Sherman's March

Sherman’s March is a reflexive journey documentary because it is a physical, spiritual and emotional journey that the filmmaker goes on. The filmmakers objective was suppose to be all about Sherman’s march which was an event that took place in the south when a general from the Union army marched across the south and terrorized and burned down everything in his path. Most in the North considered Sherman a savior; however those in the South considered him a terror. The documentary starts out with the filmmaker telling the audience his life story and his recent mishaps that have occurred. From the beginning, the film was never about Sherman’s March it was always about the filmmaker and his search for a southern girl to fall in love with him. Although it had nothing to do with the actual Sherman’s march, in a way it resembled it because just like General Sherman, the filmmaker is on a masculine conquest for something. The film is very unprofessional in its filming and the fact that the filmmaker included himself in most of the footage. The documentary is mostly observational and it does not contain much narration, except for some narration from the filmmaker. This documentary was very strange, however it kept my attention because I was always wondering when he was going to start talking about the real Sherman’s March.