I really liked the main character in this short film. He was doing a really nice thing for people that really needed it. But I think the main idea of the film is wrong. I don’t think people should get more opportunities. I think the way the country deals with prisoners is wrong we should try to actually rehabilitate them not put them in a cell for a set number of years and hope for the best when they come out. and for people that truly cannot be rehabilitated they should be killed. The difficult part it choosing who can and can’t be rehabilitated.But with technology it will be possible. And treating them in a way that will make them better will be very hard, because many people that are in prison have had so many traumatic experiences throughout their lives it would be extremely hard to make them a functioning part of our society. but again with technology it can be solved. maybe by changing there brain chemistry this would be possible. And dont even get me started with some stupid laws!

throughout the short documentary I kept thinking to myself “wow we’re so close to to living like pure savages.” In some places more than others. at least here in NYC it seems very far away. concret everywhere and not a tree in sight in many places. Technology everywhere, even the things we take for granted, most people dont smell, medical care readily available. Seeing the conditions in that hospital made me feel very lucky. I think its good to see things like this. One woman was asked to if she would like to get her tubes tied. she looked to be in her mid 40s and already had at least 5 kids, she declined.maybe the world would be a better place if people like her didn’t have children. Thats a very cold thought. Kind of reminds me of a movie called “idiocracy” in the movie dumber people have more and more kids while smarter people have less and less kids. this causes humanity to regress and become dumber. Im not saying that the kids born in that hospital are any dumber than other newborns but the fact that they are being born to parents that have no jobs in a 3rd world country really isn’t a good start. how lucky are we huh?

I loved it! All the people showed really peaked my interested. Personal stories with a beginning and end, seeing the people age through the pictures was something I really enjoyed as well. I really wish it was longer. Im glad it was made into a book. It looks like it would fit better as a book. I already have it in my cart on amazon. Also the fact that it was published in 2012 is something i really like. I feel like he will have thing a lot better organized. the fact that the film was shot in 2002 makes it feel so far away. I can barley remember that your, i was 7. One character that that i found really interesting was a black guy that looked like he was in his mid 50s. the man telling the story about him kept saying “he was so strange.. so strange.” and THATS IT! He even looked strange. Honestly i dont even know why i find this documentary and place so interesting. I guess its the historian in me. in history you only really get to hear about the elite in history. This is such a specific place with such specific people in such a short time. The reality in that specific time and place.

Some things that make me trust and believe a documentary are

1)credible sources

2) coming from someone I can trust

3) if passes the eye test, if it looks real.

the thing with all of these is that it is never 100% certain. for example a “fact” today can be debunked tomorrow.

someone you trust can forget their morals every now and again. it doesn’t even have to a person, it can even be a company. (rip history channel)

and lastly with the amazing cgi that exist today it would take a trained eye to detect all of the fake viral videos that exist today.

 

i found the documentary “iron triangle” to be very interesting. specially because I live in queens and even been to Wilets point for car repair. I found the quote “clean up Wilets point” to be very deep. I forgot who said it but it was an asian bureaucrat. Its really interesting to see people like him just lie to people’s faces. Obviously they could “clean” up Willets point, rebuilding the roads and literally cleaning the area but the they didn’t. the quote is really about cleaning that neighborhood of the poor to bring in the rich.

these world war 2 films show many things, but they both have one thing in common. That is showing themselves as completely Right. not completely true. although as we know from history one was more RIGHT then the other. the problem I have with both the films is there deception. If we were to show someone these films that had no knowledge of the past three hundred years ago they would find it very hard to pick out the one that turned out to be more evil.