Invisible Children/Boys of Baraka

ryan198
ryan198 Posts: 1,015
edited September 2006 in A Moving Train
Hey it's been awhile since I've been on to post, but hello to everyone, hope you are well. I just finished my comps - which was the big reason for my disappearance -, and am back in school - which will inevitably lead to more posts. Anyway in the post-comp hangover I got my hands on a couple of POV documentaries (It could be argued that all documentaries are POV but whatever) The Invisible Children and Boys of Baraka, and thought I'd point them out to other AMT viewers. While both films are flawed (the IC creators actually thinks that we value children in the US, whereas the Boys of Baraka counters that with children from downtown B-More), they do pose a few questions for our pro-neoliberal capitalists, and the supposed wealth and prosperity that the world has enjoyed through trickle-down economics. Anyway I thought some people might want to check these out and discuss them here.
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  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    What questions are those?
  • ryan198
    ryan198 Posts: 1,015
    farfromglorified wrote:
    What questions are those?
    Several questions, but the main one being "where are our priorities". I'd suggest checking out the videos and you can see for yourself. Like I said they are flawed, but still could provide good spaces for discussion nonetheless.
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    ryan198 wrote:
    Several questions, but the main one being "where are our priorities". I'd suggest checking out the videos and you can see for yourself. Like I said they are flawed, but still could provide good spaces for discussion nonetheless.

    I'll have to check them out.
  • ryan198
    ryan198 Posts: 1,015
    I'm pretty sure you can get invisible children for free, and boys of baraka is on sale on Amazon for like 17 bucks (plus it was just on PBS).

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