Sunday, November 10, 2013

Brave New Films: A Catalyst for Change

At the screening of two Brave New Film documentaries this Friday I started getting irritated by the amount of empty seats in the auditorium. I kept thinking back to when Dave Franco and Christopher Mintz-Plasse came to campus. It was a madhouse. People lined up for tickets to get into the presentation at 6 am, the auditorium was jam-packed.

I guess it might sound a little bit dramatic but I was getting furious that the auditorium was not filled for these documentaries. Who really deserves to be revered? A couple of guys who star in movies about drinking and smoking or a man who dedicates his life to unearthing the truth about real hard-hitting issues?

My emotions aside, I could not believe how informative and disturbing the drones documentary truly was. I thought I had a somewhat solid grasp on how drones were used by the US air force but I was considerably far off. When the former air-force member mentioned that drone cameras are capable of seeing a soccer ball, I was blown away. I had always thought that the visibility of objects on drone cameras were weak at best. In my head this explained (but did not justify) the high number of casualties.

The fact that we use drones at our own discretion is deplorable. It sounds cliche but one thing is undoubtedly true: violence breeds more violence. We are single-handedly fueling the fire of anti-American sentiment abroad by killing and maiming innocent civilians.

Kids. School teachers. Tribal leaders. All targeted with no legitimate reason. There needs to be an end to this. We are digging ourselves in a hole so deep that finding our way out might just prove impossible.

Brave New Films is such an inspiring Indy Media organization. Their documentaries (from what I've seen) strike a brilliant balance between factual and emotional testimonies to the horrors of largely ignored issues.

This is a personal opinion but I think there is a revolution brewing. Something that is a long-time in the making and I think indy media sites like Brave News Films are beginning to become a catalyst for change. Something needs to change. We are at a boiling point and its only a matter of time before Americans reach their final straw and something tips the pot.

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