Investigative journalism: The darker side
Friday, March 13, 2015
This film comes from the same film writer who gave us hit movies Real Steel (2011), The Bourne Legacy (2012), Dan Gilroy. This time he makes his directing debut with this 2014 American neo-noir crime thriller.
The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal as (Louis Bloom) a thief who starts shooting footage of accidents and crimes in Los Angeles and selling them to news channels.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...