On The Way To School Analysis

The documentary, “On the Way to School”, was filmed and released for public viewing in 2015. This documentary was filmed in four main locations: Kenya, Morocco, Argentina, and India. The person who produced the documentary was Pascal Plisson. Two groups that helped to film “On the Way to School” were UNESCO and the French NGO “Aide et Action”. The general purpose of the documentary were to inform the public the long, hardship-ridden journey that children in less wealthier countries must endure to receive an education. The filmmaker Pascal Plisson created this documentary to show the everyday lives and strenuous commute to school of underprivileged children, who generally live in countries that are more impoverished than western countries.

One possible issue of this could be that viewers could grow accustomed to its prevalence and essentially become immune to its emotional influence by the end of the documentary, and that viewers could be apathetic to the situation of these children. Aspects of the documentary that improved its overall credibility and quality were the facts and statistics given for each child’s journey, showing family gatherings, such as group meals, interviewing the children near the end of the play and asking about their beliefs and aspirations, and including brief follow-ups on the status and improvement of the children's’ lives due to education. However, obvious bias toward the children and their families was very much evident throughout the documentary. “On the Way to School” could be improved by lessening pathos usage, as well as boosting the use of facts and statistics to further certify the

This documentary also touched on the hardships these children and their families face individually, and how they each strived to overcome those adversities. The purpose of the documentary was to shed light on the harsher conditions young children have to face in order to get a rudimentary education, unlike their western counterparts. Through this, viewers are impelled to feel sympathy for these children, be more grateful of their easier access to education, and to become involved with or donate to NGOs that provide education for children in all corners of the