Exterminate All the Brutes - Journey Entry 31 Xiongyue Yu

Exterminate All the Brutes – Raoul Peck 

 

In just four hours, Raoul Peck's four-part documentary is a documentary and interpretive edit that together reveal a well-known, but tacitly accepted and accustomed American national tradition of white supremacy and imperialism in the flow of history. Such a prose film, full of the maker's personal thoughts and bold artistic features, presents a great and profound story for the viewer. This series of documentaries is not necessarily designed to research or influence a history, but it is certainly designed to leave an unforgettable story and insight in the heart of every viewer.

 

From the first episode, The Disturbing Confidence of Ignorance, it is revealed that the birth of Western civilization and its present prosperity was built on a long history of colonialism, genocide, slavery and exploitation. Such a history has created a deep-rooted white supremacy in the United States and Europe, which, although it even became the founding principle of the United States, was a great destruction and plundering of the American and African continents. Such institutionalization of racism is the root cause of the racial problems in the United States to date.

 

The second episode, Who the F*** is Columbus?exposes the truth of the time for the races that were murdered and pillaged by the brutal history of the founding of the United States. The "murderers" have become the "officials" of the current mainstream culture, and as the superior race in power and in the class, they have created, they have the absolute right to create a story for the history of the time that suits their development and image. This dominant culture was constantly refreshed and consolidated, and eventually overwhelmed the defense and accusations of the victims, becoming a household story today.

 

Killing at a Distance or... How I Thoroughly Enjoyed the Outing is a critique of European weapons development, although in the official view, the rapid development of weapons of mass destruction is a national or ethnic advantage, a testament to the country's good military and technological development. But it is this perception and military-industrial investment that has trapped the country in a cycle of militarization for centuries. Such development has been one of the major causes of world-class wars and horrific incidents of racial destruction. But in the perspective of countries to protect national peace and stability and promote industrial technology development, few people will be critical of weapons development, which is one of Raoul Peck's groundbreaking views in the film.

 

In the final episode of the series, The Bright Colors of Fascism, Raoul Peck further explores the racial legacy of America today as the legacy of racism from its history of white supremacy and slavery, and even the legacy of colonialism and These issues are related to the legacy of American popular culture. These issues run counter to the ideals of democracy and freedom promoted by American popular culture, and the races and peoples caught up in them continue to struggle for their lives and rights today. This is what makes Raoul Peck's film a powerful and necessary examination of the horrors of historical colonialism and its lingering effects on the world today.