Manipulation

I remember last semester, i took a class that talked about whether a documentary was still a documentary if it was manipulated to having scenes re acted out for the purpose of the film. Now im not talking about Borat where the whole Pam Anderson incident happened, clearly fake. Funny though. Its really i think in the best judgement of the person watching. If they are passonate about that certain subject and the representation does not seem to meet their standards or seems too fake, then shame on that filmmaker in their eyes. African Documentaries can be portrayed that way by how Western Society wants us to think of Africa. From their perspective, all i really get out of it is that they do not know of alot of the technology that we use in our great coveted nation. Which i know isn't true because many cities in South Africa are very commercial based and good in the trade world. Anyway manipulating with a documentary that has to do with African customs and ways, is all alot of us know of. Doesn't sound to funny to people in that extent and probably ticks people off who know the truth of how it really is. Imagine a documentary about Texas shown to people in Africa. It would be a joke! Ye haw!