APOCALYPTO REFLECTION Apocalypto is an American epic adventure film directed and produced by Mel Gibson. It was written by Gibson and Farhad Safinia. Set in Peten‚ Guatemala‚ during the declining period of the Maya civilization‚ Apocalypto depicts the journey of a Mesoamerican tribesman who must escape human sacrifice and rescue his family after the capture and destruction of his village. The dialogue is in the Yucatec Maya language. Apocalypto has exceptionally shown the Mayan Civilization and
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Amistad Questions Sierra Drummond 1) Who were the main characters in Amistad? Cinque‚ Roger S. Baldwin‚ Theodore Joadwin‚ Tappan‚ John Quincy Adams‚ Martin Van Buren 2) What was the time period (year) in history Amistad existed? 1839 3) Describe the dynamics of the slave ship Amistad during the Middle Passage. Desperate‚ fearful‚ and stressed Absolute treachery‚ 50 thrown overboard‚ women were raped‚ men were mutilated Natives took over through force during a slave uprising Power struggles take
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trade. This abduction violated all of the treaties then in existence. Fifty-three Africans were purchased by two Spanish planters and put aboard the Cuban schooner Amistad for shipment to a Caribbean plantation. The Africans seized the ship‚ killed the captain and the cook‚ and ordered the planters to sail to Africa. In August 1839‚ the Amistad was seized off Long Island‚ NY‚ by the U.S. brig Washington. The planters were freed and the Africans were imprisoned in New Haven‚ CT‚ on charges of murder. Although
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The film “Amistad” is recreate base on a true story about a slave ship traveling out from Cuba to the United State in 1839. The film start off with a group of African were shackled and chained then packed in an overloaded‚ dirty slave ship and exposed to inhuman treatment‚ on the Portuguese the Tecora as it makes its way through the Middle Passage towards Cuba. The ship carries 53 Africans who have been sold into servitude in Cuba. They tackled living board the ship and tied in the freight hold of
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Tarea 4-Amistad (1997) Negative Critique: Charles Taylor- Salon.com Positive Critique: James Berardinelli- Reel Views Based on a true story‚ about a group of enslaved Africans aboard the slaveship La Amistad who overtake the ship and attempt to return to their homeland. When the ship is seized‚ the captives are brought to the United States where a courtroom battle ensues that captures the attention of the entire nation while confronting the very foundation of the American justice system
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A. For my news report‚ the intended audience was meant to be the new freshmen attending UW-La Crosse. Freshmen students are new to campus life and they want to feel like they belong here‚ so I decided to write an article about how to handle midterms. This audience was very important to me‚ because when I was a freshman I had many questions about midterms and finals but I didn’t get any information about them except from the professors. B. One of the biggest limitations for this report was
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In the 1997 movie Amistad‚ Steven Spielberg illustrates the events that took place in 1839 on the Spanish ship‚ The Amistad (La Amistad). The movie travels through the events with vivid and powerful emotion. The slaves‚ even though they could not speak English‚ undoubtedly demonstrated their intense longing for freedom in Spielberg’s version of the historical event. The setting of Amistad proved to be frequently accurate. The backdrop of the movie was unfailing to the period in which it occurred
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Amistad‚ directed by Steven Spielberg‚ displays the fierce determination of 53 African abductees and their compelling desire to return home. Led by Cinqué (or Sengbe)‚ a man longing to see his wife and son in Sierra Leone again‚ the men aboard the ship La Amistad rebelled against the Spanish slave traders who guarded them from escape. Using sugar cane knives stolen from cargo aboard the ship‚ the Africans defeated the gun-wielding Spaniards. With ambitions of returning to West Africa‚ they eventually
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Two Perspectives of the Same Thing Marcus Rediker’s The Amistad Rebellion gives the impression of being told by someone who lived through the experience‚ while provide fact and details need to understand the story in a deeper level. However it doesn’t just describe the actual event‚ the rebellion‚ but also informs the reader of what happened before the slave boarded the Amistad‚ what transcribe throughout the journey that lead the slaves to rebel and what happened after they took the ship until
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In April of 1839‚ a ship (La Amistad) carrying hundreds of native Africans from West Africa were captured near Sierra Leone‚ and sold into the Spanish slave trade. On July 1st ‚ while traveling across the Atlantic‚ the slaves led by Cinque‚ began a revolt on the high seas that ended the lives of the ship’s captain and crew‚ leaving two planters Ruiz and Montes‚ that were transporting Cargo (supposedly slaves) on the ship‚ to navigate the ship back to Africa. Instead the men purposely tried to steer
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