If you were a targeted minority, how would you feel with such insolence? Would you stand up for your rights, or limit your acts- laying out your unheard voices to be seized-utterly defenseless, and vulnerable? It is essential that the film, âHidden Figuresâ, is embraced in the Silenced Voices festival, exposing the story of Katherine Johnsen, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy...
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The quote 'One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist' is often controversial when it comes to the film âV for Vendettaâ. Terrorism is the illegitimate use of violence and intimidation, particularly against civilians, in the pursuit of political objectives. On the other hand, a freedom fighter is a person who is involved in a violent fight to attain a...
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The concept that we conform to other people and what they approve of isnât a new one. Humans as a whole have a common habit of adopting beliefs and ideas to follow behaviors of mainstream society and use this as a shortcut for decision making and problem solving. Rather than pursue personal desires, people choose to conform to society because...
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My absolute favorite movie growing up was âThe Lion Kingâ. I had this movie engrained in my mind because I watched it often, every night my parents read it to me before bed and I listened to a cassette tape of it while I slept. The young lion cub Simba is tricked by his uncle Scar into thinking he murdered...
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The word âstereotypeâ is today almost always a term of abuse. A pattern of stereotypes is not neutral. It is the guarantee of our self-respect; it is the projection upon the world of our own sense of our own value, our own position and our own rights. The stereotypes are therefore, highly charged with the feelings and attached to them....
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âThe Social Networkâ, a film adapted from Ben Mezrichâs âThe Accidental Billionairesâ, and directed by David Fincher, explores the intricate past and creation of the social media site, Facebook. This film is not only a film about social media, but itâs also about border concepts than technology. Itâs about relationships, individuals, friendships and what these mean in the digital age....
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Throughout American history, there have been many significant events that have shaped America and where we stand today. Going back to the 1600s, this was the time that introduced slavery in North America as well as leading the concept of racism to form. Racism is a huge controversy in America and one of the big main ideas that have led...
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The common theme Iâve seen present in both âDo the Right Thingâ by Spike Lee and âFires in the Mirrorâ by Anna Smith is that racial tensions are more complicated than black and white. Cops beating up colored people for no reason and teenage girls throwing eggs at the elderly Chinese as seen in âDo the Right Thingâ or the...
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The main idea in âSpirited Awayâ is love. According to the dictionary, love is an intense feeling of deep affection and great interest and pleasure in something. According to the Internet, Chihiro is the ten-year-old core protagonist of the Japanese animated film âSpirited Awayâ. Chihiro's relationship with the rest of the characters expressed the main idea. I think it is...
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Ethical leadership is a two-part process involving personal moral behavior and moral influence (Johnson, 2018). Ethical leaders consider long-term effects, downsides and profits of the decisions made by businesses, companyâs or other organizations. In the film âThe Social Networkâ, it depicts the Harvard student, Mark Zuckerberg and his team, designing the social media website that would famously be known as...
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The novel â1984â and film âV for Vendettaâ are both works that explore how totalitarian governments cause isolation and fear through control. They demonstrate how methods such as propaganda, surveillance and fabrication of information assert control over the lives of their citizens and remove the individual freedom to create a mass of people living in a single unified movement. â1984â...
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Rules need to be broken at times. As both the 1985 film by John Hughes, âThe Breakfast Clubâ, and the 1981 novel by Morton Rhue, âThe Waveâ, discuss why and what can happen when such acts are done. With so much desire to break the rule, there is little room left to see why they need to be disobeyed sometimes....
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Introduction The 2007 film "Freedom Writers," directed by Richard LaGravenese, tells the inspiring story of Erin Gruwell, a dedicated teacher who transformed the lives of her at-risk students through innovative teaching methods and an unwavering commitment to their success. This film is based on the true story of Gruwell's experience at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California, during...
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NASA has been a very influential organization for this generation beginning with the Space Race. More people seem to be looking up at the stars and wondering how can they get to one of those specks. Right now, our destination is landing on Mars but that is only possible because of the early programs NASA started in order to get...
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In âCitizen Kaneâ (1941) directed by Orson Welles, the story is set in motion to seek for the meaning of âRosebudâ. At the end, when Thompson is asked about âRosebudâ, he states that he didnât find its meaning, and that âmaybe âRosebudâ was something [Kane] couldnât get or something he lost ⌠I guess âRosebudâ is just a piece in...
