The Road to Love

I thought that the film that we watched on Tuesday The Road to Love was very interesting. It was shot from a very different point of view then normal documentaries. It was strange to me that it started off like a documentary and then turned into a memoir of Kamir’s life. It showed that there are similarities in emotions between Americans and Middle Eastern homosexuals. The part that was very similar was that the men who are ‘passive’ in homosexual relationships are seen as week where the men who are more ‘active’ in homosexual relationships are still accepted in society. The different part about the film was how they talked about in the past in certain societies it was okay for men of power in their forties to marry younger boys for a period of time. I have never heard of something like that occurring an interesting fact to learn.
This film could create a lot of skepticism among people. Especially those who have different beliefs could be very intimidated by this film. I thought it was a very interesting choice to show to the class however, it would not be an appropriate choice to show to children that are of middle school and high school age.
The film had an interesting technique of filming. I liked that while he was interviewing certain men he would have the camera on them catching their reactions to the questions he was asking, but at the same time he would have a camera on him that would catch his reaction to their answers. The part that I enjoyed most about the film was that you got to see a young man transform. I think that the film would open many eyes of people who are insecure with their status as an individual, and possibly even give them the courage to discover who they really are.