Watching this documentary really woke me up and it was
extremely heartbreaking. This documentary featured a photographer who on and
off lives in the red light district and tries her hardest to help the children
get out of there. She teaches the children about photography, gives them
cameras and this brings happiness to the children’s lives. The photographer
takes them on trips to be able to take breathtaking photos and provides them
with opportunities that they would have never received on their own. This
documentary was about the red light district and how difficult it is to get out
of there. Girls are raised to be prostitutes and education does not matter.
This documentary highlighted the extremes that go on over there and showed
actual footage of the neighborhood and what goes on in the homes there. The
actual footage of how the people live, what they do and how they speak and
treat one another really touched me and it was so heartbreaking to see young
children having to go through that and not being able to do anything about it. Parents
are actually no parents at all, fathers do drugs, drink and attempt to sell
their daughters, while mothers are prostitutes. Every detail in this
documentary was extremely touching and heartbreaking, this documentary was
filled with pathos, logos and ethos in so many different ways. This documentary
relates to our semester topic, because this photographer went over there, as a
citizen journalist, and filmed an entire documentary to be able to make us
aware of what is going on over there and what we often fail to see or think
about. If she had not been a citizen journalist, many of us would have never been
so informed on this topic or been able to see the actual footage that is
included in this documentary. I believe that it is good to post things in this
manner, because it is there to inform the public, inform anyone who will watch
the documentary. When the maker of the documentary is posting it in this way,
they want as many people as possible to be able to access the information and
become informed on the manner. The international nature of the internet
complicates this situation, because with everything there are tons of copyright
laws and most times every person wants at least a little bit of credit for something
that they did in the documentary. The nature of the Internet does make it
possible though for most people to be able to access this kind of information
if it is posted in an open manner, such as this documentary. In this film, the
citizen journalist is extremely involved in the situation that she is filming. However,
I do not believe that it impacts her filmmaking decisions. I think this way
because there is no positive side to this situation, if there were two sides to
what she was filming, then I do believe that her involvement could have
impacted her filmmaking. Her involvement while making the film created more
pathos, as far as I believe. I adored her involvement so much that it held my
attention even more, because I wish that I had the opportunity to do such
things and make a change, such as the one she made. She is bias, but with good
reasoning, as I mentioned above, there is no positive side to the red light
district, therefore it is okay to be bias. Citizen journalist and professional
journalist partnered together in this film by completing it together and making
it an actual award-winning documentary. I think that this partnering is
important because it helps put together different perspectives and not just one
opinion. The partnering also makes sure that everything is captured, of course
four eyes see more than two eyes would. This partnership also made it possible
to make this documentary available to everyone, so that everyone has the opportunity
to log onto the Internet and get informed on this topic. We can partner with
professionals by getting in contact with them, get in contact with someone who
is interested in what we are currently filming and make sure that it is a
working partnership, meaning you will be able to bring one thing to the table
and the professional another thing.
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