Article #1: Screening of Documentary

The article I chose was “Q&A: Alexandra Shiva, director of documentary on Syrian refugees, screening film at McDaniel,” from the Carroll County Times which is biased toward the left since it is a subcategory under the Baltimore Sun. This work was done to learn more about the film director, Alexandra Shiva, and her film that was screened at a local college. The specific purpose of the documentary they were discussing was to show the type of conditions and obstacles Syrian refugees go through, even when they come to America. Shiva displays how she chose to do the documentary because she thought pictures wouldn’t share the stories enough and do them justice. Shiva portrays how hard it is to pick one story they followed because they are all unique and eye opening. She even states in her interview, at the end, that she doesn’t know how these refugees do it, she can’t even imagine moving to another city in the United States. The article I looked at was done by a question and answer interview between a Carroll County Times employee and the film director, Alexandra Shiva. The documentary they were discussing was filmed and followed many Syrian refugees. The documentary finds that what these Syrian refugees go through is not easy, especially since they have to do things like try and learn a language, find a job, and learn how to parent their children in a completely different culture. Shiva also found that most of the refugees came here for their children to have a better life and there were a lot of refugees that wanted to go home, but couldn’t. She also found that the biggest hurdles for the refugees were language and cultural differences.