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Water is an everyday source that is a necessity in life. Without it there is no life and no function in the world. In the movie Flow by Irena Salina there is a look at water and how the people living today overuse it and abuse it. This movie was documented in 2008 to show to our people how water can’t be abused and we need to conserve it, because sooner or later we wil be living in a world without it. We wont be able to keep living because of the lack of supply on it. That because water is an essence of life we need to face the fact that we are greedy with it. The documentation uses true facts on the diminishes we are faces with water. This attracts the audience to put full attention and try and figure out ways to stop this from happening. Since the documentation are actual things that are happening in oue lifetime a nd how the result may be the extinction of humankind, the film attracts many in this way. There are several ways in catching attraction to see the overall problems such as pollution,wastefullness, to greed. Because of the way the documentation is filmed there are many reasons why it was filmed. One may be because people want to let their society know that easy resources such as water are starting to be difficult to obtain. That sooner or later it will either get to expensive or lose it forever. How many water companies take advantage of water and use it as their business, how they put an excessive price on it. I believe the spiritual relation in this documentation is that God wants us to appreciate what we have. That just because there is so much of a cetain supply doesn’t mean that we need to be inconsiderate and greedy, but that we need to take in consideration about the future and what needs to be done to save the future children of God.
The film “Flow” is a film directed by Irena Salina. This documentary is about water in our world and the problems we have with our current supply of water. It discusses some issues as the contents and chemicals in our tap and bottled water. The issues of privatizing water and depriving the poor from access to free tap water are issues also discussed in this film. The film uses images of poor people and dirty water supply to attract the audience and get them to empathize with the characters. It also uses the problems of the diminishing water supply to inspire fear in the audience to get them to act. This film is intended for everyone because this issue affects all of us. The filmmaker wants us all to act. The purpose of the film is to educate the audience of the problems of privatizing water and the damage to the supply of water. It is to get people to act and change their ways. The value of resources is expressed in this movie. It discusses not only water but also oil and how there are wars over it and that water can lead to the same. I think this film shows how God wants us to care for our planet and made us masters over the Earth. So far, we aren’t doing a good job. The importance of community is expressed in this movie. This affects us all and together we must act to find a solution.
Food, Inc.
Two-thirds of America is overweight, and Food, Inc. takes us behind the scenes to the reasons for this dangerous travesty. This rather nauseating documentary reveals the disgusting facts about really happens to chickens, cows, and pigs in America, and it explains that there are only a few major business companies who own all of the animals that Americans consume. One particularly heartbreaking scene follows a mother whose very young son, Kevin, ate a hamburger and died twelve days later from E. coli poisoning. She is currently trying to promote a law named “Kevin’s Law,” which would decrease the chances of harmful bacterium entering our food provisions. Robert Kenner and Eric Schlosser produced this highly informative film, in hopes that we would learn about where our food comes from. In their eyes, this knowledge is a basic right. Because of the cheapness of our food, millions of American children currently suffer from type 2 diabetes and obesity, as do many, many adults. Sadly, in our skewed society, the cheap food is junk food, and vegetables and fruits are far more expensive—for no apparent reason other than the backward motives of the food industry. This incredibly expository documentary is quite raw but I believe children should watch it, as well as adults, because they need to know what is hurting them. The spiritual aspect of this movie is found perhaps in the fact that these documentary makers are trying to help the world become a better place. They do not seem to believe in God, but the message they spread by making this film is an important one, and they are reaching out to mankind and attempting to stop senseless slaughter and untimely deaths.
“Food Inc.” is a 2006 documentary directed by Robert Kenner. The documentary focuses on the food making industry and how it has taken advantage of the workers, environment, animals, and consumers. The film argues that the food making industry has changed its mentality from mom and pop farming to a large money hungry monopoly. Since this film was a documentary, it was able to use many other creative techniques that a normal theatrical film could not use. The film used narration from various experts on the topics, personal stories and experience, and interesting statistics that altogether made their argument stronger. Since this film is persuasive in nature, people can interpret it differently based on whether they agree with the argument or not. You can be convinced of the argument depending if you are into helping the environment, interested in maintaing personal good health, are distressed about the mistreatment of animals, and if you are sympathetic to the workers. This underlying message that spoke out to me was that this is not how its supposed to be. Adam and Eve were the first farmers on earth and what was portrayed on the film looked nothing like how agriculture was meant to be. This simply goes back to the overarching theme that earth is not our earth, and we should not forget our true home in heaven.
