I watched this at Bloor Cinema yesterday, luckily missing the TTC strike might I add, with my high school.
The movie is obviously biased and it shows -- and that's not a bad thing. It takes a gritty, firsthand look into the atrocities many parts of the world face day in and day out, eventually juxtaposing our overconsumption.
Maybe it was due to the director being there (in the theatre) and letting us know it took her four years to make, but the movie had heart. It faces the problems and also takes a look at solutions, finally ending with what people are doing on our own continent.
It's a mixture of life over there and life on North America. It's real.
I had a few problems with the pace and editing, along with a shot of a girl being pushed down (it was shown on screen twice, to my calculations) that felt taken out of context. The movie also felt slightly lacking, like the information wasn't totally delivered.
It makes you want to feel like an expert without truly paying it's part of the bargain. But that's a minor gripe.
This is definitely one of those movies that everyone should see.
The movie is obviously biased and it shows -- and that's not a bad thing. It takes a gritty, firsthand look into the atrocities many parts of the world face day in and day out, eventually juxtaposing our overconsumption.
Maybe it was due to the director being there (in the theatre) and letting us know it took her four years to make, but the movie had heart. It faces the problems and also takes a look at solutions, finally ending with what people are doing on our own continent.
It's a mixture of life over there and life on North America. It's real.
I had a few problems with the pace and editing, along with a shot of a girl being pushed down (it was shown on screen twice, to my calculations) that felt taken out of context. The movie also felt slightly lacking, like the information wasn't totally delivered.
It makes you want to feel like an expert without truly paying it's part of the bargain. But that's a minor gripe.
This is definitely one of those movies that everyone should see.