A few days ago I watched a documentary titled The True Cost. The film delves into the fashion industry by showing how it impacts the world we live in. Depicting the human perspectives of those working directly in the industry to the farmers who supply the raw materials. Questioning the disparity between the high end fashion world of catwalks to the sweatshops that supply our high street shops. Environmental impacts are also highlighted through this documentary in several ways. In many cases the environmental impacts are combined with the suffering of humans.
The film does not try to blame anyone, it does raise many questions and tries to show people who are trying alternative methods of business models. Arguments are made for sweatshops being a good thing which shows debate is growing on about the issues involved. Are these people slaves or are they just being exploited by multinational companies? What really struck me was that the director had a very similar aim with this film as I do with this project. He didn't want to try and say what is right and what is wrong, there are major problems within this industry ones he wanted people to be aware of. The film can be streamed through various suppliers, I have attached a link to the website and have shown both the trailer for the film and an interview with the director Andrew Morgan.
http://truecostmovie.com
https://youtu.be/OaGp5_Sfbss
https://youtu.be/TrvxwjSqRrM
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