Documentaries.

Title:   Every Mother’s Son

1. Who made this film? What do I need to know about the filmmaker(s) to analyse this film?

Tami Gold and Kelly Anderson, who wanted to bring these issues across America, made this film.

2. What central questions is the film trying to answer?

Showing that the mothers are sick and tired of the police shooting their sons first because they are black or a different ethnic background.

3. What is this film about? What ideas, values and information are overt (clear and obvious)? Implied?

Justice for the entire mothers who have lost their son to the Police.

4. What techniques does the filmmaker use to communicate ideas?

To let the mothers share their story and how unjust it was. Photo’s, interviews and footage was used.

5. Who are the voices of authority & sources of information in this film?

The voices are the mothers’, the public and the Narrator.

6. Who might benefit from the message(s) in this film? Who might be harmed or disadvantaged by   them?

The people who this will benefit would be the mothers of America and the disadvantaged would be the Police.

7. What have I learned from this film? Why might the film’s message(s) matter to me?

This film matters to me, because it shows that I will never trust police in America if they shoot first then ask questions.

8. What kinds of actions might I take in response to this film?

I feel sorry for the mothers in this film and I would like to know why the police target them in the first place.

9. How might others see this film differently to me? Why?

They will be appalled of the police in America Justice system.