Motherland

I really enjoyed watching the film in class. It seems that every film we watch hits me with sorrow because of the situation over seas. It was very interesting to me because I like the medical field, and seeing how much of a contrast it is compared to the US is pretty astonishing. Women are at such a higher risk than women here. Things that happened in the film like the woman with the bladder problem and the woman with the dead twin would not happen in the US or even Western Europe because people are so much more skilled and technology is advanced. It seems to me like the Middle East is trapped in a gap of the times. Their old world culture and the new world technology, and they are stuck somewhere in between. Its so shocking to think about. Even visiting Western Europe this past summer I never experienced such a place that was underdeveloped. Its seems like they are lost. Another point that bothered me was the fact that the woman who made the documentaries father was at one point working with the US government and pleading for supplies that he never got. Patients would have to bring their own supplies, and who knows if they were sanitary, up to medical standards, or even use able. This was really disturbing because if the patient or their family did not have the supplies, often the surgery could not be preformed. Its so strange to think about how different things are over there and how medical education should be a priority. It was just a very eye opening film and made me realize things I had never thought of before, however I enjoyed it very much.