Essays on Documentary

The paper aims to discuss the history of hip-hop cinema and its development in different eras. For this purpose, a major movement leading to hip-hop cinema and one of the prominent films related to this genre are explored in their cultural, social, and historical context. Furthermore, the paper focuses on the appeal of cinematic and visual language techniques used in such films. In this concern, the paper aims to write a comparative analysis based on the role of “Krush Groove” in breaking the barriers by African Americans that is also depicted in the documentary entitled, “The Black Power Mixtape.” ...

SWOT Analysis

Strengths of Netflix Strong market position Multi-platform streaming Track record of building successful partnerships Ownership of original programming No ads in its programs Weaknesses of Netflix Competitor Redbox has made significant inroads to Netflix’s DVD rental market. The Netflix service is dependent on outside providers of streaming hardware and internet services in order to reach its customers. Opportunities for Netflix Competitors of streaming entertainment are more expensive (Amazon Prime), have ads (Hulu), or are available only over a single platform (Apple). Netflix could make an issue of this in its marketing materials. There may be markets for different ...

The Buddhism is an ancient and well-known doctrine which has been adopted by many different cultures and has undergone diverse interpretations. Seen by some as a religion, others as philosophy, even as psychotherapy, Buddhism calls to search for the fundamental answers of human existence, including the life purpose, the notions of harmony, nirvana, and omnipresent suffering (National Buddhist Authority Srilanka, 2011). The BBC documentary introduces these core notions, as well as presents the story of Buddha itself, highlighting the core insights and ideas of Buddhism knowledge. The documentary has vastly helped me to gain a better understanding of the ...

Sicko is a documentary film that focuses the healthcare problem and insurance related frauds happening in the U.S. The documentary was released in 2007. During this time, 15 million Americans in the U.S did not have insurance. It was heart moving to see Fill having to choose among his two fingers, as he could not afford to have both the finger, even when healthcare has the ability to restore both the fingers. As Fill did not have the money to get both his finger attached following the accident, he let go of one. This documentary is an eye opener ...

Details of the Documentary

Sustainability is one of the major issues in ecology and environmental science. Theoretically, any development initiative should be sustainable, which means that it accomplishes its intended purpose without causing problems in the future. One of such development initiatives was the creation of the suburban landscape that was conceptualized from the 1950s to 1960s. The documentary film “Suburban America: Problems & Promise” provides a general history of the development of the suburban landscape in the Unites States (US). This documentary film was intended as an educational tool for students 12 years and above.

Purpose of the Documentary

The film basically shows that the suburban landscape ...

I think discarding something as uninteresting or not useful means hindering yourself in terms of learning new things; I have my reservations about documentaries that try to engage the viewer by playing cards like human vanity and ego, disasters and grand statements, such as ‘the most impenetrable fortress’; but I still think that everywhere we look we can find useful knowledge. As the name suggests, the documentary is about the civilization of ancient Egypt and their engineering accomplishments that became landmarks in ancient architecture and significantly contributed to ancient Egypt’s grandeur image as an empire. Historians featured in ...

The first part of the film discusses the biology of human race variations. The section of the film illuminates the differences that exist between individuals are only based on the skin and the genetic code for humans is similar (Vidal 1). The main argument of the video is that there is not a sole gene that can exclusively define race. The section should be discussed as there is a misconception of race and biological set ups that cause a difference among individuals. Misconceptions on genetic variations should be done away with and the truth illustrated on the issue that ...

On November 5, 2009, the son of Palestinian immigrants, Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan randomly fired into a crowd at a processing center at Fort Hood, the largest active-duty military post in the country (Army Major kills, n.d.). One would be hard pressed to find a larger military stage to conduct such blatant murder. Despite the Major shouting ‘God is great’ in Arabic, “Allahu Akbar”, just before he opened fire on soldiers who were either returning from deployment, or getting ready to be deployed, there was a denial by the government to officially label the shooting as an act ...

Question 1. Give the name of the film, producer and the year. The name of the chosen film is Hoop Dreams. It was produced in 1994 by Steve James, Peter Gilbert, and Frederick Marx.