The documentary “Flow” was directed by Irena Salina. The film is a documentary on a current problem in the world which the documentary style in itself is used to captivate the audience’s attention. It helps bring more awareness to the world. People experiencing the problem of paying for their water and the pollution of it will definitely understand the problems going on, but people that have the benefits of not having to live in the horrible world of water pollution will understand it less, but become more aware. The message is being communicated because people need to know about the problems going around in the world and not just in their society. Awareness to the situation will make more people want to find ways to help out for this great cause. The lifestyles represented through the movie are the ones that are in poverty and being treated unfairly by having to pay to unpolluted their water, when they don’t have any means of making much money. The film really made me think about things, as to what God had to do with this film. But I figured that it showed how the world God created is being damaged and we need to be the ones to try and make things better. We need to show more love towards the home God made for us until he returns, and we can’t treat it like it’s our trash can.
Seeing the slaughtered and mistreated cows and chickens was disturbing. Knowing that I have been swallowing meat that might have been covered in feces or wastes makes me want to hurl. Food Inc., directed by Robert Kenner, is a documentary that exposes the reality in how our food is processed and designed. Food has become money and to the big companies they are just objects to get us consumers to buy tons of food. Four big food companies have control over the farms that produce billions of food varieties. One of the most common is corn. Corn can be found in almost anything, even batteries. There are farms that now only feed their cows corn, because it is easy to produce and millions will buy it. The documentary exposes interviews and some were not allowed by the large corporations, such as Tyson. This causes the viewer to wonder why and believe that there must be something that these corporations are hiding. The exposure of sad parents, disturbing videos and images, and interviews creates the viewer to become emotionally interested and sympathetic to the slaughtered animals. It is true that consumers can’t do much but continue eating meat and the farms’ produce, because the healthier foods are more expensive. However, by making an effort to buy the healthier foods and not the processed meats and produce shows that we as humans want a change in how food is priced and made, and how America can defeat the increasing diabetes rates that are controlling our lives. In the beginning, God showed us that it is better to eat the healthier foods grown from the ground. If that is hard to follow then these large companies should at least try to not put money first as they produce their foods.
Food Inc.
After watching this film I felt disgusted with myself. Even though I love to eat meat, this film really made me consider the alternative to become a vegetarian. It was directed by Robert Kenner and was released in 2008. The film is in the form of a documentary which is made to inform the audience about the big issue food processing brings. This type of theme may attract all parts of society because our way of consuming food is immense; also, people interested in fighting for animal rights or how to make the planet a better place (that should be ALL of us). What struck me the most, besides Kevin’s story, was the way they killed the pigs. I was so scared/freaked out/grossed out to see those terrifying images. The way all products are done and processed is crazy and selfish. Food, Inc. is a very good demonstration of this. The message of speaking up and asking authorities and the monstrous factories who have the power, for better crops or all kinds of other animal products, is being communicated for us, society, to demand what is right. At the end of the day we are the ones in charge. A possible solution is boycotting their products. The spirituality I found in this movie was it’s theme and how we all must keep in mind that animals are creatures of God too and to learn how we can create this place a better one. Together we can all do something even if it starts out with something minimal. Little by little the changes we do become enormously helpful.
Director Irena Salina brought us a documentary called “Flow” that deals with the major water crisis the world has been dealing with for hundreds and hundreds of years. Not only do we have a shortage, but also the quality of the water all over the world is extremely poor and killing innocent members of society day in and day out. We are shown the harmful chemicals that are hidden in our bottled water and what comes out of our tap. We hear about contaminated water in third world countries, but we forget that our own so-called “clean” water really isn’t so clean. The film captivates and haunts the audience with sad images of extremely dirty water, stories of mutations due to the minerals added, and also gives hope and inspiration by showing how the community is working to fix and how we too should be doing all we can to help save the quality of what we need most. Our bodies are more that 70% water, and its sad to know that the thing that we all have in common and need is what is depleting oh so quickly. I think that Salina made this film to raise awareness and open the eyes of those of us who really are clueless as to how bad things are. Being in America, we are EXTREMELY wasteful and in denial that there is any problem. Huge corporations use water as a money maker, but God intended for water to be available to us all because it is our necessity to survive. He intended for us to live healthfully and live long happy lives, not living life having to struggle just for clean water.
