RESEARCH: In 2004 the government initiated the mid day meals program to provide meals to primary school children, the government had first taken the initiative to provide meals to these children, the mid day meal scheme currently serve more than 120 million children in over 1.2 million schools and is the largest such program in the world. (Natasha) The “Akashaya Patra” foundation is an...
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...Documentary Review Super-Size Me I. Summarize the documentary “Super Size Me”. Give a detailed description of the coverage of the documentary, and state briefly the “take away” message it gives. “Super-Size Me” is a an experiment created by Morgan Spurlock where he sets out an investigation to understand and prove how quickly and harmful fast food could be on a person’s body, health, and wellbeing. The primary concept revolves around eating nothing but McDonald’s food for a period of 30 days for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. This meant that any food not on the McDonald’s menu was not allowed to be consumed during this process. As Morgan Spurlock was lying around at home watching the news, he came across a report on two teenage girls whose parents had sued McDonalds, blaming MacDonald’s for their girl’s obesity problem. This news impulses him to pursue an investigation and experience hands on the cause and effect that resulted from eating McDonald’s food. In the documentary, Spurlock begins as a very healthy person. In fact, his health was above average. He weighed about 185lbs and his body fat was less than below average at an (11%). His cholesterol was under 200 which for his height, (6 feet and 2 inches) he was considered a healthy individual. In preparation to begin, Spurlock informs three doctors from three different specialties to embark with him in his journey of 30 days. It consisted of a cardiologist, gastroenterologists, and a general practitioner...
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...TermPaperWarehouse.com - Free Term Papers, Essays and Research Documents The Research Paper Factory Join Search Browse Saved Papers Home Page » Film and Music Inside Job- Review In: Film and Music Inside Job- Review “Inside Job” Movie review -Deepshikha Dubey SYBCOM (Hons) Roll number-1071 ‘I nside job’ true to its title, is an exasperating documentary about the actual causes and consequences of the financial crisis of 2008. Directed by Charles Ferguson and narrated by Matt Damon, the movie is not a piece of muckraking or breathless support. It rests its infuriation on proper reason, research, figures and careful argument. Several interviews of eminent personalities from political, financial and academic backgrounds, along with news clips and aerial shots of New York, Iceland, London and other disaster areas — are all in there! Though dealing with a very complex issue, the movie has beautifully dealt with the topic and made it much easier for common man to understand the reason behind the nerve wrecking recent financial crisis that hit USA and then the world’s economy. The film is divided into five main parts, covering a wide scope- Who, what, when, why, how… it is all answered! Unlike most other documentaries that have been released over the past several years, ‘inside job’ bases its arguments on numbers and facts and doesn't just emotions. The first part of the movie- “How we got here?” Takes the viewers back...
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...and colonization resulted to uprisings, revolts, and revolutions elsewhere in the world. The numerous human histories on this matter can be equated to how animals in captivity resort to aggressive actions that even escalate to killings. In the documentary movie entitled “Blackfish,” no matter how the lawyers and spokespersons of Sea World argue against the idea that the killings of trainers were caused by the aggressiveness of the killer whales, it always boils down to the philosophy that the oppressed creatures naturally fights back. And if the killer whales fight back, pitiful are the trainers who will get victimized. “Blackfish” is a documentary of how ORCAs like Tilikum were captivated in various environments and put to captivity to be trained for animal shows. The documentary presents the owners of the animal show businesses like Sea World as the villains while the former trainers of Sea World who disclosed issues about the killings of their colleagues, and all the informants who told the truth are the heroes. The good thing about the documentary is that they have variety of sources. They even spoke to the diver that who explained how ORCAs are captured. That person was even one of those who captured Tilikum. The documentary also put in the film how the killer whales were trained and tamed by specialist who used their knowledge on psychology to control creature that naturally thrive in the wild. Most of the informants in the film had their first hand encounter with...
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...14th 2011 Chew on This Media Analysis How has fast food changed society? MLA: Super Size Me. Dir. Morgan Spurlock. Perf. Morgan S.. Disney, 2004. DVD. Type: Documentary Précis: Super Size Me is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock. The film documents this lifestyle's drastic effect on Spurlock's physical and psychological well-being, and explores the fast food industry's corporate influence, including how it encourages poor nutrition for its own profit. Morgan was to eat at McDonald’s three times a day, and consume each item on the menu at least once for 30 days. As a result Morgan gained 24½ lbs. (11.1 kg), a 13% body mass increase, a cholesterol level of 230, and experienced mood swings, sexual dysfunction, and fat accumulation in his liver. Morgan risked his life to expose the secrets of fast food companies, and in particular McDonald’s to help educate the public. Examination of Bias: In the documentary, multiple forms of bias were exhibited, clearly establishing an anti-fast food campaign. Had the documentary not be biased, Morgan would’ve made some kind of an effort to get a hold of information that presented both sides of the story. However, without exception every person interviewed in the documentary had said something along the lines of fast food is bad for you, that it is harmful to your health, and that it will eventually make you fat and/or obese. Maybe...
