The Gleaners and I by Agnes Varda  was a very interesting film to watch and I really enjoyed it. It shed a spot light on what many people ignore throughout the day. The way we waste many thing, when people are picking things up off the sidewalks or whatever the harvesters left behind, or homelessness if I may say. I never knew there was a term for this before watching this film. Many people may think if they see someone picking something from the sidewalk like furniture they are homeless or poor. For some of the people we saw it was sad because that was their only source of food and if they didn’t find any they really couldn’t do much. There are people who don’t like for anything to go to waste and some even hoard things. Someone else can create something beautiful with someone else’s  scraps. There were artist in the film that used recycled items to make pieces, like the man who used old car parts. I relate to the film in a way because when I was younger my mom would pick up furniture off the sidewalks. It’s a little similar to going to a second hand stores and buying used furniture the only difference is one is free and the other isn’t. The man with the rubber boots from the film said he was an activist. He doesn’t have to pick off the streets but he does it because people waste so many good things. The film really got me thinking and should get everyone thinking how much food, cloths or furniture we throw away. I know that I  waste a lot of food and feel guilty when doing so. It was nice to see the involvement of the director. She wasn’t just behind the camera filming them do what they do she was also a gleaner and filmed herself picking up heart-shaped potatoes and of things she found on the streets.