In the short documentary film Skateistan, directed by Orlando von Einsiedel, shows us how the simple hobby of skateboarding can help kids of different genders communicate and build relationships with each other. Skateistan, a Non-Governmental Organisation being run by Shana Nolan, helped give the children of Kabul, Afghanistan hope, knowing that there's more out there in the world than just War.
From this short film, we can clearly see the major effect war has on the people of Afghanistan. In the film, we are shown the effects of war on Fazilla and her family.Her family has suffered because of the effects of war on them. They are poor. Their healthcare, education and their economy devastated. “Life is hard for me personally because our family is poor. Sometimes we can’t afford enough to eat.
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Growing up he has been so used to witnessing war, that he isn't scared of it anymore. He says that they can't escape the violent situation because it keeps stopping but also keeps haunting them throughout their life. "It's been happening throughout my life, and it will continue into the future."-Murza. He is also the same as Fazilla, poor. He has to work in order to provide not only for his needs, but also for the needs of his family. During the winter season, he would be washing cars in the cold conditions of Afghanistan. He described that during those tough times, sometimes the cars would freeze, but his hands would freeze and crack too. Just like Fazilla, life was very difficult for him as well. All Murza wants is a leader, a leader that will bring peace to his country so that he can live a normal life. Comparing my life to the life Murza has, I would definitely rather have the life I have now, the struggle, the exposure from the violence of war is really tough. All Murza hopes is that "my country is led by someone who is able to bring
Mann feel like it’s him against the world and his time is coming soon. He is convinced in this world he do not need anybody and everyone
Poor Kids is a documentary that highlights a major issue the United States is suffering from. This issue is known as poverty, more specifically, childhood poverty. This documentary views the world through the eyes of children that are subjected to lives of poverty due to the poor financial state that their parents are in. Life is very rough for these children and they must live their everyday lives with little to none of the luxuries most people take for granted. Poor Kids sheds light on the painful fact that there are children that starve every day in the United States.
The black experience is one that always needs to be told. There is always a new story because much of Black history has been omitted from American History. More recently, Singer/Producer John Legend inked a deal with WGN to develop a dramatic series on this very story. Underground, a black slavery experience, became WGN’s highest rated series in the station’s history, outpacing WGN America’s 2015-2016 primetime average by 508 percent in total viewers and 1,005 percent among adults 18-49 in live-plus-seven viewing (DVR). Netflix’s 13TH, a documentary which tackles race and mass incarceration, was the first non-fiction film to open the prestigious NY Film Festival in its 54-year history. There is already talk about it being an Oscar nominee. Currently, the American public is about 40 percent minority and that’s increasing by about half a percent every year. The viewing audience
In addition, the poor are overburdened they always have been, especially in 2014. This is owing to the fact that the middle class is close to disappearing, which is forming a large gap between the poor and the rich. Furthermore, banking can be more expensive for nearly all poor people, who are usually put in extreme circumstances where they are required to pay more taxes. And the poor are usually shut out from society and left on the street as if they were a piece of garbage, which is why it is particularly difficult to attain a job as a poor person. Not many people in the world care about the poor.
The most obvious effect of poverty remains the material aspect. The family has no money, therefore they cannot afford a good of decent quality. They can only purchase subpar goods. The family gets cheated numerous times in money related incidents. The housing agent cheats them the most, as they must pay much more money then he told them they would. Not only do they get cheated on the insurance, but they pay much more for the house than the value of it. The bosses cheat them as well: “big businesses had become even bigger. Large corporations were making a great deal of money, and some owners and managers became very rich. However, most of the people working in business and industry were not getting rich” (Duyne). When problems arise with the house, the family can only buy cheap goods to fix them with. When the...
What is poverty? Depending upon where you live, the definition of poverty could vary significantly. In the U.S., we tend to define poverty as not having enough money for life’s necessities such as food, clothing, shelter or medical needs. In other countries, poverty is much bigger than money. It is also about not having the physical means in which to better one’s life. There are many areas of the world where the most basic needs like clean drinking water, proper sanitation and medical care are just not available. When disaster strikes, the people living in these already disadvantaged areas are thrust into situations where death is almost always imminent.
situation they are in. “Poverty is such a personal experience that only the poor can understand it”
The devastating effects of poverty, which affects all nations, go beyond the money that is provided in your paycheck. With a lack of sufficient funds arises a lack of adequate nutrition, there is never enough money in which to buy food to fill the bellies of the hard working men and women who give their all to place a hot meal on the family table. Homelessness, due to having to decide whether
In Khaled Hosseini’s novel titled “A Thousand Splendid Suns”, the concept of man’s inhumanity to man describes the ways that war has a ripple effect, such that any inhumanity carried out has consequences for many more people than are involved in that act. One can clearly see that war leads to destruction during different regimes in Afghanistan. The destructive effects of war can be seen in the death of so many people. It leads to the suffering of the younger generation and it demolishes the infrastructure of the country.
Bracken, Patrick and Celia Petty (editors). Rethinking the Trauma of War. New York, NY: Save the Children Fund, Free Association Books, Ltd, 1998.
...l not be able to have children which they can financially support. Finally healthcare is a large problem, people get sick and due to the economic crisis the government can no longer provide free healthcare, leaving those who are uninsured to die. Along with this ,the birth of stillborns increased to 4/1000 which attributes to the unemployment and mental sanity of women without access to healthcare. These are all major contributors to the rate of natural decrease which is 0.16% in 2008 making it one of the fastest declining country’s in the world. Due to the impoverished economy which results in the high unemployment rate, the low fertility rate, poor healthcare and high percent of natural decrease. It appears as though one of the worlds greatest civilizations, which produced the people we are most indebted to is headed for rapid population decline in years to come.
The film “Coming to America” by filmmaker John Landis, presents a dilemma faced by an African prince regarding his country’s culture and traditions. Although the film is not based on any real country, persons, or events it may affect certain individuals as they may relate to some of the issues presented within. Coming to America takes place in two different countries. One of them being Zamunda Africa a fictitious place and the other Queens New York in the United States. The main characters I will focus on primarily are Prince Akeem and his father King Jaffore of Zamunda Africa and Cleo McDowell along with his daughter Lisa McDowell of the Queens New York. Prince Akeem has approached his twenty-first birthday and now is troubled by a prearranged
It is also characterised by absence of participation in community decision making and in civil, social, economical and cultural life. It may occurs in all countries: as mass poverty in majority developing countries, pockets of poverty amid wealth in advanced countries, loss of livelihoods as a result from economic recession, sudden poverty as a result from disaster and conflict, the poverty of low-wage market workers, and the utter destitution of people who fall outside family assistance systems, social institutions and safety nets (WB, 2000).
What is poverty? Well, according to Webster's Third New International Dictionary, poverty is "lack of money or material possessions; poor." Two-thirds of the world's population fits this definition. I know that many times we think of being poor as not being able to buy the car we want or take the trip we can only dream about. However, being poor, living in poverty, hits a lot lower than that. For example, a resident of the country of Chad will only bring in $100 each year. Since many people can make more than that in one week, some in one day, can you imagine having the feed a family of five or six, or even a family of two, on only $100 a year? These are the conditions that exist in poverty-stricken countries.
Due to poverty, it can effect so many people around you. Children whose parents suffer from poverty go through more severe illnesses than those who are raised under better living condi...