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Through the film âThe Social Networkâ, many organizational behavioral problems can be identified, such as leadership problems, lack of communication among top management, and some unethical behaviors (hacking, stealing ideas, betrayal, and disloyalty). For this essay, I decided to choose the problem of communication as the main problem because it was one of the vital factors in running a successful...
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Woman are goddess and a miracle. âHidden Figuresâ makes a very big impression and an inspirational movie for us. The movie addresses the issues of racial segregation which was reflected in the location of the West Area computing division where the women or blacks worked, about half a mile away from the rest of the Langley Research Centre. It also...
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âCitizen Kaneâ begins with a three-minute stretch of dark and foggy silence with a low song before its disruptive by the word âRosebudâ said by Charles Kane, played and directed by Orson Welles. The movie opens with a life-changing picture of a far off, haze covered castle on a slope. It's an exemplary gothic shot and goes far towards building...
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The transition from childhood to adulthood also known as adolescents (shonen for boys, shojo for females) is heavily shown within the realm of anime. Studio Ghibli is also known as one of the major producers of adolescent films with the help of Hayao Miyazaki, a director, and producer of films such as âKikiâs Delivery Serviceâ, âSpirited Awayâ, âHowlâs Moving Castleâ,...
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âOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nestâ follows the story of Randle Patrick McMurphy, a criminal that was sent to a mental ward due to his antics. He assumed that moving there would have been far easier than the prison he was at, but he was wrong; as the person who was in charge of the ward, Nurse Ratched was no...
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Spike Leeâs 1989 film âDo the Right Thingâ confronts the impossible nature of resolving racism in a society that is so divided by differences in ethnicities. Inspired by the Howard Beach incident in 1986, in which Michael Griffith is hit by a car while fleeing from his racist attacker, the film shows the breaking down of a community under pressure....
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Is murder for racial reasons permissible? In Spike Leeâs film, âDo the Right Thingâ, Radio Raheem killed by NYPD for simply doing nothing for having loud music. There is no excuse or right answer to killing someone for doing something so harmless. With a death killed by police officers, it goes with no justice. This major climax scene parallels with...
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The film, movie, cinema, motion picture, or moving picture has been entertaining audiences for over one hundred plus years. They have come a long way since the Golden Age of movies. Early on movies such as âCitizen Kaneâ, âCasablancaâ, and âThe Best Years of Our Livesâ broke and set new ideas for film-making, casting and directing. Their production made new...
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A hero is defined as a person who is admired for their courage, outstanding achievements or noble qualities (Oxford, 2019) However this definition doesnât characterize a hero by their skin or gender, yet since the beginning of time the heroes in our stories have been depicted as supreme white men. These are the stories of superior white European men being...
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Still today many books are still very important to many surroundings, they have tons of abilities and can hold a spot in your head forever. This book called âNightâ is definitely important especially to the writer Elie Wiesel. He was a huge survivor of a horrendous and frightening real-life event that took place in 1941 and 1945 known as the...
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âPower is neither good nor evil, but its user makes it soâ - Erin Hunter. When I stumbled across this poem the other day on my phone it puzzled me. I found myself thinking about what power means to me and compared it to scenarios from books I have recently read and movie I have watched. Power to me is...
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Tensions are created as the culmination of the audienceâs sympathy and desire for the individualâs welfare and survival against the visual testimonies of anti-Semitic abuse and atrocity. William Shakespeareâs play, âThe Merchant of Veniceâ, and Steven Spielbergâs film, âSchindlerâs Listâ, depict the tensions inciting the human experience of change and connection through the insights accentuated by the aspects of moral...
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In Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning film, âSchindler's Listâ, it tells the incredible true story of a German businessman, Oskar Schindler, who saved over one thousand Jews during World War II. The film takes place in Krakow, Poland beginning in the year 1939, where an ambitious, money-hungry Oskar Schindler was ready to make his fortune from the war. Throughout the film, there...
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The film serves to represent the journey Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) undertook in relation to the formation of Facebook. Facebook as it is known today is a social media network used by millions of people worldwide. The filmâs opening scene occurs in a gloomy pub, here the audience watch Erica Albright (Rooney Mara) essentially break up with Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse...
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The extract that I have chosen is taken from Spike Leeâs âDo the Right Thingâ (1989). The reason I have chosen to analyze a sequence of this film is that of the interesting storytelling techniques Spike Lee utilizes. More importantly, the film has many underlying meanings that are represented through the film elements. I will analyze the cultural context, cinematography,...
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