Question 2. Why did you select this film for your review?

There are few reasons to select this film. The first one is that I have an interest in basketball, so a documentary related to basketball players is attractive for me. Then, the other reason is that this film helped me know more about the social behaviors and psychology of people. Being a neurobiology student at UC Irvine, I believe that this film helps me to ...

Pseudoscience is a belief or the process that attempts to trap the ideas, methodology and techniques from science, but it is not able to achieve them on its terms. On a wider note, the pursuits of the knowledge about in Pseudoscience involve considerable elements of guesswork, intuitions, and the experiments which do not adequately test the theory. Further, in pseudoscience, the results may be incorrectly interpreted or sometimes entirely wrong. The movie “The Chariots of the Gods” by Erich von Daniken uses considerable descriptions and the pseudoscience to the support the thematic ideas as depicted. Von Daniken describes being ...

1. Choose one of the following issues: depression, drug addiction, workplace fatalities, or obesity. Describe a specific way that a community that has a high number of people with that issue could help fix this issue by using methods based on each of the following: primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. [6%] Primary care in general is provided by a nursing staff or a physician or an assistant. One is responsible for the maintenance of health and for treating the illness in patients or refers the patient to specialists if needed. Obesity is a growing concern in US and in ...

A thought-provoking and original film, “The Fog of War” is highly controversial. The critical reception of the film reflected both some historical disagreements over the Vietnam and Cold Wars and appraisal of its ability to speak to universal and contemporary questions. The director, Errol Morris, was accused of presenting a historically inaccurate and self-serving narrative and being too lenient on the major figure of his film. On the other hand, “The Fog of War” won an Academy Award for being the best documentary. In general, the film tells the audience about grueling problems in ethics, politics, and contemporary history. ...

Discussion Board Post.

One Reading: Margaret L. Andersen and Patricia Hill Collins Article, “Race, Gender, and Class: An Anthology. Margaret L. Andersen and Patricia Hill Collins article, “Race, Gender, Class: An Anthology, 6th Ed,” gives a clear comparison on how sex, race, and gender shapes people’s lives. To give a clear meaning to their discussion, Margaret and Collins try to attach these issues to certain controversial elements in the society. Specifically, they discuss these elements alongside issue like Muslim life in the United States of America, Incarceration, the working poor and affirmative action. The article is clearly organized into four distinct ...

The film entitled Unbroken Ground is a 25-minute film directed by Chris Malloy of Farm Leauge. On August 01, 2016, the Patagonia Provisions announced the releases of this documentary film, which allows the viewers to have a closer look at agriculture and how recent food practices affect us and the earth as a whole. That is, the film relates the critical role of consumers in creating solutions to environmental problems. The documentary film can be viewed through this link: https://vimeo.com/169559548 1. Modern Hollywood vs. Hollywood of the 1960s The Hollywood of the 1960s has a considerable impact on modern ...

The documentary about Muslim Americans presented the question of the position held by Muslims in America’s political and social sphere today and more so, the perception held by the majority of Americans about the Muslim community ("PBS America At A Crossroads: The Muslim Americans"). Owing to the many terrorist attacks carried out on American soil by Muslim extremists, the innocent Muslim Americans take the blame for actions done by people whose only likely link to them is their religion of Islam. Prior to watching the documentary, I anticipated to get enlightened on the plight of American Muslims post ...

Issues

The Corporation is an investigative report about the wrongdoings of corporations. The issue is about all the evil that corporations do. Corporations are responsible for many problems in the world including poverty and the exploitation of people, toxic chemicals and wastes, genetic manipulated organisms, warped consumer mentality, among other things. Some of the products they produce do not serve society any good but mainly to earn corporations huge profits. Corporations—large, multinational corporations in particular—exist to earn profits for themselves.

Portrayal of Corporations

The documentary portrays corporations mainly as evil. Although the documentary is truthful and the evidences it presents can ...

