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In the movie Iron Jawed Angels the girls used several different methods to gain attention of the media. One method was organizing a parade in Washington DC. There were hundreds of girls that were recruited marching. Only the men who were watching the parade were drinking and they started a riot and threw things at the girls like bottles. But the police did nothing to stop the riot and they just walked away. The men attacking the marchers got the girls attention. Another method was picketing the White House where they stood from dawn to dusk. They had banners that quoted the president Woodrow Wilson, they also had his speeches and after reading them they were thrown into a fire. This made the pedestrians angry and they attacked the girls. This
got the girls arrested for “obstructing traffic” and they had to pick between a $10 dollar fine or 60 days in prison, so they picked 60 days in prison because paying was for the weak. One more reason was hunger strikes. Alice Paul started them and others in the prison followed, but Alice Paul was force-fed raw eggs. They evaluated Paul for mental health but the doctors couldn't find anything wrong with her- she was just willing to die for what she believed in. In conclusion the fight for the 19th amendment was difficult but since then it has come a long way.
On October 4, 2016 the sustainability department at Appalachian State University presented the film The Seventh Fire. This was the 3rd of five films in the series devoted to social justice that the sustainability department is presenting. This film was an informative piece on the prevalent drug and gang issue that is common on Native American reservations. The film focuses on the White Earth Indian Reservation and two members who act as large influences in the gang and drug culture that runs rampant through this community. Throughout the documentary both Rob Brown and his 17-year-old pupil Kevin struggle with gang affiliation and the want for redemption and salvation.
This film absolutely deserves to be recognised as it has a positive impact on both the indigenous and white community and how we can gain
Daughters of the Dust, was a movie about traditions, and the history of the women in a black family carrying these traditions. The movie starts in 1902, in an island where a family has lived for generations, since the slavery times. Part of this family, wants to leave the Island, but another part wants to preserve the traditions staying in the island. So the whole movie is about the struggle of the members of this family, in relation to leaving or not leaving the Island. The oldest women of this family, is the wisest of that family; she carries the traditions deep in her heart. Another woman, she is in her forty or so, and has two daughters, she is the other side of the coin. She wants to leave the island and break with the traditions...
The film I will focus on is the Men of Atalissa by Kassie Bracken. The significant limit of the rights that these disabled men faced was the right of a livable wage. The film depicted how the men were dedicated workers and wanted a good life for themselves. However, because of being disabled, they were not paid a fair wage for their work. The people in the town would refer to them as the boys (Bracken, 2014). This illustrated that they were devalued and seen as less important. In addition, when they were seen as the boys it could have been an excuse to devalue their work and pay them less. I choose this as most significant because all the men were promised a lavish retirement if they worked at the turkey farm. They strived for this lifestyle,
For too long, women has been deprived equal rights as men. Even though women played a vital role in the building of this nation, they are deprived the rights of first class citizenship. Especially in the late 1800s and early 1900s, women were instrumental in upholding a traditional family values, they helped in the industrial age, they took care of war victims during the First World War, women worked overtime in the weapon factory to make sure the American military had a steady supply during the War and many more participation to ensure a smooth and enjoyable society is achieved. But men took their role for granted and refused to acknowledge their full importance and the amendment of the constitution to give them the rights to earn equal
The Deaf President Now protest used a few theoretical concepts covered in lecture and the readings. The first concept applied is tactic which also unites well with another concept, political opportunity. The tactic Gallaudet students used is called the ACT-UP disruptions. Meyer (2007) describes the ACT-UP tactic, “…it also demands a response from authorities. The disruptions are impossible to ignore because they interrupt the everyday routine of both targets and bystanders, and they often involve explicit transgressions of the law”. The protestors projected change in the structure of leadership and took advantage of political opportunity and the use of contentious politics. Meyer explains that tactics can be an attempt at change or an outlet to send a message to an extensive community often through the attention of media. This movement utilized the resources of formal organizations as well as the use of informal social networks within the c...
Saw is a American horror film directed by James Wan. The film is about a killer who calls himself the Jigsaw. He kills and/or “teaches” his victims to respect life. He watches his victims and then abducts them when learning their problems in life.
