Stacey Dooley vs Reggie Yates

Reggie Yates documentary Race Riots USA was presented by Reggie Yates, Directed by Ruhi Hamid and produced by kandise Abiola. Ruhi Hamid has also directed other documentaries such as extreme south Africa with reggie yates and extreme Russia with reggie yates. This documentary covered how the death of Micheal brown, the unmarked black teenager killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, reggie yates examines the position on African Americans in the U-S society. The documentary gave a very first person feel to the documentary. You were with reggie yates all the time and the voice over was the from the voice of reggie yates. This gave a very educational feel to the documentary. This could be because the race now is such a big crisis now that it has to be viewed not in a entertainment way but in a factual and informative way. 

The documentary covered how African american people in not only Ferguson are being primarily picked on. This documentary showed how the law system viewed African american people in negative ways. The lawyer which Reggie yates went to go visit stated how there are now laws in america for the way you walk and dress. For example there was a law against how people shouldn't sag their trousers or if they were to be seen walking in a group and looked as though they were wearing stereotypical gang clothing they could be charged. The law is aimed primarily at the stereotypes of a young black rappers. These young black rappers ideolised by other young black African Americans and personnel identity and friendship groups are created. This then gives the police something to charge and therefore collect money. The lawyer says how the american policing system is used for profit and how it uses these new laws to collect money. 

Reggie Yates had a interview with a law enforcement officer and was told that an officer, when pulling over a car for anything, has to prepared to kill everyone in the car if needs must. Some other police trainees were saying how they need to walk up to the car as though they are going to be prepared for a gun fight if needs must. This i believe is wrong because if you walk up to the car thinking that the person in the car could attack you at any point you're going to act aggressive. I believe that the system is wrong. The laws are used to gain profit which is so wrong in so many ways. the law should be there to protect and serve not gain money. The government are creating laws around young black African American rap and using that to charge African American people because they know they are going to be following these rappers. All of this is used to create money.  

Stacey Dooley's documentary Sex trafficking In Cambodia was presented by Stacey Dooley, directed and produced by Fiona Lloyd Davis. The documentary was about Stacey Dooley explores the issue of under aged sex in Cambodia. Fiona Lloyd Davis is a documentary maker who focuses on human rights issues in conflicts zones. So this documentary is right up her street. This documentary had very third person feel to it and felt as though it was entertainment purposes and we were watching how this normal every day girl reacts to these shocking stories. This is done through the the voice over being done by a separate person. I didn't feel as though i was with Stacey in Cambodia. This is also due to the different locations they all traveled to. In Race Riots it was all based Ferguson. This is based all over a country which is a much larger area. Therefore by having a national scale it didn't feel as though i was with Stacey but more as though I was watching her do this from home. 

The documentary showed these girls in a very recessive position. All of the girls were at the mercy of these pimps and men. It painted a picture that it was men doing all of the dirty work. For example men are pimps and they are the ones who have sex with under aged girls. But in fact in some of the stories its actually the aunt who sends the child off or sometimes the mother who sells the child off money. If it wasn't for the mother in the first place the Girls wouldn't be in the hands of these horrible men. So the women are just as bad as the men. On the other hand there has been cases where the mother has said no or the family member has said no to selling the girls and the pimps have came and kidnapped the girls. Now very little people in Britain can relate to this meaning that the audience they are being alienated and distanced from the subject matter meaning that it has a lack of personnel identity. This then makes the subject more interesting and shocking to audience because they have not seen or experienced anything like it. 

The reason why the young girls are selling their bodies to these pimps and men is because there is a huge amount of money which comes with it. One of the girls in the one of the interviews says how they were going to be payed $700 for having sex with a man. That is worth 2 months wages and to girls who's families are very poor and have debts to pay, this offer is very enticing. But the girl says how after having sex with the man she doesn't even get payed and she is beaten up for asking for the rest of the money.