The sex industry

Hustling is not stealing clearly portrays the life that some people go through. The author of the book tries his best to make the readers know that some people who are caught up in professions such as prostitution are just there because of the circumstances that force them into such a life. Hustling is not Stealing is a real life story of a girl in Ghana who got into the life of prostitution. Inside Deep Throat, on the other hand, is a 2005 documentary on the 1972 pornographic film, Deep Throat that got a lot of reception. It made $ ...

“Words/Meanings” from the Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer:

Foer’s article raised many interesting points. It is laid out rather like a dictionary, with a list of words followed by the author’s definitions and feelings around them. Some words were closely related to the topic of eating animals, for example, “Broiler Chickens,” and some more ambiguous, for example, “Desperation.” One of the most interesting words and meanings for me was “Suffering.” Foer discusses possible meanings behind this word and whether it is possible for someone to argue that animals don’t suffer. Suffering is a difficult term to define and to measure. The question becomes even ...

Feminism encompasses a range of social movements, political ideologies, and perspectives that focus on defining, establishing, and achieving personal, economic, social, and political and personal women’s rights. Ideally, feminists are fighting for a society that provides equal opportunities for women in employment and education. The feminist movements in contemporary societies continue to champion for women’s rights, including the right to hold public office, vote, own property, work, receive education, and enjoy equal rights within marriage. Particularly, they support or advocate for women’s rights and equality. The second-wave feminism is women’s movement that occurred in the ...

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Healthcare Reflection Paper

The documentary shows countries throughout the world that have extensive medical coverage for all citizens at lower prices than what a typical U.S citizen would pay. The documentary shows that the U.S could fix their healthcare system if it could take the technology and services offered by some countries while reforming the insurance industry. The U.S has a user pay, market dominated system in which citizens are concerned about their privacy so adopting some of the best features of health care system from around the world may be difficult. Most governments ...

The movie, which has been chosen for the discussion is Lord, Save Us from Your Followers, directed by Dan Merchant in 2008. This film is rather documentary, created in the form of dialogue between the host and the audience. The Lord, Save Us from Your Followers tells its viewers about the religious situation in the USA back in 2008 and it appeared. The documentary represents it from the various angles, depicting different religious and social movements. The plot of the Lord, Save Us from Your Followers is the following: referring to the most bothering aspects of the modern society, ...

The film Blackfish by Gabriela Cowper Thwaite, released in 2013, focused on a captive Orcas by SeaWorld. When the Orcas got separated from her family at the age of 2 years, he was rehabilitated by SeaWorld. The confinement of the Whale which was later named Tilikum for over 20 years caused the Orcas immense frustration causing the whale to kill over 3 human trainers (Brower). I believe that these animals have been denied the will to exist naturally in their environment. They are confined and denied of provisions that are paramount to their well-being such as movement by being ...

INTRODUCTION

There are very few children who grew up in the 1990s who does not remember watching Disney’s “Aladdin.” They remember the image of endless sand dunes, hidden caverns, flying carpets, a beautiful princess, a handsome hero and, of course, a big blue genie. Disney’s Aladdin garnered a great deal of praise and theatrical success. “Aladdin,” unlike previous Disney animated features, where the characters and stories were in some fictitious worlds and kingdoms, “Aladdin” was going to bring to life elements of a real world location. “Aladdin” takes place in the Arabian Desert. Brining this story to life, ...

History is a source of knowledge. It is an exceptional chance to learn from someone’s experience, which is especially important when in to comes to studying leadership. World-famous intellectuals, like Galileo, Machiavelli, Charles Darwin and Karl Marx are the quintessence of unconditional leadership, as their innovative contributions to science, politics and economics made a significant impact on the course of history. Niccolo Machiavelli, a 16th century Italian diplomat and political thinker, wrote a revolutionary “The Prince” political treatise. Between the years 1498 and 1512 he served as a political analyst and a diplomat in Florence. That period is ...

The Bagdad Taxi, a documentary movie directed by Frederic Tonnoli sends chills down the spine of everyone who watches it, at least mine had chills. The setting of the film was months after the end of the tenure of the American troops in Iraq. The movie revolves around a filmmaker who sojourns the country of Iraq right from one far end to the other, in a taxi with Khalid, who doubled as both his friend and a cab driver. The journey covered over ten Iraqi towns with a good number of over a hundred police checks, as the filmmaker ...

