Power of Documentary

It's a testimony to the power people attribute to documentary, that when they see something that they disagree with, they tend to react strongly.

I like this documentary.  It's picked a difficult subject.  Immigration.  And although I think the film is a little biased it provides a platform for people to talk about the issue.

Its certainly got conflict, and characters, don't know about the resolution.

What's very interesting about this doc and is almost part of it I think, is the 7 pages of comments made on the youtube page.  Read them, they themselves are a document of some people's attitudes. (link at the bottom)

Maybe the power of documentary is to get people talking about difficult subjects, by having at least some of the information from both sides. 

Maybe not.  Maybe it is the role of the documentary maker to represent the views of the most marginalised, most persecuted members of society, to let their voices be heard?






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fppe85TQ9Fc