"Dark Days" by Marc Singer is a documentary about a group of homeless people that live in a tunnel in the city of New York. It shows how these people are barely getting by living in horrible conditions. The living conditions where so bad that at one point in the movie I thought to myself this can't be real theres no way human beings can live like this, but sadly some do. I would not want my dog to have to live the life that these people were living, thats how bad the conditions were. They live in shacks made from whatever they could find metal, wood, etc. They have to go through garbage just to find food. Sadly most of the people living down in the tunnel are addicted to drugs. Drugs is probably one of the main reasons why most of the people where stuck living down there. There was this one part of the documentary where Marc was filming a guy talking about his pet cats and the guy could barely even put a sentence together. The man was obviously on drugs and it just made me feel sorry for him. I don't know why that particular part of the movie stuck out at me but it did. Toward the end of the documentary the people living in the tunnel had a chose to make, they could either leave the tunnel or be forced out by Amtrak, a train company. But, in the end everyone living in the tunnel willing left because they were able to move into apartments, which were 1000 times better that what they were previously living in, that were being paid for by the government. If I were to describe this movie to a friend I would describe it as sad and depressing. This documentary really makes you feel for the homeless. It makes you want to get up and do something to try and change how homeless people live. I never really thought about just how horrible life is for homeless people until I watched this documentary. This documentary really opened my eyes to something that I had never even thought about before.
After reading about Dark Days, I was actually wondering if this group of homeless people were any different than a group of homeless people that may have been in a different location? Knowing that people are even homeless makes me sad. I can't imagine the feelings I would have after seeing this documentary.
It truly is sad thinking about how homeless people live. How bad they have it, especially in the winter. Nobody deserves to live that way, but I always wonder if they are trying to get a job or if they just gave up. After all, no matter why they are homeless, everyone should have equal opportunity to live a better life.
James that is really saddening. It is scary to think of conditions such as the ones you mentioned in your blog as a reality. It reminds me how thankful I am to be blessed in the conditions I am and we are have to remember to be grateful for what we have and how we live since there are a lot of less fortunate people.
Makes me think again about those celebrity photos where they deliberately have homeless people in the background, a lot of people don't care even knowing how bad they have it. I think someone described it as a fault of our society if you fail at capitalism you deserve to be where you're at, I think an old teacher told me about that viewpoint.
After reading about Dark Days, I was actually wondering if this group of homeless people were any different than a group of homeless people that may have been in a different location? Knowing that people are even homeless makes me sad. I can't imagine the feelings I would have after seeing this documentary.
ReplyDeleteIt truly is sad thinking about how homeless people live. How bad they have it, especially in the winter. Nobody deserves to live that way, but I always wonder if they are trying to get a job or if they just gave up. After all, no matter why they are homeless, everyone should have equal opportunity to live a better life.
ReplyDeleteJames that is really saddening. It is scary to think of conditions such as the ones you mentioned in your blog as a reality. It reminds me how thankful I am to be blessed in the conditions I am and we are have to remember to be grateful for what we have and how we live since there are a lot of less fortunate people.
ReplyDeleteMakes me think again about those celebrity photos where they deliberately have homeless people in the background, a lot of people don't care even knowing how bad they have it. I think someone described it as a fault of our society if you fail at capitalism you deserve to be where you're at, I think an old teacher told me about that viewpoint.
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