Documentary film “Ethos: Time to Unslave Humanity” presented by Woody Harrelson was produced in 2011 by the director Pete McGain.

“Ethos” is defined in the Cambridge Dictionary as “the set of beliefs, ideas, etc. about the social behavior and relationships of a person or group” (Meaning). So, judging from the name, the film offers the way of unslaving humanity by forming some kind of “correct” social beliefs and behavior. The motto of the film is: “It is impossible to change the system without knowing the process of its work”. The plot of the film shows us all sides of not working system, which contradicts democracy, individual’s liberty and environment. Unlimited and uncontrolled corporate power is defined as the ...

Over the past two decades, health care costs have risen at twice the rate of inflation. This has made quality health care just out of reach for millions of poor Americans, many of whom defer health care treatment due to its high cost. Those that do seek care frequently risk going into debt, sometimes to the tune of hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. Hospitals are not always up front about costs, so some patients do not have any idea how much they will end up paying until long after they have received treatment. For example, in ...

The video is a documentary about a team of researchers that are seeking support to clone humans. Their main argument is that they want to help people who cannot have babies even though they also explicitly say it is their ambition to do it and to be rich at any cost. They do not talk about ethical concerns nor values. They only say it will be hard work, and there are risks to be taken. The main concern that arises at the very beginning of the video is the possibility of deformed babies. The doctor leading the project, Doctor ...

Abstract

It is well-known fact that people in the US are watched, listened and even recorded against their notice and surely, will. It is also known, that all these undemocratic actions are performed in the name of security. The United States of America is not always related to an advanced technology, high-quality of education and excellent art venues, and Hollywood, sadly, the term “police state” often pop-ups and is being closely affiliated with the America. George J Bush introduced and implemented Patriotic act shortly after September terrorist attacks (2001), however, Barack Obama kept his legacy and Edward Snowdens’ famous leaks ...

Article: Trolls Flood “Ghostbusters” IMDb Ratings, But Female Film Critics Fight Back

Response Thesis: The ratings in Ghostbusters are just a sign of the misogynist problem in the modern American Society The ratings on the film, ‘Ghostbusters’, an all female cast film, are not based on the true feelings of these men on the quality of the movie, but rather by the misogynistic inclinations of the average men in America. Giving a rating of one out of ten even before the official release of the movie is not only disrespectful, but also highly irresponsible, as it is a testament that the male critics do not dislike the movie, but rather, they ...

Introductory Remarks

At this point, it is no secret the American society shows a degree of tolerance lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered individuals never enjoyed in the 20th century. The question emerges of why it is that people have grown more tolerant towards and supportive of LGBT individuals. Media categories, such as television and films considered the carriers of culture, influence people’s perception, as does the culture itself shaping it. Thus, the way such phenomenon as same-sex relationships along with their participants are depicted in television and movies determines how tolerantly the society will perceive such people. The major research ...

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Overview

Based on a 2005 survey that was published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, 2.6 percent of the adult population has a bipolar disorder (National Institutes of Health, n.d.). Among these people, 82.9 percent have severe cases of the said condition. Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive disorder, is a serious condition which affects patients’ day to day lives. The National Institutes of Health (n.d.) describes this condition as a “dramatic shifts in mood, energy, and activity levels.” In the popular culture, this disorder have been presented in many American films. For instance, in the year 2012, ...

“Secret of the Wild Child” hands out numerous sociological and psychological grounds. Taking a look at this documentary film has led most analysts into heartbreaking conclusions about a range of aspects in different disciplines: psychology, sociology and more. Albeit unfortunate, “Secret of the Wild Child” is believed to be one of the film productions that rendered the disciple of psychology and sociology both into a range of expose and criticism. Based on the assertions of the documentary “Secret of the Wild Child,” this paper studies a variety of critical analytical points, thus:

Purpose of the Agents of Socialization

Agents of socialization are critical to holistic ...

