C. There were not enough workers to cultivate and harvest crops.
Silent films had no spoken dialog, even though it's called a silent film it still had audio. They looked like the movies we have today the only differences was the quality and the technology they had access to and production. Back when they first started to see a movie image on screen was amazing to most but throughout that there were simultaneous developments in audio technology.
The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "<span>C.It concerns itself with the trials of a daily occupation."</span>
These are the following choices:
A.It has dialogue that is both witty and believable.
B.It contains well-rounded and diverse characters.
C.It concerns itself with the trials of a daily occupation.
D.It pays close attention to the physical details of a setting.
Since the question is asking about the external conflict, I would say the answer is B.