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... J. & Bosch, L. (Directors) (2008). Food Matters [Documentary]. Permacology Productions. James Colquhoun had spent many years researching and studying nutrition at the Global College of Natural Medicine in Santa Cruz. His passion clearly lies within the food that we eat and has founded the concept of Food Matters. Laurentine ten Bosch holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business but her drive for better health led her to study nutrition at the same college as James. This is where they got together and started putting together the hit film Food Matters. Food Matters is a well put together series of interviews from leading nutritionists, doctors and researchers that give us information about what we eat and how it affects us. I think that the film is almost summed up entirely by quoting Hippocrates – “Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food”. Kenner, R. (Director) (2008). Food Inc. [Documentary]. Participant Media. Robert is an Emmy award winning film maker that has produced films for National Geographic. His career in film making began in 1971 and continues to produce films still today. His most recent film is Food Inc. which examines the corporate farms of America to unfold the unethical, unhealthy and environmentally unfriendly practices that are behind them. His film tells us about the mass production on meat and how inhumane the practices are and then gets into vivid detail about the agriculture industry. Food Inc. is an eye opener for everyone and brings...
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...This document is attributed to Jack Lule and Flat World Knowledge 8.2 Movies and Culture LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. 2. Recognize how movies reflect cultural attitudes, trends, and events. Indicate how movies influence culture. Movies Mirror Culture The relationship between movies and culture involves a complicated dynamic; while American movies certainly influence the mass culture that consumes them, they are also an integral part of that culture, a product of it, and therefore a reflection of prevailing concerns, attitudes, and beliefs. In considering the relationship between film and culture, it is important to keep in mind that, while certain ideologies may be prevalent in a given era, not only is American culture as diverse as the populations that form it, but it is also constantly changing from one period to the next. Mainstream films produced in the late 1940s and into the 1950s, for example, reflected the conservatism that dominated the sociopolitical arenas of the time. However, by the 1960s, a reactionary youth culture began to emerge in opposition to the dominant institutions, and these antiestablishment views soon found their way onto screen—a far cry from the attitudes most commonly represented only a few years earlier. In one sense, movies could be characterized as America’s storytellers. Not only do Hollywood films reflect certain commonly held attitudes and beliefs about what it means to be American, but they also portray contemporary trends, issues, and...
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...Participant Media, River Road Entertainment and Magnolia Pictures Present A Magnolia Pictures Release FOOD, INC. A film by Robert Kenner 93 minutes, 35mm, 1.85 PRESS NOTES Distributor Contact: Matt Cowal Arianne Ayers Magnolia Pictures 49 W. 27th St., 7th Floor New York, NY 10001 (212) 924-6701 phone (212) 924-6742 fax publicity@magpictures.com Press Contact NY/Nat’l: Donna Daniels Public Relations Donna Daniels Lauren Schwartz Press Contact LA/Nat’l: mPRm Public Relations Alice Zou 5670 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 2500 Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.933.3399 ext. 4248 20 West 22nd Street, Suite 1410 New York, NY 10010 Ph: 347.254.7054 ddaniels@ddanielspr.net lschwartz@ddanielspr.net azou@mprm.com 49 west 27th street 7th floor new york, ny 10001 tel 212 924 6701 fax 212 924 6742 www.magpictures.com SYNOPSIS In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of e coli--the harmful bacteria that causes illness for...
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...Is Our Food Killing Us? Is Our Food Killing Us? is an investigation into the processed food products that make up the modern American diet and the affects these products are having on our health and well-being. Also, in many cases we are well aware of the health risks of diets rich in certain foods. Fast foods, heavily processed food-like products and convenience foods have been proven to cause obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and cancers. Even food products that claim to be “fat free” or “diet” contain artificial ingredients that can cause health problems such as migraine headaches. Our food may very well be killing us and yet we, as a nation, are not changing our eating habits. The intention was to find out why we choose to continue on the unhealthy paths that we are on. Information found in many articles and documentaries, including doctors’ and scientists’ statements, as well as nutritional information found on nearly every food label in the grocery store, explained what was in the foods we are eating, what it does to our bodies and what were our reasons for not making healthier choices. Factors such as food addiction, convenience, commercialism, false claims and income are some examples of why we may continue to eat poorly. This paper will examine all of these topics and some others. Maybe the information that will be revealed here will be just what you need to modify your own diets and begin a road to a healthier body! Table...
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