The piece I watched was "Women Wanted" found on CNN.com. It was about a town in eastern Germany where the female population is rapidly leaving in favor of areas where they have greater opportunities. I thought it was pretty interesting because former Soviet satellites aren't really talked about today. It's pretty much "Alright, no more communism. Have a nice life!", so it was nice to see what life is really like (not just the textbook version).
This was a good video piece because throughout the footage shot, there are very few women, demonstrating the point that they are all on their way out. The piece works well as a video, because it would be hard to explain the lack of women in print. It's showing versus telling: seeing there are few women in the town makes more sense than reading "There aren't a lot of women here."
I would've like to have seen a few more statistics of the alleged "brain-drain" going on and also the reasons why the men stay in the town but women don't. Altogther, I found it very interesting and informative. It was definitely not something I would've expected in a "Westernized" country.
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