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Cathy Comes Home How far do the portrayals of the officials as heartless and the likeable main characters make this documentary biased and propagandist?
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'Cathy Comes Home' - How far do the portrayals of the officials as heartless and the 'likeable' main characters make this documentary biased and propagandist? The documentary 'Cathy Comes Home' was purposely made to raise awareness of the housing situations going on in 1966, and highlighted the difficulties of living. This is shown through the eyes of Cathy, a young woman battling against poverty but slides into homelessness while at the same time having a growing family to support and care for. The opening shot is an image of Cathy waiting to cross a road. There is a typical, happy 60's song acting as a non-diagetic background song underneath the sound of traffic driving past, which we can also see, moving across the shot. Cathy's facial expressions are happy and carefree, which creates a good impression to the viewer and this portrayal continues throughout the documentary. We learn more about this...
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