When Ms.Baichwal directed this documentary, i don't think she had any idea what amazing insight she would gain. The concept was all about observing Mr.Brutensky's work as a photographer. Shooting him at work in China and in Afghanistan and trying to make the audience feel the intensity of the shoot and the depth of the experiences they went through.
The documentary was shot in 2005 , it shows the working people of china were suffering from inhumane working hours without decent pay and the amazing and unfortunate footprint they are leaving the environment with. The film captured a very important issue and portraits a message that i think people around the world should be well aware of. The earth is being destroyed by man. Big corporations are well aware of the damages their factories are producing but that doesn't stop them.
That is exactly what the photographer was trying to convey through his photographs. In my opinion, The documentary is much, much stronger than the photographs. Mr.Brutensky is without a doubt an amazing photographer but i think the subject matter is what made his photographs that strong . However, the documentary gave the people of china and Afghanistan more attention and was way more affective in getting me thinking about how important of an issue it is. It had the power of portraying the intensity of the situation and that made it much more intense than the stillness of the photography.
link:
http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/06/20/movies/20land.html
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