Film Analysis of All That Heaven Allows Chosen sequence: Golden Rain Tree/Cary's bedroom scene. Before the emergence of 'auteur theory' the director Douglas Sirk was a renowned exponent of classical Hollywood narrative, particularly in the genre of romantic melodrama, of which his film All That Heaven Allows is a classic example. However, he is now regarded as a master of mise-en-scene, one of the few tools left to a director working within the constraints of the Hollywood studio/institutional system who is now thought to have been highly critical of American mainstream culture and society in this prosperous era. 1, 2 The 'Golden Rain Tree' sequence occurs early on in the film after the opening panoramic, establishing shot - showing the scene of the action, a small middle-class New England town in autumn. The main protagonists are soon introduced of which the prime causal agent is an unsettled woman, Cary Scott (Jane Wyman), in keeping with romantic melodrama.
1980. Warner Bros. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Music by Wendy Carlos and Rcachel Elkind. Cinematography by John Alcott. Editing by Ray Lovejoy. With Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd.
Gladiator (2000) is an action drama about a Roman general that is betrayed by his country and is forced to fight in the Colosseum. This particular scene, which runs for approximately 5 minutes, is the aftermath of the fight scene between Maximus, the betrayed general, and Commodus, the jealous emperor who betrayed him. This scene is not only significant because it is the concluding scene of the film, but also because it represents the end of Maximus’s enslavement and his coming to peace with dying.
Released in 2012, Ruby Sparks is romantic comedy directed by the award winning directors, Jonathan Daytona & Valerie Faris. After the success of Little Miss Sunshine, the two never did any film for 6 years until actress/writer of the story, Zoe Kazan, approached them. The film went on to get nominated in several awards across Europe. The story tells a fantastical tale of love between a novelist and his imaginary story character who comes to live.
Far more than men, women are exploited in media to indorse sales of goods and services to create desires and interests. The use of women’s body parts such as; breast, butt, lips, stomach are used in media to convey unrealistic messages about women. Media uses provocative images of women to sell and attract consumer to buy their goods. In the movie, Spring Breakers, the gang leader, Alien, bailed the girls out of the jail using his power and money for the purpose of them working for him in return. Alien knew that the girls were in a tough and vulnerable position, and the gang leader was aware that he was capable of getting the girls out of any trouble with the money and power he had. The girls have done one rebellious act and Alien knew they were willing to do more, if it meant that it would benefit him in any way. This shows how in the movie, the gang leader would be able to manipulate the girls to do anything he wants, because of the power that he had and was willing to share with the
Films have always reflected the society we live in or one we wish we could live in. Throughout the 1940’s, America was not only facing pivotal moments that was reflected through films, but film itself was evolving as well. The 40’s was an era of change and challenge for entertainment. The film industry was not at its peak until it rebounded when the nation responded to World War II, thus creating many war movies that would become classics. Many films included themes of patriotism, sacrifice, and heroism which was all meant to be propaganda. Films like Casablanca and Hollywood Canteen reflect this genre trend that occurred during the 1940’s. Films during this decade also elicited the racism in America by using predominately white actors, while
Peter Jackson directed three films that is a part of The Hobbit trilogy. The films are called An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug and There and Back Again. It is an adaption of the 1937 novel by J.R.R Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Jackson has also directed the prequel of The Hobbit films called the The Lord of the Rings (film series).
Growing up as a child in the United States I was always easily amused by cartoons that played on the television during the early 2000’s and late 1999’s. By far one of my most watched movies as a kid was Tarzan, which sometimes played during the weekends on Disney channel, so for this week it was entertaining to watch this old version of Tarzan directed by W.S. Van Dyke. In the film Tarzan “the Ape Man”, Jane Parker derives to Africa to visit her father, who was in a pursuit for ivory, Tarzan captures Jane and once the preliminary terror has worn off, Jane apprehends that she adores Tarzan and that jungle life suits her. This take on the modern day Tarzan opened my eyes to a much more realistic viewpoint of race discernment with the