populations by human-to-human transmission. In the documentary, Ebola: The Plague Fighters, the virus is illustrated as an increasingly deadly disease that could not be controlled. In the beginning public health professionals and medical doctors thought it would only be contained in Africa, however, as populations of people migrate and diffuse to other nations the illness slowly began to creep into Western countries. The severest outbreak shown in the documentary is the Ebola outbreak of 1995 in an African
Second Skin is a documentary that focuses on the effects of virtual worlds on individuals and society as a whole. Its main focus is on the virtual world; World of Warcraft. World of Warcraft is no ordinary video game; it does not just involve one playing by their self. World of Warcraft is an online video game that is played simultaneously by many people; it is labeled a MMORG – massively multiplayer role playing game. There are over fifty million people who play a MMORG, showing just how isolated
The historians, psychologists, and scientists inside the documentary meticulously scrutinize the evidence that is left from the time and find evidence that suggests a more reasonable and biological answer than the witchcraft allegation behind the Salem Witch Trials. They end up searching maps and inspecting the descriptions
The documentary Fed Up is not your average documentary that’s all about scientific evidence and numbers. This film tells a different non-sugar coated story on sugar and its addiction and in our country. Fed up is a insightful, dramatic anecdotal story on a country that just likes whatever it consumes sweetened even if it’s supposed to be low-fat or healthy for it. We see the rise in all types of sickness. Diabetes is like a plague amongst America, as the numbers of diabetics go up so does the number
The documentary film ‘Once My Mother” is produced by Australian filmmaker Sophia Turkiewicz which depicts her Polish-background mother Helen’s struggle of survival as a refugee during World War II and the process of reconciling with her mother after her abandonment in an orphanage at a young age. In some sense, it is a story of loss and abandonment due to all of the extraordinary challenges experienced by Helen. However, because of these challenges, Helen was able to demonstrate and reveal her incredible
Jones asks them about what they love, what they fear, and what they want. Jones also asks them to show what they feel by using single gesture. As a result, in “Still / Here” spectators can watch the movements that had come directly from people facing sickness and
Jennie Livingston, director of the 1990 documentary film, Paris is Burning, challenges the public to revisit their judgments on race, gender, and sexuality as she provocatively attempts to unravel the dynamic world of “ball culture” in New York City “and the African-American, Latino, gay, and transgender communities involved in it.” It was Livingston’s investigation that affirmed the link I was uncovering between the gender performance popularly described as “Drag” and spirit possession. The act
Some events are forgotten, and some events affect the world forever. The dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945 was one of these events. The United States was in the middle of WWII, fighting alongside the Allies. America had already lost thousands of troops, and was devastated by the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In an attempt to keep from making a land invasion, the United States first called for a surrender from Japan. When the Emperor refused, President Truman made the unforgettable
unleashes a plague on mankind. Her daughter Pyrrha (fire), first mortal born woman, and her husband Deukalion survive the great deluge and repopulate the Earth by throwing stones over their shoulders. Consequently, this story blames women for all sickness, old age, and
The medical mission has its roots in 1838 in Canton, China, when British, American and Chinese missionaries, physicians and businessman created the 'China Medical Missionary Society.' (IAMS 1992) . Medical missions portray the first attempts of the world humanitarianism which, undeniably, triggered later on global health practices. One of the most significant missionary doctors was Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) whose figure took various status both as an object of commemoration and as a global