Flow’. Flow- for the love of water is a documentary directed by Irena Salina.Flow brings to the surface some problems that most of us have never thought about them. I have never thought about privatization of water and i must admit that i am kind of ashamed of myself. Who owes water eventually? No one has the courage to stand up and say ” I do” simply because no one owes water. Water is a necessity that every living organism needs in order to survive. Our cells need to be in a moist enviroment otherwise they die. No wonder why it is called blue gold. They make so much money of it because the interest will never die and it is easy to find. This documentary is recomended for everyone, the younger the better in order for children to realize that water is not inexhaustible. Water belongs to everyone, its a people’s issue, its a people’s right. Nature and everything within it, including people was created to have a balance and harmony. Everything on this world is linked. God has sent us this wonderful gift so we can all share it equally and not make bad use of it like some companies do. He wants us to live peacefully with nature, to have a relationship of giving and taking not just taking. He wants us to be respectfull of what nature provides us especially water. Must we always build walls to break the chain of human solidarity? This harmony between humans and nature must become the rule and no longer the exception.
A disturbing view point on America’s food industry is what Food Inc. is all about, it exposes all of the hidden secrets that are hidden in the everyday food that we consume. The film was directed by Robert Kenner, who is well known for many television documentaries such as Russia’s Last Tsar, and America’s Endangered Species. This movie shows its audience the raw, unrefined, and dirty details of the corporations that control most of the food production in the United States. Examining the costs of putting convenience over nutrition is what this piece really portrays. The movie takes the viewer from the begging stage of the food itself, it shows the lives of the animals society consumes on a daily basis. It gives us a sneak peek into how they are treated and/or mistreated, and really changes the way one looks at what they eat. A look into the factory lines and ultimately the inhumane forms of killing the animals are the evidence needed to emotionally make the audience feel disgust and anger towards the industry itself. Informing the country of what goes on behind closed factory doors is the purpose of this film. An educational documentary that is meant to open the eyes of consumers and show us how much is being over looked by our government. A spiritual aspect of this movie that struck me was the horrible treatment of these animals. An example from the film would be how they make the chickens so heavy that they cannot walk, making it easier for them to grab and kill them. It was one of the saddest things to actually watch, it was difficult to keep my eyes on the screen. Made in the image of God, humans themselves are doing the most disturbing things to these innocent animals. These creations were also made by God and deserve the same treatment that was given to them in the Garden of Eden.
Food, Inc. from writer/director Robert Kenner is a documentary that looks at the huge corporate run food industry and how, through a series of small not even necessarily steps, they have become providers of cheap foods that are no longer wholesome, nutritious or even tasty, and how the big food corporations are now making more money than they ever have before at any time. But the real price is paid by us, the consumers. We pay for it in a significantly greater risk of food illness and in generally poor health from crappy products that are way too high in fat, sugar and salt. I was really disturbed by a scene where a meat processing company, in order to cut down on E-Coli bacteria in their product mixed their meat with another product that was simply ground beef and BLEACH combined with beef to kill the bacteria. Over all Great film even a big eye opener for all ages. If this doesn’t make you think twice about eating meat or changing how you eat, then nothing will. Screw McDonalds.
I chose to watch Food Inc. Food Inc. was directed and produced by Robert Kenner. The creators of the film did not need to use anything special to catch the audience’s attention. The shocking truth behind food was a enough to keep anyone listening. This documentary gives great explanation as to why Americans have so many pathogens entering them and the reason two thirds of Americans are overweight. This movie made me feel betrayed by America and the meat industry. I am proud to be a vegetarian! However, I realized there are many other things I need to stay away from like foods with high fructose corn syrup. I believe this movie was not only intended to teach individuals what is included in their food but to make them aware of how dishonest the processing of our food is. This movie was not only a documentary but a horror film. I believe that we can relate the film to God because just as the movie warns us about eating unhealthy things, God warns us not to do bad things through His law to keep us safe. God created us to be healthy and what the food industries are doing almost force us to be unhealthy. This movie exposes the injustice of the food industries so that we can be educated of what not to eat and learn how to be healthy as God created us to be.
Flow is a 2008 documentary about how major corporations are controlling the water supply and about the injustices people have to go through for a simple glass of water. The film was directed by Irena Salina, produced by Steven Starr, and co-produced by Gill Holland. It discusses how big corporations like Coca-Cola and Nestle are convincing the world that tap water is unsafe and depriving the poor and needy from that vital recourse. A few of the creative techniques used are intense scenes and real like issues. People can relate to it in many different ways. Since the movie talks about what is happening in the world today it’s safe for the whole family. Even then, some smaller children might not find it as interesting. This message is being communicated because it is an important and real issues facing society today. The lifestyles that are shown are of activists and people in third world countries as well as top business people. I think that this movie calls us to be stewards of this earth just like it says in the Bible. If we don’t take care of our earth now then we will have to suffer the consequences in a few years. I personally found this movie to be alarming but very interesting.
