If you have children in tow, and are looking for a family-fun, delightful movie to watch, “Song of the South” is worth a viewing. Or perhaps you are a fan of the Uncle Remus tales you have read when you were little, then “Song of the South” will certainly give some justice to those fun tales.
“Song of the South” begins with a white seven year-old boy named Johnny (Bobby Driscoll) travelling to his grandmother, Miss Doshy’s (Lucile Watson) plantation in Georgia, with his parents, John (Eric Rolf) and Sally (Ruth Warrick). Upon arriving at the plantation, Johnny is hit with the news that his father has to return to Atlanta for his job, while he is to live in the plantation with his mother and grandmother. Heartbroken at the separation from his father and determined, Johnny packs a small sack and tries to return to Atlanta on his own. In the middle of sneaking away from the plantation, he is distracted and lured by the sight of a bunch of people surrounding a campfire, aptly listening to a man telling stories. This is when he first meets Uncle Remus (James Baskett). Uncle Remus later befriends Johnny and subtly dissuades him from running away by regaling one of his many tales of Brer Rabbit, a tale about Rabbit’s attempt to leave home and how that turned out. As Johnny spends more time with Uncle Remus, Johnny also befriends Toby (Glenn Leedy), a little black boy. Later on, among Johnny’s other problems, like being bullied by two of his white neighbors, Joe (Gene Holland) and Jake Favers (Georgie Nokes), Uncle Remus provides consolation through more tales of Brer Rabbit, advising Johnny of certain life-lessons. All the while, a sweet friendship develops between Johnny and Ginny Favers (Luana Patten), Joe and Jake’s little sister...
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...s and the white characters are falsely depicted because they appear too comfortable with each other. However, no matter how out of the norm the relaxed and respectful relationship between the masters and the former slaves were, that doesn't mean it didn't exist. Nevertheless, viewers will see that “Song of the South” is a heart-warming film that unites both races while also emphasizing the importance of parent-presence, and the love that comes from it, in a little boy’s life.
For those who have read the tales, the experience of watching this movie is more enriched. However, no matter if you have read the tales or not (although it is recommended to read them before watching it), the movie is worthy of a viewing. “Song of the South” isn’t exactly a must-see film, rather more of a film that you can do without seeing, but if you see it, you will be glad you did so.
...he movie is deep into getting the point across in the discrimination between the black soldiers and the white commanders, it addresses the audience with the issue that everyone was going through. At the end of the day, the Massachusetts 54th wanted to win the war white or black, friends or not. The audience gets a look into a reenactment of the Civil war and the look at how difficult it was to train the black soldiers. They also get to see their dedication and how these African American men wanted in any way to serve their country.
To Kill a Mockingbird is regarded as a classic, also due to the timeless moral values it holds dear. The words of others should not dictate personal values, using educated thought is crucial before acting and finally, statements should not always be acknowledged as truth until you are able to authenticate them for yourself.
Birth of a Nation uses its histrionic plot to show how tangled destinies of a southern and northern family before and after the Civil War. It willingly portrays southern blacks as spiteful and uncivil, the northern whites as crafty, dishonest, and conceited, and the film’s southern whites as anguish recurrent radical and erotic mortifications at the hands of white northerners and black southerners before factually being saved by the thoughtful, Ku Klux Klan. The film is divided to show the different aspects of those two sides during this historical time. During this time Africans were coming to America and it started the reconstruction on our country. D.W. Griffith made this film to show us the reality of racism at this point in time.
To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee. To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in Alabama, and is narrator by the main character, a little girl named Jean Louise ‘’Scout Finch’’. Her father Atticus Finch is a Lawyer with high moral standards. Scout her brother Jem, and their friend Dill are intrigued by the local rumors about a man named Boo Radley, who lives in their neighborhood but never leaves his house.
The book to ‘To kill a mocking-bird’ was written in the 1930’s and explores prejudice against black people. The book is portrayed through the eyes of two innocent children and shows the “irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South [of America] in the thirties. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one mans struggle for justice.”
The South has always been known for its farming economy, confederate tendencies, family pride, and delicate females in ruffled dresses. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the South's familiar traditions become ostensible as a theme throughout the plot. This novel takes place in Alabama in the 1930s and tells a story about a lawyer who defends a wrongly accused black man while trying to raise his two children, Scout and Jem, as they go through life's most active learning stage. Southern ways enhance the plot of the story and give a realistic and historic perspective to the book. This portrayal of Southern culture appears in various forms of racism, hatred, meek women, and family.
