Watch the documentary, The True Cost!
Two small world happenings were the catalysts for my
mentioning this film today. First, a friend of mine took her daughter to a
screening earlier this week at the
Skirball Center in Los Angeles. Second, I
was emailing back and forth with an old friend from high school (we have a
reunion coming up) and she noticed and was impressed that I had liked this film
on Facebook.
It turns out that her son
is a childhood friend of the film’s director, Andrew Morgan.
Do you know where your clothes come from? Have you ever
stopped to think about it? Are you typically only concerned about finding the
retailer with the lowest prices?
If you
answered – no, no, yes to any of these questions, I recommend you watch the documentary
film
The True Cost.
You might find a
screening near you by checking their website. You can also watch it on Netflix
or download it using other streaming services. Give them a thumbs up on
Facebook.
This film covers and explains the global epidemic of ‘fast
fashion’ so well.
It effectively
illustrates how first world consumers demanding lower prices and constant
availability of new designs catapults profit seeking conglomerates into sourcing
production to the lowest bidder.
This
results in garment workers working in unsafe conditions and not having the
ability to feed or school their families.
The director of this film, Andrew Morgan first delved into this topic
after the
Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh in 2013 were over
1000 people were killed and many more injured.
I promise you, after you see this film, you will re-think where and how
you purchase your clothing.
My business is a member of the
Fair Trade Federation.
You can visit FTF website to learn more about
fair trade practices.
I always go back
to the golden rule. Do onto others as you would have them do onto you.
I urge you to think about how and what you
purchase. Think
a little more about where
things are made.
We need to carefor all
of our world’s citizens. -ND
When you're looking at models wearing hip clothing and/or jewelry what do you see or feel? Do you see the items being worn? Do you capture the "feeling" of any given shot and note the emotions it brings out in you? Do you long to look like or feel like you think the model feels in the photo? As a recent photographer of models wearing Dunitz & Company fair trade jewelry, I wonder what I most want to convey to my audience. What do they want to really see and feel?