Food Inc., a documentary directed by Robert Kenner, exposes the reality of where the food we eat really comes from. I liked the fact that this film opens the eyes of many people today about the food industry. Even though it’s reality, I didn’t like the slaughtering and the killing of the animals they showed. I have been a vegan all my life and have never tasted meat or eggs. Today, I have never had a health issue and feel great. Watching this movie kind of makes me feel better about myself. This film shows us that companies just want us to buy the food so they can make money. One main thing that caught my attention was the mass usage of corn. It surprised me how they even feed the cows corn because it’s easier to produce and they will make more money out of it. The documentary included interviews of different companies. However, some companies didn’t want to be interviewed. This hints at the thought that companies could be hiding information from the public. The way they show the slaughter of the cows and chickens and the interviews of the companies are some ways the viewer’s attention can be caught. I do believe that healthier foods are more expensive, and this film can affect not everyone. However, we can slowly change and slowly start eating healthier. We can all live a healthier life and win the battles over obesity and diabetes. In the beginning, God showed us that it is better to eat the healthier foods grown from the ground. If that is hard to follow then these large companies should at least try to not put money first as they produce their foods. I believe that these animals shown in the film and all animals are creations of God. We all are creatures of God and we shouldn’t disgrace that. We should eat healthy by eating what the Earth gives us.
The documentary “Food Inc” was made to inform viewers of what Americas food industry is actually like. Robert Kenner directed this film and it was release in 2008. This documentary shows a behind the scenes view on the way that the food industry works and how unhealthy it really is. What stands out is the the way the food industry is environmentally damaging to both the consumers and the animals that are involved. The way the animals are treated is so inhumane in order to make this food industry money. What attracted my attention the most would have to be the way the chickens, beef and pork are prepared. It was pretty upsetting seeing the way these animals would be treated in order to satisfy the ‘blind’ consumers. The way this documentary showed this made me want to become a vegetarian not only because of the way the animals are treated but also because it would be a healthier lifestyle. I also found the way our socitey puts prices on foods to be extremely wrong. Society complains about how obese America is and is getting but part of the blame should go to the fact that the cheap food is all junk food where as the healthy food is highly priced. With our economy at a lowpoint its no wonder why America chooses to buy what is offordable, even if it costs them their health. This documentary was made to inform viewers and consumers of what the food industry is like in order to help us improve and make healthier and better choices. It should be viewed by both adults and children.
The film “Flow is directed by Irena Salina. This documentary film exhibits the crisis we have with the current supplies of water in our world. The documentary displays images of poor people, dirty water supply, and pollution to attract the audience and it also helps bring more awareness to the world. Each person understands messages differently from one’s own experience and actions. Moreover, this film is intended for everyone because we need to be aware of this situation and how this issue may affect us. By analyzing this film, it shows that we need to take action instead of being lazy. The purpose of this documentary film is to be aware of this great cause, to find ways to help and find solution, to inform the audience about privatizing waters and the damage to the supply of water. The values that are mentioned in the documentary are the resources of water and oil. The documentary film “Flow” exemplifies how God wants us to care for His creation and it is relevant to respect Him because he is our creator.
i watched “food inc.” it was a very interesting film. i have not seen something like this before. i have heard stories and news coming around but nothing so detailed and well thought out with facts that are freighting. food is a a need not a want in this life, and just scary that in our life we dont have a choice where we get our food its made for us. we can only choose out of 3 huge companies that decide what to make and when, what, where, who. we think we have the choice to chose what we want when we see the isle full of food at the market but we dont see whats behind that. we dont know how it got their whats really inside, what it had to go through who made it. we just see the nice box with all the pretty pictures and advertisements that catches our eye and we buy it. what about all the hard work it was put in it for a worker that got under paid, for the animal that got the life taken away so we can eat in our own peaceful life in our house. theirs so much more behind food than just the box we take home every time we go to the market. God gave us free food for us to chose from the free trees he created for us not to starve but be healthy and live life through him and only relying on him. sin has changed that and made it in to a corrupt sceme for us to buy.
