We are in an age of documentaries and they show no signs of slowing down, I believe that is a good thing. Documentaries definitely have an educational value, as long as one understands the limitations as well as the bias that comes with this genre of film. Bias can be good and it resides in all of us, yet the documentary allows us to get a glimpse or point of view of an experience that many of us will never have to face, Darwin's Nightmare and Social Genocide come to mind in this respect. The latter outlines the events and corruption that Argentinians had to face by their ever changing and corrupt governments who betrayed their constituents for their own selfish needs, while the former takes corruption and greed and combines it with the cons of globalization. Enron is similar in many respects, yet the corruption is more refined and its focus lies within the confines of one single company. I admit, I was angry throughout the film, and I cannot help but think of those who believed in the company and supported its decisions and how one group of privileged white men, once again, took advantage of their positions in society. Will a film like this push us out of our apathy towards corporations and governments? Unfortunately, I don't think so. The documentary gives us a glimpse of what is going on, but for many of us (myself included)it does not move us towards promoting change, and perhaps that is a failure of our own humanity or perhaps the failure of the forum itself.
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