Sunday, September 17, 2017

Documentary Reflection

1) A specific scene that made me feel more understanding I would say is when the director was talking to the cartel in the desert in the middle of the night and one of them was saying how he know that they are hurting people and that to other they heartless gang members but to each other they are a family supporting each other because how else are they suppose to make money which by no way makes up for what they are doing but I understand better from both sides. I got to see a close up of the damage the cartel was doing to the people of Mexico.

2) I was surprised when I found out that Dr. Mireles was corrupt and was working with the cartel. I assumed he was one of the good guys judging from his story. As the film went on and on he began to do more suspicious thing. A clip in the film was seen of one of him meeting late at night with someone who is believed to be a cartel member.

3) The main question I had after watching this documentary was, "How does it all end?" "Who will put a stop to the cartel now?" The feeling of compassion and understanding stayed with me after the film because it the documentary helped me see things from other peoples lens. No, these feelings did not pop back up in life in unexpected ways because I live a better life than those people that I saw in the documentary and so far I have been taking it for granted like the fact that I don't have to wake up everyday and fear losing my parents or sibling in the cross fire between gang members and vigilantes.

5 problematic concepts are: Corruption, Violence, Poverty, Drugs, and Weapons

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