Research Paper

The Civil Rights Act and All the Way The Civil Rights Movement was one of the most arduous and hard-fought social progress movements in American history. Capitalizing on the confluence of aggressive resistance to Jim Crow laws and increased pressure from the American public to foster racial equality, President Lyndon B. Johnson had an extremely difficult time reconciling the deep divisions that existed between progressive whites and blacks and Southern whites who wanted to maintain social restrictions on black people. This conflict is depicted in Robert Schenkkan’s play All the Way in an accurate, dramatic manner, showcasing the ...

The song titled Formation is a black power trap anthem sang by songstress Beyoncé Knowles. This song opens up the soul and speaks to us on numerous levels. Its main aim is to clearly bring out the oppression and liberation of the black population in the United States of America (Scribner 5). This is due to the fact that both the visuals as well as the textual lyrics in the song aim at embracing the black race. Beyoncé in the song struggles to shun the stereotyping of the black population. She advocates for the liberation of their suppressed voices ...

A sudden child death is death in an infant which occurs precipitously and unexpectedly. The causes of most sudden child deaths are often not immediately evident to prior investigation. This is due to the fact that it takes less disease to kill an infant than it would take to kill an adult (PBS, 2011). A child can die as a result of a pre-existing medical condition. However, medical practitioners have always found it very difficult to find a link between a sudden child death and the child’s pre-existing medical condition. Hence, when medical examiners fail to diagnose a ...

Business

Engaging on a task that requires development of a dashboard to enable an effective approach in monitoring the performance of key strategic initiatives encompasses significant amount of resources including expert workforce. On the other hand, the cost of developing the dashboard is outweighed by the benefits of deploying a KPI dashboard, which includes allowing the management to closely monitor the company’s overall performance. This is also the motivating factor that would encourage a CIO in undertaking the task of developing the KPI dashboard. Another reason for the development of the dashboard is to equip the company with the ...

One has to reckon the fact that film first came to exist in the public domain as a form of art back in the year 1895. Over the years, this form of art has developed a lot and films have come to be one of the most complicated forms of aesthetic expressions. However, if one traces back to the history of cinema and the making of the early films, it can be comprehended that the films made were quite different from the ones that one sees in the present times. A close introspection of these early works of cinema ...

PBS Documentary Reflection

Many lessons are enhanced with the right film. This is because something visual and entertaining that speaks to the subject breaks the monotony of the lecture. The human face of big data life documentary is a technology-based production by PBS Company that focuses on various issues in digital world. The video is focused on the changing of lives caused by the development in the developments of digital services. The paper shall discuss and reflect on the most interesting aspects of the video. The paper has a focus on a range of data storages from family setups to modernization and ...

The documentary “Transcendent Man” directed by Barry Ptolemy presents the technological perspective of Ray Kurzweil and his position regarding the future of mankind and its relationship with technological development. Notions such as technological determinism, technological optimism, and technological pessimism are explored within the film (Transcendent Man). These ideas are compared and contrasted by the various individuals within the film who take certain positions regarding the advancement of technology and the implications that this has on social and cultural development. In looking at how this relates to my own life, it is evident that the advancement of technology has provided ...

The Hollywood blockbuster, "Zero Dark Thirty" premiered in 2012 and became an instant hit. Ever since its release, the film stirred a great deal of media debate as it was not just about killing of bin Laden and the film makers, but involved foreign-policy, political and national-security journalists and the use of torture. Ever since the 9/11, America lives under the threat of another such attack. There have been a string of documentaries and films on the subject of government secrecy and counterterrorism programs. There are tough questions about how far should the US be willing to go in ...

There is no denying the fact that in the modern world business has a huge influence on many aspects of human life. For instance, it creates workplaces for lots of people around the world, invents new products, and provides needed services for our society. In fact, corporations are the most powerful there due to the fact that they can afford expensive technologies and methods in order to achieve great profit and valuable position in the market. Many of them are well-known for most people nowadays because of huge advertising campaign and media. In addition, they developed special programs for ...

