Documentaries
On vice.com there is a documentary about Pablo Escobar. This is a documentary which talks about him when he was alive and what he done. It shows two DEA agents who spent years on trail on him. Even if this documentary is very accurate it is not very balanced. The documentary is mostly the DEA agents and doesn't have peoples opinions from people Pablo knew. They favour the police's side on the documentary making it unbalanced. They didn't have other people talk about Pablo who knew him would've made the it have made the documentary better because we would've gotten more information and learnt more things. We only know about him from the police experience when they were working on his case. For example, they talk about how smart, cunning he was as they weren't able to catch him. They spoke about how he had a 'robin hood mystique' because he built churches and gave money to the poor. They also spoke about his bad side, how he tortured people and how he invented 'Narco terroism'. The documentary is also very impartial. This is because during the documentary the two DEA agents remain neutral. They don't put their own opinion and beliefs on what they thought about Pablo. This is what made the documentary good because they showed the best of both sides.
When watching a documentary you want it to be accurate and factual. What the people are talking about needs to be true as you don't want to watch something that could give you false information. This Pablo Escobar documentary was accurate and doesn't have ant misleading facts. This is because they have experience as they were working on Pablo's case from when he was alive and also because they have videos and pictures to back them up.
Link: https://video.vice.com/en_us/video/cocaine-narcos-sicarios-and-peru-part-1/56019b06b4e7abe15ebcc3f8
Another documentary I found on Vice.com was Maternity leave: How America's is failing its mothers. Its a documentary about America and papa new Guinea being the only countries in the world that does not have paid maternity leave. The documentary follows Tracie Morriessey who talks about the problems American's face when they do not have paid leave. The good things about this documentary is its very accurate and realible. Even at the start if the woman talks about her experience she doesn't stay on the subject for too long and already starts stating facts and goes onto an interview about a woman who did not have paid maternity leave and later found her son dead. However through the documentary Tracie is giving facts, showing charts and interviewing people. She even interviews people who work for the government and what they think which makes the documentary more reliable and trustworthy. Tracie is also speaking directly to the camera also which makes the audience feel involved and will engage them more. The documentary is also very balanced as she involves both opinions of what people think about the maternity leave. She doesn't stay on one side which will make it more interesting for the audience as they would want both opinions on this. What is also good about this documentary is that the woman is impartial. She states facts and doesn't give her opinion and the only opinions that are spoken are from the people who agree and disagree.
Link: https://video.vice.com/en_us/video/ovary-action-maternity-leave/56afd1501f8f224341d4947a
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