Recycled Life Reviewed
 
Recycled Life is a touching documentary about the effects of the Guatemala City Garbage Dump on the people living there. For many generations, families have been scavenging through the dump in search of something they can sell, use or even eat. Dump trucks come through every day. 1700 people work there, adults and children alike, to provide a living for their family. In 2005, the garbage dump burned up and the central government finally took charge. They limited only people 14 and older to enter with a set amount of time each day.
    There’s no lying to you, this is not a cheerful movie. If you would rather go to a movie where everything turns out right, don’t see this one. But just so you know, in a predicted two years, the Guatemala Garbage Dump will fill up, leaving everyone there, out of a job. The only problem with this movie was that it didn’t tell you how to take action. It only showed you what was going on and not how to stop it. It’s a very good movie for raising awareness, but it’s hard to watch, especially if you can’t do anything about it. The dump affects animals as well as people. Sometimes people throw out their pets as trash, so when they come to the dump, the people there take them home. One of the scenes that was really hard to watch for me was when they were talking about how sometimes the dump trucks create an avalanche. One day, 3 kids were buried under the garbage. They got everyone to come down to look for them, but the gasses and waste had eaten up their bodies. I wouldn’t say I recommend this movie to just anybody. You have to be able to watch something like this and understand what these people have to go through.
Friday, January 26, 2007