Documentary Affecting Tanzania's Economy

Did anyone see this? I tried to watch it twice, but found it a badly edited mish-mash of giant fish, Tanzanian prostitutes, and a very shady Russian cargo plane crew who liked to brag about running guns from Russia in exchange for the giant fish. Very weird, boring, strange documentary.

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“The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous, the essential act of warfare is the destruction of the produce of human labour”

I've seen Darwin's Nightmare and it's an excellent, excellent, disturbing and thought-provoking documentary.

This article is interesting because they actually show Tanzanian politicians and reps from other countries talking about the image they want to project of the country within the documentary, and even show them saying that documentaries (implied, such as Darwin's Nightmare) are "intentionally" negative by showing the potential environmental devastation of commercial fishing of a non-native fish that was introduced to the lake. Which is of course a fair and balanced move, since they are airing that criticism within their own film! And that of course simply makes it more devastating when the film shows the effects of globalization on the local people and show the hidden link between that fishing and the arms trade. I highly recommend you watch this film no matter where you live--it is an eye-opening expose of the real costs of "trade" and globalization on regular people and the environment.



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"When I told him about class warfare, he asked if we did it in JellO."--translation/paraphrase, The Candidate, CBC

I saw it some time ago. I posted it somehwere in cyber-heaven, but got very little response. Seems few are interested in something that is not "sexy".....

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"We can have a democracy or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few. We cannot have both."
- Justice Louis Brandeis

I watched this documentary with sorrow and hope. Sorrow because so much has happened to so many while the rest of us ignore the reality of globalization. Hope because of humanities very real desire to survive. I highly recommend this documentary to everyone, you can't watch it without feeling that we can change this situation, if we want to. It is probably one of the most cruesome examples of destruction due to greed; the most powerful image I saw was the children who spend each day doing nothing but trying to survive. There play is part of their survival, they wrestle over a bowl of food, they feel pride in their ability to numb their own pain. This is the best example of human beings living in a worst state than any animal while governments and corporations ignore their impact on these helpless people. It is hard to watch, but certainly an eye opener.

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If I stand for my country today...will my country be here to stand for me tomorrow?

Actually there was far too much in it that was sexy. I was getting a little annoyed at all the air time they gave that prostitute, for example. Sure she had a beautiful singing voice, but sitting through 1/2 an hour of watching Russian cargo pilots show home movies and brag about all the prostitutes they have laid was a little much for me.

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“The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous, the essential act of warfare is the destruction of the produce of human labour”