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This is the blog of The Renaissance Charter School's senior elective class, "Delving Into Documentaries." This blog was put together in the spring semester. In the fall semester, we watched Food, Inc.; Forks Over Knives; GasLand; and An Inconvenient Truth. Students wrote reflection papers, journal entries, and essays. Instead of these assignments, this semester, students will write on this blog. After each film, they will post a review/critique. Each week, they will post a response to a controversial question related to the film we are currently studying. Visit our Wiki to learn more!

Thursday, January 10, 2013

The Day My God Died

Delving Into Documentaries

       The documentary The Day My God Died delves into an extremely controversial topic. Sex trafficking: a human rights issue in many countries. The documentary reveals the grueling truth behind the brothels in Bombay. Through hidden cameras and interviews from women who experienced a life trapped inside of these brothels, we got a sneak peak of a world that is usually shunned upon.  Entering this hidden world, the pain and suffering of these fragile and abused women are exposed. Through the lives of girls like Gina, Anita and many other girls the damaging effect of this horrible "business" is revealed. Due to the ignorance of the men in Bombay, these women go through torturous damage. Many of the men that go to these brothels go seeking some sort of "healing". They have been made to believe that by having sexual intercourse with these young women they can be healed by any sexual disease they may possess. They think the disease will leave their body and be passed on to the girl. This has lead to the devastating large percentage of women that now carry diseases like HIV. All in all, the documentary takes you into lives of pain and torture. Encouraging help and change.
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