The Fourth World War
by Rick Rowley
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Actor: Michael Franti, Suheir HammadDirector: Rick Rowley
Cinematographer: Jacqueline Soohen
Producer: Jacqueline Soohen
Cinematographer: Rick Rowley
Producer: Rick Rowley
Editor: Joulie Wheeler
Editor: Paul McNulty
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 78 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-02-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Blank Stare
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DVD Review: A eurocentric critic of globalization
Summary: 3 Stars
I give this film a 3 based on my standard of progressive documentaries. This documentary doesn't give an in depth analysis of the impacts of globalization. Rather, it makes very generalizations and uses common liberal buzz phrases. If you know very little about NAFTA, the WTO, FTAA, IMF, the military industrial complex, or the connections between the state and corporate interests, I would not watch this film first. Because it doesn't give you that information. Actually, if you do know a lot about those things, the film may annoy you. It simplifes a lot of very complex issues. On top of that this film attempts to make connections between struggles of peoples around the world - calling it the fourth world war-- Although global capitalism does create a lot of connections between struggles, conflicts in each nation- are complex and cannot just be seen as a part of the same battle-- What happened in Argentina in the 70s, what's happening in Chiapas, Palestine, Mexico, what's happening in South Africa- are totally different--- much of the problems in these nations are not just the result of neoliberalism-- but also the legacy of colonialism - and resulting internal conflicts.... The activists who made the film appropriated images of struggle around the globe and in some ways made them theirs--- a part of their critic of globalization. Since many activists in the US have no idea about what it is like to struggle under militarized conflicts and because their privilege (ability to speak for others) comes from colonialism and neoliberalism--- I find this to be problematic and offensive.
The film glamorizes struggles of peoples in the "third world". One portion of the U.S. political poet over images from palestine. Rather than getting the opinions from people living in palestine, they resort to a poem talking about how horrible it is to live in an occupied land- which the poet probably knows little about. But, this is how the film felt overall. It seemed to be edited so voices from the "third world" fit into the mold of what US activists want to hear them say. Romanticizing the movements and struggles of communites of color!
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