The film demonstrates the importance of imagery in conveying context. A chinese man whose photo was taken at the three gorges dam commented "It's a very broad view. It's hard to see the detail." And I think this comment was more relevant to our context halfway around the world, than the image itself. The film provides a new perspective on your personal belongings. One of the most striking scenes is of a shipbreaking shore in Chittagong, Bangladesh - showing what happens to our oil tankers. We see them manually disassembled in the film and the 18-20 year old men who scrape the leftover crude from the bottom. I would like to thank Dr. Webber for giving us this assignment because I've wanted to watch this film since last semester and never got around to it. It's fantastic and I highly recommend it. The trailer is a little doomsday, so see relevant clips here . Just ignore the creepy music in it and the film. A quote by the photographer explains the point of...
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