People say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, a movie must be worth a million then. Over the last few years there seem to have been a heap of brilliant documentaries
Media / Hunga Pāpāho
PARTYING UP AT PARIHAKA
The first Parihaka Pace Festival was held in March 2006. Rose Lawson and two friends went along to volunteer - and party…
POLE TO POLE YOUTH CHALLENGE
The Pole to Pole Leadership Institute was set up to inspire the youth of today to stand up and be leaders within their communities whilst addressing the critical issues of our time, such as poverty, AIDS, Fair Trade, and critical wildlife management.
THE FUTURE OF FOOD REVIEW
The movie presents food in the 21st century: the way we grow it, the way we mess with it and the current corruption, deceit, and dangers that exist. It also gives an even dimmer outlook of our planet’s future related to food…
LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT REVIEW
This film takes a look into the world of politics through a hip-hop lens. It follows the American hip-hop movement from the 80’s to present. Through the voices of the hip-hop community issues such as the war on drugs, Regan presidency, crack epidemic, racial profiling, patriot act, censorship, police brutality, poverty, the industrial prison complex…
THE FOURTH WORLD WAR REVIEW
The Fourth World War is an amazing documentary. It captures people’s movements around the world that resisted the devastation caused by globalisation.
SYRIANA REVIEW
Syriana is an interesting movie which brings to light the economics, politics and corruption behind the oil industry.
RUPERT MURDOCH
Clearly, Rupert Murdoch is a very gifted entrepreneur, from one local newspaper to a $30b (US) media empire. While at first this may not seem connected to poverty, it gains a certain logic when you link it up with the fact that newspapers, TV and other media sources are where most people find out about world events.
Sensationalism in the Media
Ilai Amir, Waitakere.
In a world where there isn’t enough time to do everything that we want, we end up relying on mainstream media to show us the world beyond our front doors.
I’ll talk a little bit about one of the issues associated with mainstream media - Sensationalism.
