One of the classes I am taking this semester in my Writing Program is called Rhetoric Then and Now. Rhetoric as may some of you know is the art of persuasion. Basically, we are studying how to use rhetoric in our writing.
There are different materials which our professor chose for us to study. One of them is documentaries and what methods were taken in these documentaries to persuade the viewer.
In yesterday’s class, we watched the second part of Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine, a documentary film about how two young men were responsible for the Columbine High School massacre. The film won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for Best Documentary Features, the César Award for Best Foreign Film.
Part of our duties as students is to analyze what kind of methods Moore used in his documentary to be persuasive enough that eventually he became one of the famous political activists and producers in the
As a non-American person, I haven’t had the chance to hear about Moore before watching the documentary. My close friends in the class told me about him and about some other documentaries. One of my friends advised me to watch Fahrenheit 9/11.
So, what other life savior is than Google to try? I googled his name and found incredible stuff.
I found more details about Fahrenheit 9/11, a documentary which most Americans might have seen. Again, my fingers couldn’t resist video googling it! And yes, I found it! The entire documentary is posted on Google videos!
I watched the entire film and I have to say that it really deserved the 20-minute standing ovation in Cannes Film Festival.
