Garapa 3/10

Garapa directed by Jose Padhila is a documentary looking at three  different families who live in one of the most poorest areas of native Brazil. This touching documentary was focusing on the sad and harsh realities of the families conditions covering malnutrition and bad health conditions. 

I know it is an extremely serious topic and it should be known in the western world but after an hour I wish I followed the paths of several members of the audience who walked out the screening. The documentary had a good unnecessary 2 and half hours which should have been cut. It required too much time  of the audience. The look of it was not alluring at all, it was black and white it had subtitles to follow. As one of my fellow class mates mentioned, It was like the documentary was not edited it was just a showing of tape rushes. Also to top it off the families were starting to irritate me and instead of feeling sorry, I was annoyed. Garapa was a very forgettable documentary. 

Running in Traffic 4/10

Running in Traffic, Two main characters  who coincidentally keep crossing paths and spiral into darker and more dangerous worlds.

The story didn't seem very clear to me, there were too many plot lines to follow. It seemed a little too complex and I don't mean in the clever sense.  The stories were possibly trying to link together but it failed miserably. The story wasn't original it just seemed like a really average depressing film, I didn't connect at all. The saving factor of  the film was the cinematography which looked fantastic. I mostly enjoyed the start of the film  which was emotional but then  the film took a downward spiral imitating it's characters.  Not a film I would want to watch again.