On friday, instead of the usual notes, we had a great surprise. My teacher Kristina Hunter decided to invite her friend a CBC News reporter in the classroom. The reporter, Mychaylo Prystupa, was covering a story about the film Avatar which is being used by environmental activists to slam the oil industry. Questions that we asked to reflect on prior to the filming were as following: 1. Do you think that the film Avatar is meant to relate to the issues facing the world in Canada's Tar Sands? 2. Do you think using this film as a key to display environmental issues is viable? 3. How do you think the film Avatar relates to what is happening in Alberta's Tar Sands?
We were asked to form groups of three to discuss these questions. In my group there was one girl who hadn't seen it yet, and the other male who had. Their opinions were that using this film was a bit on the extreme side. They didnt think that James Cameron would like his film being publicized this way. My opinion was that in this world where everything is extreme and big, that is the only way to get the message through. This movie definately relates to what is happening in Alberta, because in Avatar the military is trying to mine the land for a mineral called "unobtainium". Avatar is fictional, it attracted alot of attention and sold $1.3 billion in theatres. This movie was a huge hit and I think it does make you think about the world digging for fossil fuels. Oil should be a product that is unobtainable but the fact is that with our technology we are extracting this fuel at a rapid rate to a point where we will be running out. As an activist myself for environmental awareness, I think that we should be using any method to bring the message out because that is the only way we will get people to think about these issues. It is important that people start to notice the message of the anthropogenic damage done to our planet. This message is starting to appear everywhere but cannot be told enough.
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Local_News/Manitoba/ID=1433027983
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