Documentary Film Introduction

A) What is a documentary film?  

Documentary film is an educational and entertainment purposes, it shows realistic perspective of events and is used in different type of films. 

b) Introduce the mini documentary we watched in class and what it is about.

The mini documentary we watched was about Joe and what he went through growing up, his perspective about residential school, his point of view and his passion with skateboarding. 

C)What type of documentary was this? 

Expository. It included details, narrative based, he was telling a story, it could also be performative because it used a lot of different types of styles.

D) What elements made this documentary appealing (use vocabulary we covered in the handout)? 

He shared his perspective with description such as voice over, point of view and factual.

E)  Include a photo (search online for something related to the film) 

A Cree Skateboarding Legend Grapples with the Trauma of Canada's  Residential Schools | The New Yorker