Ok, well I don't have a whole lot to write about, so I thought I would touch upon my Documentary Film class that I am currently taking. Well, first I need to mention that it is a study of doc. film as it relates to history. As I am sure you can imagine, we are focusing a good bit on WWII and the films that accompanied it. We spent last Monday watching a movie called "Night and Fog" which was possibly one of the most visually horrific movies I have ever seen in my entire life. Mainly because it used actual footage captured when the Allies went into many of the concentration camps. The movie was very much a juxtaposition of what appears in these places now and what happened in the past. It was one of the most sobering things I have ever viewed. To think that things like that occurred are sickening. One of the most interesting things, though is the fact that the filmmaker had the foresight in 1955, when the movie was made to state that things like this can happen anywhere at any time and we must be vigilant to protect against this. Knowing today's climate and what has happened since 1955, you can see that he was correct. So, the question begs to be asked...at what point does a witnessing of human atrocities parlay itself into action of an intervening nation?
Posted by Morgan
at 2:27 PM EDT
