How The Love Revealed In The Film March Of The Penguins

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In the harshest place on earth, love finds a way; or so they say in the documentary, March of the Penguins. Every spring, Emperor Penguins venture on their journey to find a mate and start their family. They travel seventy miles to the mating grounds to find “true love,” all the while undergoing attacks by predators, harsh temperatures, and trekking through hazardous waters. This Oscar-winning documentary was narrated by none other than Academy Award winning Morgan Freeman and his “god-like” voice. Judith Halberstam addresses how humans view animals and their behavior by anthropomorphizing them in her essay “Animating Revolt and Revolting Animation”. In her section on March of the Penguins, she argues that the voiceover “remains resolutely human and refuses to ever see the ‘penguin logics’ that structure their frigid quest”(282). Throughout …show more content…
Stephen Holden, from the New York Times, writes, “Although ‘March of the Penguins’ stops mercifully short of trying to make us identify with the hardships overcome by a single penguin family, it conveys an intimate sense of the life of the emperor penguin. But love? I don’t think so.”(293). The film tries to symbolize monogamy, sacrifice, and child rearing but it’s actually hypocritical because the penguins are only monogamous for one year and then they carelessly disregard their young once after only a few months. There is feminism present throughout this documentary on two levels. One being that by the animals being objectified as lesser beings makes the objectification of women’s images also legitimated. The directors highlight the males role in preparation for the new baby but does not recognize the females for their contribution. At one point in the film the narrator describes the male’s duties as one of the most endearing and amazing role reversal in nature. It is not a role reversal if you are fulfilling your
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