Hey guys! I am assuming a lot of you have either seen or heard of the "Invisible Children" documentary. However if you haven't, the film was created in 2003 by three USC film students. They went to Africa to create a documentary about the rebel war occurring in the Sudan. They wanted to draw attention to the child victims of the war who are being abducted from their homes and turned into child soldiers. Their goal of this film was to save those children. The film started a huge movement on campuses around the world through use of social media. This film and it's creators have gotten a lot of negative flack. Many say they were more focused on self-promotion then the actual cause. Many critics believe this documentary is too similar to a MTV reality show and thus loses it's activist message. I've attached the opening portion of this film. Tell me what you guys think. Is this activist media or not?
See you tomorrow!
-Kaelen
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Invisible Children Pt (1/6)
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thanks for this! Could you post some links to the critics and to other material about the film?
ReplyDeleteI love that I'm not the only one who konws about Invisible Children here. LOL. I donated some money to the organization last year.
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