Analysing Vice Documentaries.

Analysing Vice Documentaries.

 

Bride Kidnapping In Kyrgyzstan
The given documentary explores the issues around how in Kyrgyzstan has a culture or traditions whereby men who want to get married, kidnap a girl off the streets or from their homes, the girls kidnapped have usually been on the radar of the groom for a while and just marry her. Due to traditions, we see that eventually most girls just agrees as it’s part of their tradition from the ancient times therefore they feel that they have a duty to do so however in most cases, its not their ideal situation and they are often very reluctant at first to give in. In the documentary, We are presented with many different cases whereby we see how the girls and the grooms react and how it can have both a positive and negative effect from both parties.

 

This documentary shows various point of perspectives therefore not just the grooms but the mothers of the brides or those who have had many different experiences with the act of ‘Bride Kidnapping’ which therefore makes it less Bias as it does not only show one side of the argument for example we are shown clips of the Groom explaining why they endorse in these kind of activities and the Bride explaining how she feels and her experiences as followed.

 

The effect this has audience is that they could create sympathy for the brides but when they hear the brides opinion it may change because as the end eventually the brides agree to it which may cause us to feel frustration as I did because not only did they just have to accept something which they clearly did not want but they just went along with the flow and did not stand up for themselves.

I believe that this documentary may be very capturing to females as it highlights the problems which we go through and how we may be affect as this issues as well as the fact that gender inequalities still may exist in some occasions and how this affects different people for example, the fact that not all Bride Kidnapping turns out to be a success story as shown in the case of a Girl who went through the same experience however committed suicide because she was very unhappy.

 

 

Young and Gay: Jamaica's Gully Queens

This documentary explores the issues on how Young and Gay people in Jamaica also known as ‘Gully Queens’ so vice documentaries took to Jamaica in order to discover how LGBT life is in Jamaica and how these people live.

 

This documentary does not show various point of perspectives therefore just most predominantly the perspective of the ‘Gully Queens’ which therefore makes it Bias as only shows one side of the argument for example, we see how badly the gully queens are treated through them explaining how they feel and their experiences as followed.

 

The effect this has audience is that they could create sympathy for the ‘Gully Queens’ because we are able to understand that even though the LGBT has worked hard to make lives easier for some people, it doesn’t always extend or account for some places in the world where we learn to sympathise with these people when we hear of their horrible experiences which they go through.

I believe that this documentary may be very capturing to females as it highlights the problems which we go through and how we may be affect as this issues as well as the fact that homophobia still may exist in some occasions and how this affects different people for example, how this may not help them lead their daily lives.