This movie is a wonderful production starting from 1960 and ending in 1969 covering all the different things that occurred during this unbelievable decade. The movie takes place in many different areas starring two main families; a very suburban, white family who were excepting of blacks, and a very positive black family trying to push black rights in Mississippi. The movie portrayed many historical events while also including the families and how the two were intertwined. These families were very different, yet so much alike, they both portrayed what to me the whole ‘message’ of the movie was. Although everyone was so different they all faced such drastic decisions and issues that affected everyone in so many different ways. It wasn’t like one person’s pain was easier to handle than another is that’s like saying Vietnam was harder on those men than on the men that stood for black rights or vice versa, everyone faced these equally hard issues. So it seemed everyone was very emotionally involved. In fact our whole country was very involved in president elections and campaigns against the war, it seemed everyone really cared.
The popularity of To Kill a Mockingbird has many different explanations from a diverse mixture of opinions. As stated earlier, this book is read for the first time by many high school students and sometimes younger. It uncovers concepts and realities that many young people are not used to or have never really understood. The main theme for a young person is that you should not judge a person without first seeing the world through their eyes. This is a start for developing the young person into seeing more than themselves.
Prejudice is defined as an opinion formed without taking the time and care to judge fairly. In the book 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee, there are several themes presented like bravery, prejudice, and growing up. The main theme in this novel though is prejudice. In the book, it is not just a case of black and white but the entire novel is about prejudice in many forms including class gender and racial prejudice. Throughout the story, we see all these events in a young girl’s eyes named Scout.
The novel To Kill a Mockingbird is an exquisite example of the impact of prejudice and discrimination on a small Southern town post-Depression. On Harper Lee's novel, Telgen states, "Comprising the main portion of the book's examination of racism and its effects are the underlying themes of prejudice vs. tolerance: how people feel about and respond to differences in others" (292). The motif of discrimination in this story is strongly supported by numerous examples, events, and seemingly unimportant anecdotes described throughout the novel. To Kill a Mockingbird expounds upon the ideas, thoughts, and interpretations of Jean Louise Finch (also known as Scout) and her older brother Jeremy "Jem" Finch. As the siblings live out many adventures and mature, both in years and in experience, they start to learn and recognize the prejudices occurring in their town. While they were brought up by Atticus Finch, their father- a man who strongly believes in the equality of all- others in the town of Maycomb do not have these same views. These differences lead to many problems throughout Scout's narration. This best-seller greatly expresses the repercussions of discrimination and prejudice of gender, race, and class.
The movie is depicted from the perspective of Colonel Shaw who is of wealthy descent. Despite being a Northerner he does not understand the colored soldiers who volunteer for his colored regime. Many Northerners and Union soldiers despite supporting the abolition of slavery still saw colored people, and slaves as subservient to themselves. Slaves and colored citizens were depicted in rags, and as being illiterate. White Northerners and Union soldiers including Colonel Shaw did not understand the behavior...
Imagine a world where evil and unjust actions are based on the color of skin; a world where some don’t even realize that they are prejudicing. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, these themes are present. People and how they commit evil, hypocritical, and unjust acts. We see these themes and great issues through the point of view of a child; the vigorous, youthful, elementary-aged Scout. Through this character Harper Lee shows the innocence of children, and what they go through in our inequitable world.
For this assignment, I decided to do my film review on To Kill a Mockingbird (Mulligan, R., & Pakula, A. Director of the Department of Health and Human Services. d. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. To Kill a Mockingbird [Motion picture on VHS]. United States of America. I have a personal connection to this film because it is one of my most beloved novels by Harper Lee. I have never watched the film so it was a nice experience to see the characters I have loved for years come to life just before my eyes.
The movie fails to show little details of prejudice. In the movie, African Americans are not seen doing the hard, manual labor, which was their only opportunity for employment (Overview: To Kill a Mockingbird). In the book, Reverend Sykes tells the children about how Tom Robinson damaged his left arm as a boy in a cotton gin. In the movie, Tom tells the court. Even though movies are not entitled to follow the book directly, the focus of To Kill A Mockingbird as the movie is a compromise from the novel’s full power.
Two hundred and twenty two years ago, a democracy was born and its citizen has been guaranteed “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Is this pledge fully adopted? The high almighty, arbitrary, rich, wealthy people surely have an advantage over the meager, poor lower class. The rich has money, and money can be a powerful source to silence evil deeds in which a pauper cannot do, but must suffer the consequences. In Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, she portrays the weak, the vulnerable, and the innocent as mockingbirds. Setting the novel in Maycomb County, Alabama in the 1930s plays a crucial role in illustrating the mockingbirds of the society. The prejudiced South carried people like Arthur “Boo” Radley, Tom Robinson, and Mayella Ewell who have never had any intentions of harm, and only brought joy, but suffered greatly because of their position in a rigid, prejudiced society.