For Colored Girls Final Film Critique LaNotta Battle ENG 225 Introduction to Film Instructor Paul Wiltz April 29‚ 2012 For Colored Girls Critique Draft The 2010 drama film For Colored Girls follows the intersecting lives of nine African American women. When you watch this film you can expect to be taken on an emotional ride of heartbreak and tragedy. This film grapples with the topics of rape‚ abortion‚ and domestic abuse. However‚ the most difficult scenes to watch‚ center on
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The paparazzi - a fusion of the Italian words papatacci‚ meaning gnat and razzi meaning the popping of flashbulbs. It is also known as aggressive photography. The word paparazzo was coined by Federico Fellini‚ the name he gave to a prying society cameraman in his 1959 film "La Dolce Vita". Paparazzi photographers are fueled by large sums of money offered by the tabloid press. They try to catch the rich and famous in unflattering situations. The new breed of journalism grew by leaps and bounds
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Modern Urban America. Cambridge: Harvard UP‚ 2011. Print. Takaki‚ Ronald T. A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America. Boston: Little‚ Brown &‚ 1993. Print. Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives. Dir. Ed Bell. Perf. Whoopi Goldberg‚ Angela Basset and Michael Boatman. 2003. DVD.
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Stereotypes Stereotypes are generalizations and overgeneralizations about the member of a group; sometimes being positive‚ more often negative‚ having a resistance to change (Ziebarth‚ 2009). “The Disney organization does not create the stereotypes‚ they simply reflect them” (What about Women in Disney Movies?‚ 2008). Disney movies‚ however‚ are filled with stereotypes‚ ranging from social stereotypes to racial stereotypes. Although Disney movies are filled with an abundant amount of different
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aphrodisiacal effect. The Color Purple. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Prod. Steven Spielberg‚ Kathleen Kennedy‚ Frank Marshall‚ and Quincy Jones. By Menno Meyjes. Perf. Danny Glover‚ Adolph Caesar‚ Margaret Avery‚ Oprah Winfrey‚ Willard Pugh‚ Whoopi Goldberg‚ and Akosua Busia. Warner Bros.‚ 1985. 4. This movie depicts the novel accurately in the sense of color relationships. You can visibly see the different colors being used. At the end of the movie you can see Celie wearing a purple gown.
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Although 86 years separates them‚ Training Day shows that racial stereotypes of black people in the Birth of a Nation still linger in modern film today. Released in 1915 and directed by D.W. Griffith‚ The Birth of a Nation is a film that centers on two families during the Civil War and the following Reconstruction Period. Austin Stoneman is an abolitionist in Washington‚ D.C. with three children. His two boys‚ Phil and Tod‚ visit Ben Cameron at his family home in Piedmont‚ South Carolina. There‚
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Steven Spielberg And the Oscar goes to..? Steven Spielberg‚ a Director‚ a Writer‚ and a Producer‚ Spielberg is one of the most influential film personalities in the history of film. He’s worked on over 104 films and they’ve all been BIG hit films‚ Films like E.T.‚ Gremlins‚ Jurassic Park‚ Back to the Future‚ Men in Black‚ Shrek‚ and Transformers; but those are only a couple of his more popular films he’s worked with. He’s done a lot to be where he’s at today‚ He came from no-where and nothing
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The Year of the Tiger The Tiger ranks the third of the animals in the Chinese zodiac. The 12 zodiac animals are‚ in order: Rat‚ Ox‚ Tiger‚ Rabbit‚ Dragon‚ Snake‚ Horse‚ Goat‚ Monkey‚ Rooster‚ Dog‚ and Pig. Each year is related to an animal sign according to a 12-year-cycle. Lucky Colors: blue‚ grey‚ orange Lucky Numbers: 1‚ 3‚ 4 Lucky Flowers: yellow lily‚ cineraria Year of Birth: 1914‚ 1926‚ 1938‚ 1950‚ 1962‚ 1974‚ 1986‚ 1998‚ 2010‚ 2022 Are You a Tiger? Years of the Tiger include 1914‚ 1926
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Plunder and Blunder Essay Recently‚ our class was asked to read a economical powerful book called “plunder and Blunder” by Dean Baker‚ which focuses on the finances of the U.S. economy after World War Two. He evaluates the concept that the economies productivity increased rapidly from 1947-1973. Baker quotes‚ “To appreciate the magnitude of this growth‚ consider the following: if we maintained the same rate of productivity growth in the United States experienced in the early postwar era‚ we would
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Alice Walker: A New Kind of Feminist The American Voice‚ formally given its name during the 1900s‚ can be loosely defined as the way many people exercise their individual and democratic freedoms by vocalizing their opposition to societal norms and their hopes social reform. Many reform movements around the time of growing liberalism in 20th century America helped shape the American voice‚ including the civil rights and feminist movements. Many authors and intellectuals of the 20th century who spoke
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