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     Bowling for Columbine, directed by Michael Moore, has been given many awards for the best documentary. For many, such as Jim Ferguson of KMSB-TV, he says, Moore has done it again, the years most powerful documentary. An shopping center opener" (Bowling for Columbine). Yes, a real eye opener to how Moore will rely on fictitious facts and his audiences sympathy towards certain events to get his message across. Documentaries have many disparate modes of presenting their material. Mockumentaries define itself as fictional films which parody the forms and conventions of documentary, often for humorous resultant role (Bowling for Columbine). While Bowling for Columbine does not exactly classify as a mockumentary, it does ridicule many of the events or people portrayed throughout the film. However, Moore shapes the viewers thoughts about guns during this film by appealing to their emotions with events such as the Columbine shooting, Kayla Rollands murder an d the issue of how the United States has the most deaths by guns. Documentaries remain neutral and only present information for the audiences benefit or to tell history. Bowling for Columbine reflects a bend documentary because all facts presented are told only as Moore views it. However, these facts, false in nature, do not show both sides to the story. Many like Ferguson believe Bowling for Columbine to be an eye opener and true, it does open eye to the harsh reality of the United States and how people kill each early(a) because of they live in a culture of fear however, it fails to give the realized truth to many of the events given.Works CitedBowling for Columbine. Dir. Michael Moore.