It has been said that obesity is a challenge for many countries, among them developed ones too. It has been also said, that the US is the first in the ranking of obese people among developed nations. The questions that I raise in this essay are as follows: why is obesity a recent issue and where it comes from? Why do Americans tend to be heavier in body weight than inhabitants of other countries? In order to approach those questions, firstly, I will analyze the cultural dimension of eating in an American way since the society, cultural traits and ...

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The film, 300, which was based on a graphic novel written by Miller and Lynn tells the story of the legendary King Leonidas of Sparta and how his 300 men courageously defended the pass of Thermopylae from the invading Persian army (Miller & Lynn). The film, however, was highly sensationalized. Miller, himself, admitted that ‘300’ was deliberately made exaggerated and historically inaccurate in some of its scenes for the purpose of making it more interesting and exciting. One of the many historical inaccuracies of the film 300 was the depiction of Sparta’s rite of passage. In the ...

Jazz for years has remained an intriguing and interesting phenomenon in the music world. After watching the Jazz documentary by Ken Burns, the American filmmaker, there emerged interesting facts and fascinating observations that I realized made the genre a phenomenon. From the video, one of the main reasons jazz has been elegant and intriguing is origins because of its origin and diversity. The documentary comes out as a celebration of an exceptional art form in America while also noting the talent and uniqueness of people that made contributions to the genre (Farley 113-129). In the documentary, Burns strives to ...

Shot as a film within a film, La Chinoise that can also be referred to as “The Chinese,” involves five youths in the late 1960s in France who had come together to constitute a rebel Marxist group where they decide to stay together in a loft. The film comprises of five main characters: Véronique, a philosophy student, and the main leader of the sect, Guillaume who depicts himself as a theatrical actor, Yvonne, a young woman brought up in a farm in France, Henri a member of the group and Serge Kirilov a Russian pessimist. The revolutionary group ...

Sex registries are laws in different countries that allow the government to keep the track of sex offenders even after they have completed their criminal sentences. The record is accompanied by the address of the offender in question. The offender may sometimes be put to a restriction that does not apply to other people. The jurisdictions even allows the courts to put such offenders under probation. The aim of the paper is to discuss the arguments about sex offender’s registry using four different sources, government report, non-profit organization, books, and documentary videos. The government has passed an act ...

Internal Analysis

Internal Analysis

Introduction

According to David (2011), every organization has weaknesses and strengths in its functional areas. Organizations have several functional areas depending on the industry they operate in. A firm that seeks competitive advantage against rivals must build on its distinctive competencies, which are inimitable strengths that others cannot replicate. Similarly, it is important to build on weaknesses and to turn them into strengths. The process of internal analysis, therefore, involves establishing the company’s strengths and weaknesses within key functional areas. Once completed, an internal analysis helps employees to understand and perform their roles within the larger organizational ...

Darwin’s Nightmare is a movie about several inhabitants’ version of survival and trying to become successful. The movie takes place in Tanzania. Tanzania is in the eastern part of Africa that is located between Kenya and Mozambique. Presently the population in Tanzania is 51,045,882. In the film, the nickname for Tanzania was “fish country. This is an appropriate name because the region where Tanzania is located has the second largest lake in the world (Agency, 2016). The country is also known for fishing, and agriculture. One of the main sources of income is the fish that ...

Rebel Music: Native America - 7th Generation Rises is a documentary that portrays life of modern Indigenous youth who try to bring positive changes into lives of Native Americans. It focuses on four young people who use their art and music not only to express themselves but also to draw attention to current issues Native Americans are facing. Thus a Skowkale musician, Inez Jasper, from British Columbia tries to draw public`s attention to horrible treatment of indigenous women who go missing or are sexually abused in Canada and no one investigates these cases. Also, Lakota hip-hop musician, Frank ...

The viewing of Young – Pyŏn Yŏngju “Nanjun Moksori - Murmuring” (1995) documentary film made me wonder how many other women, from South Korea or any other part of the world, have been sexually exploited in wars without any formal accounting of such events. From the estimated number of 100.000 former South Korean sexual slaves, several of them gathered their forces in a public manifestation, asking for apologies and indemnifications from the Japanese government. These requests keep the women alive and fighting, as the sexual slavery experience left them troubled, frustrated, ashamed and hopeless, dreaming of the life ...

