America the possible
The title of the document is "America the possible"
It's a video
The person/man who made this video is James Gustave Speth
It's a video about a manifesto for a new America and a redefinition of the American Dream
The first picture shows
A jail (une prison)
Smoke (fumée) coming out of factory chimneys (cheminées)
A factory
An oil puddle (flaque d'essence)
An old tyre (pneus)
Two men having an argument
Trash bags (US) / bin bags (UK)
A billboard (un panneau)
The bird displayed on the bilboard is a bald eagle (pygargue à tête blanche), and it's the national symbol of the United States, and it appears on the seal of the United States
The artist intends to show the contrast between facts and fiction and what lies behind the façade is very different from reality.
In the second picture, the present situation is depicted
The character is reading a newspaper (journal)
From the headlines, we learn that
Lots of Americans don’t get enough food
The US plays an important role in climate change
More and more Americans are getting killed.
More and Americans are becoming obese.
Lots of American students fail to graduate (être diplomé)
From the audio comment, we learn that
Social mobility has fallen
Americans use a lot of anti-depressants (anti-dépresseurs)
The United States has the greatest inequality of incomes (revenus)
We can draw the conclusion that the US is NOT the greatest country on earth and that the US has slipped to the bottom of the world list in many areas
The third picture shows
Wind turbines to produce electricity
Community gardens (jardins communautaires)
People cycling
Solar panels (panneaux solaires) on roof tops (toit)
About sustainable development
Promote a new way of life ; It focuses on more human values like climate change, education
--> High crime rate and a high incarceration rate
It suggests that the USA is polluted country
The elephant and the donkey represents the Republican Party VS the Democratic Party
They never agree
There are the two mains parties in America
Takes place on the morning --> "Morning after"
School fees (frais de scolarité) are very expensive (chère) in America
Social ladder (échelle sociale)
At the bottom, there is the lower class (classe populaire)
On the middle, there is the middle class (classe moyenne)
At the top, there is the upper class (classe supérieure/bourgeoise)
Today, people didn't climb up (monter) the social ladder
An idealize future
People growing vegetables (légumes)
In picture four, we see
People lead a simple life
People are more friendly, they talk to each others
People gardening (en train de jardiner)
People playing board games (jeux de plateau)
People talking to one another
People cycling
People are outside (dehors)
Today/Now, they spend time behind screens (écrans)