The Fourth World War (2003) Directed by Rick Rowley
By Lena Stahlschmidt

The Fourth World War is an amazing documentary. It captures people’s movements around the world that resisted the devastation caused by globalisation. It is not extremely educational on what globalisation is in an academic sense, rather it gives specific examples of its impacts. The movie covered issues in Argentina, Mexico, Korea, South Africa, Palestine, and the “War on Terror.” It makes for a powerful and empowering movie through the momentum and dedication of people all over the world. However, at the same time it is a saddening and discouraging movie through its portrayal of the powers of corporations, politics, and greed and the lack of power that people can have over changing the system. The combination of the commentary, music, topics, variety of examples and amazing footage makes for an entertaining, powerful, and important documentary. Watch this movie!

***** 5 stars out of 5

(Available to borrow free from the Global Education Centre library – email Eva@globaled.org.nz for how to join)

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 9th, 2006 at 9 August 2006 and is filed under Articles, Films.

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