Documentary Essay Examples

The 13th is a documentary film directed by Ava DuVernay that explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, particularly in the criminal justice system. The title refers to the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except...

Omaha Beach opening sequence “Saving Private Ryan” theme analysis. Steven Spielberg’s World War II epic, Saving Private Ryan, follows a small group of American soldiers led by Captain Henry Miller (Tom Hanks’ character) on a unique mission during the Normandy invasion of June 1944. Spielberg...

Chasing Ice is a visually breathtaking documentary that sheds light on the devastating effects of climate change on our planet’s glaciers. Directed by Jeff Orlowski, the film follows the work of National Geographic photographer James Balog as he sets out to capture the alarming changes...

The documentary “How Hollywood Vilifies Arabs” is an example of ideological criticism that had a great deal of impact on me. It was a comprehensive and critical of the Arab representation in Hollywood; furthermore, the video also led me to think about how Arab people...

It is no surprise that a topic like unclaimed estates has produced a popular terrestrial daytime television programme. This legal peculiarity contains all of the key elements of any good drama; a life story with twists and intrigue and an unexpected financial reward at the...

The Earth is forever changing and so are the people of the world with it. The topic of global warming has evolved from a scientific issue to a political issue. Global warming is defined as a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s...

The porn industry is full of different emotions. A 2015 documentary, Hot Girls Wanted directed by Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus tells us about the women who have been in the industry for ten years, the emotions that porn stars go through, and the inside...

Racial inequalities have plagued social culture and has shaped United State history since its creation. The Merriam Webster dictionary defines race as a “category of humankind that shares certain distinctive physical traits”. In other words, race is not innate, it is a non-biological concept based...

Ryan McGarry wrote and directed Code Black: A Look into America’s Busiest ER in 2014. Ryan McGarry describes, This documentary by Ryan McGarry, a physician and filmmaker who shot “Code Black” while he was a resident at LA County General, tells us of another definition....

This research is based on local Hong Kong television news broadcasts in Cantonese, the predominant Chinese dialect used in Hong Kong, Macau, South China and many overseas Chinese communities. Cantonese is monosyllabic with a rich tonal structure which are approximately 1,600 distinct tonal syllables with...