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How successful is the director of the “Roots and Water: Blessing” film in representing the ideas of Moniza Alivis poem
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How successful is the director of the "Roots and Water: Blessing" film in representing the ideas of Moniza Alivis poem The film begins with a view of the cracked, red, hard earth. The area is barren, still and quiet. Then a clay pot falls from above, cracking as it meets the ground. This imagery and the sudden harsh sound of the breaking pot help reflect the pain and harsh reality of their situation in the first two lines of the poem, "The skin cracks like a pod. There never is enough water." The word "cracks" in the poem is onomatopoeia, this sound is then carried through into the film to put forward the same effect which is done successfully. Following this they cut to a view of a child's hand pouring some dry earth into a metal can. The meeting of the dirt with the can almost sounds like trickling water. This...
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