Coal World (ain't nothin sunny)
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This shot was very powerful to me. It shows me the emotion on
his face, I say that for a reason because it doesn’t seem like there is any
emotion. The man seems to be a hard worker, and this can show all the people
that do not support coal what kind of work these men face every day. The
blackness on his face exemplifies his work, and his hard accentuates the fact
that his job can be potentially dangerous. Hence the Massey explosion. The man
says he’s the same as everyone else: a doctor, a school teacher, and etc. This
is totally true, this picture just shows that they put in hard day’s work in red
to provide for their family, and that they want to live a normal life is the
same as everyone else. The shot of the doctor's office, and sign of the "Black Lung" is very powerful, as it shows the hazardous conditions they work in. I, being from Kentucky, have heard this argument many
times; coal is bad for the environment, but it is the livelihood for many
people that live here, and this documentary is good to show that everyday aspect
of monetary survival that a coal family is.It's important to see that the sereotypes that are associated with these people re just that, stereotypes. They are people just trying to live the american dream, even if it is in a more blue-collar way.
Cats
(I was tempted to no put a picture of a cat, and talk about
it as I love cats, but I’ll just put it in the bottom for everyone to enjoy :) )
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