There are different periods in the history of countries that play more or less significance roles. No doubt that First and Second World Wars immensely influenced the life and political situations almost in every country. These were the most disastrous event and their aftermaths were often disastrous too. In spite of these tremendous periods in the world’s history there were no less and maybe, according to some views, more important period in the history of America in the twentieth century. The period of the 60s is treated now as the time of innovations in culture, science, music and ...

Nuclear power is undoubtedly the most sophisticated and economically viable source of energy in today’s modern world. Its technology is among the most sought after by several nations because of its versatility as a beneficial source of energy and as a weapon of mass destruction. The advantages of nuclear power extend to several aspects of ecological preservation where greenhouse gas emission for instance is minimized when using nuclear energy as compared to traditional coal-powered energy. On the other hand, the risks involve in nuclear power supersedes its perceived benefits. For one, Uranium mining in which uranium is obtained ...

The films that will be examined in this paper have much in common though, at the same time they consist of different aspects in their plots and picture different characters (Hayward 67). The main issue that unites all these films is the theme of obsession. The meaning of this word in films is the same, but considering each character, it may have slightly different understanding. Each character has different aims and values and they act according to them (Parkinson 109). Nevertheless, there is one common and the most important characteristic feature in their behavior. It influences their lives and ...

The timespan between the post-colonial era and the early 20th century was marked by a specific rise in the urban culture (‘city life’) in America and there were some uniquely identifying characteristics of this emergence of the city life. This essay aims at exploring the various identifying aspects of the American cities that separated them from the rest of the country and conditions that led to a widening social stratification between the lifestyles of the rich and the poor in these cities. In order to understand the various unique characteristics of the American urban life during the chosen era, ...

In the given paper, two movies, “To Die For” and “Drop Dead Gorgeous”, will be considered in terms of evil and daemonic sides of the souls of the protagonists. The factors that moved the girls and urged them to commit violent acts will be determined as well. In the author’s opinion, evil and daemonic side exists in the soul of every person, but someone has limits, while others make evil and daemonic side prevail all the other qualities and traits. In the selected films, the latter type of people is represented by the female protagonists whose evil side ...

The makers of the documentary were not against the establishment of a city. They were against the destruction that was brought about by the unplanned city structures, the overpopulation and the pollution that made the city unsightly and unsafe to live in. They implied that there must be some way to live in the city without having to suffer the congestion and the pollution that generally comes with it. The documentary makers showed a comparison of the picturesque view of New England (02:35) and that of the industrialized but polluted city (07:45). The makers presented the comparison in order ...

The kind of information conveyed by the fictional documentary illustrates the historical images and roles of women which kept on changing in the US all over the 20th century. The dramatic documentary presents the US women in the family and at work across the generations in a sequential manner. The movie presents the different positions taken and roles played by women as they championed politics at war, the sexual revolution and the ways in which women presented themselves in creating and molding the history of the US since 1900. This paper seeks to summarize the first part of the ...

Stakeholders in Organizational Health and Safety

The primary directive of the OHS is illness and accident prevention. The discipline realizes that employees have the fundamental right to have a job environment that does not harm their well-being and ruin their medical outcomes. The field of occupational health and safety has various essential stakeholders who are expected to carry out the practices and ensure that the business follows the security regulations. Each active stakeholder has a crucial role to execute. Some of the stakeholders mentioned in the slides include workers, employers, and the government. Industry owners must ensure that the safety regulations are known by everyone ...

Is Wal-Mart Good for America?

1-How has Wal-Mart changed the power relationship between retailers and manufacturers? Give examples from the documentary. Wal-Mart has had an enormous impact on American producers. In the film Is Wal-Mart Good for America, narrator talks about “the revolution” in the relationship between retailers and manufacturers that took place in the USA when Wal-Mart decided to cooperate with foreign suppliers. In the past manufacturers determined what to produce and at what price to sell their products. However, Wal-Mart that heavily relies on the economies of scale was able to overcome the old “push-production” system and now successfully dictates suppliers and ...