Greggory Bartholomew
February 22, 2011
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Flow movie review
For this week’s movie, I chose to view the film “Flow” which was directed by Irena Salina. Pertaining to the techniques used, an obvious factor was the shortage of water particularly in South America, Africa, and India. From what was seen in this film, one could assume that big businesses are taking over the world’s natural resources and redistributing it back to the people that didn’t have to pay for it in the first place, holding their lives for ransom. Another technique used is describing how different water supplies work, where that water comes from in reality, and how safe that water source actually is. There is a clear and poignant message from this film, which is that water is a precious resource and should be available and free for all forms of life; but if one were a strong capitalist completely against any form of sharing, one might view this film as an insult to everything America has done to sustain itself as its own free country, from diplomacy to uniform agreement. I fully agree with the views expressed in the movie, as it is not fair for farmers or anybody in dire need of clean water to question whether or not they will live another week without falling ill due to the water supply at hand. I believe this message is being communicated because most Americans live inside a bubble of safety and comfort; and whether they are knowledgeable of it or not, innocent lives are being stolen just as their land’s resources are being confiscated. Thus, a film such as this was produced as an outcry for unity in the face of heartless robbery; I believe this film is truly a show of aggravation towards the world’s largest companies and how they spread their corruption wherever they travel, which is how the citizens around that area end up suffering two-fold. There are natural lifestyles expressed in this film, which is one of the film’s many strong points; every living thing needs water, so farmers (who take care of many living things) are one of the first people to suffer at the hands of such an abomination, followed by the normal working class, then whoever is left. The spiritual message I could comprehend from this film is that God’s earth was not meant to last forever, thus He designed it so that it would eventually crumble at His coming; it may at first seem like a bad thing, but in all actuality, we were not meant to live perfect lives on this earth, and we were not meant to live life without our own varying hardships; in doing so, we take up our own crosses and live our lives closer to Jesus than we would living in lack of hardships. I am not saying it is good to let millions of people suffer and die, but I am saying that if we want to solve problems and live like Jesus, the American population should try living in these situations for once in order to understand and assist.
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Water is the very basic necessity to life and without it we would all eventually die. Having such a great important what are we doing to help make sure we never run out or we are using the very best way we could? Irena Salina tackles these questions and more, head on. She is the director of the movie Flow. This movie is how we as people consume one of our most valuable resources. Some of the techniques that the director used to attract he people was she used fear as a powerful motivator. She used images of people who are less fortunate than we are and don’t have the ability to turn a faucet and have good clean water come out. People may take this movie in a couple ways such as not care, care but not make a difference or care and strive to make a difference. This message is being communicated because there needs to be raised awareness of consumption and waste of water. A change needs to be made so that we can help conserve water and help others who are in need of fresh clean water. The view point of God that I saw in this movie reminded me of the parable of master who gave out his talents to his servants, each according to their ability. It reminded me of this because God has blessed us with an abundance of water and it is up to us to use this blessing wisely or let it go to waste.
Directed by Robert Kenner, the movie Food, Inc. lets viewers take a behind the scenes look at how America’s food is processed and packaged. As educational and enlightening the movie was, I couldn’t help but feel like it was somewhat one sided and didn’t really address the real problem as well as it could have. It portrays the companies that process America’s food as evil corporations that only want to make money. While many of these corporations’ aim to do exactly that, it is not the only reason they have a monopoly over the food industry. The reason these companies control the market is because that’s what the consumer has decided they want.
The movie touches on the real problem at the very end. It suggested that we teach our kids to eat healthy and to make choices at the cash register to affect what type of foods we see in the store. I believe this is how people can change the food corporations for the better. We can’t take the easy way out and blame our problems on the corporations who are just trying to do their jobs more efficiently. Change starts from within.
The film “Flow” is a documentary that was directed by Irena Salina. It focuses on the many problems that we have today with our water supply. I feel like it grabs the attention of the viewer by bringing these problems to the light and exposing several problems that people do not know about. One part of the film talks about how poor people shouldn’t even have access to free tap water. I think that poor people would respond very negatively to this but those who aren’t poor might agree with depriving them of free water just because they feel like the may deserve it more. The message in this movie is intended to spark an interest in people and have them go out and make a difference. The lifestyle that is being portrayed through this film is the life of the poor people who are being forced to pay money just so that their water isn’t polluted. This has become a big issue that needs to be dealt with by everyone as a whole because that is the only way that we will be able to change how things are and make them better. I believe that this film is telling us that we need to care for our environment just like how God intended for us to do.