I chose to watch “Mission Blue” for many reasons. I was searching for movies or videos
I chose to watch “Mission Blue” for many reasons. I was searching for movies or videos
based on a true story and there is also a book called Lone Survivor as well about Operation…
My book Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry was about a girl named Kira who lives in community where things are very weird. Kira had just become an orphan recently when her mother died of the flu. Since her mother died of the flu they had to burn down Kira’s house. Kira came to the grounds where her house was, and started to rebuild when a large women comes in and tells her she doesn’t own this space any more because her mother is dead and with Kira’s messed up leg she is useless, so they are taking her house and are going to build a place for the children. Kira says that she owns the space and refuses to move.…
I watched Eve's Bayou, it was the only movie I could get my hands on since I am not in the United States. I've watched it before but it was different watching it with a purpose and a structured thought process.…
The Mission was released in 1986 by producers Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam assisted by director Roland Joffé. Some of the actors consisted of Robert De Niro as Rodrigo Mendoza, the main protagonist, and Jeremy Irons as Father Gabriel. The movie, as a whole, I enjoyed very much. The character development in the beginning caught my attention and didn’t leave me constantly drifting off as other films might have. In the movie, Jesuit missionaries are trying to protect a native tribe they had converted to Christianity from Portugal who wanted to enslave the natives for their own use. Rodrigo Mendoza had to go through trials before he accepted his position as a Jesuit priest after he was given the choice by Father Gabriel…
I picked this documentary because I am a huge football fan and sports fan in general. I am also really interested in injuries and the health of an individual and, more specifically, I have always been interested in the way the mind works in so many ways that we still don’t understand today. I’m actually majoring in Athletic Training which perfectly explains why I picked this documentary. The other fact is that this documentary points to the three biggest things I am interested in which made this an obvious pick for me.…
Using the mix of animation, archival footage and interviews, the film “Tower” shows the events which took place on the day of August 1, 1966. On this day, a gunman went up to the observation deck at the University of Texas Tower and opened fire. The animated documentary tells the stories of the victims, survivors and heroes of that day, while vividly displaying the occurrence.…
In this video is about Nyalat Biliew coming from a Sudan at a young age , and balancing her life in America with the customs that she has grown up around that come from her family tibial backgrounds that was brought to the United States called the Nure tibe. In the short film that is narrated by Nyalat she is self aware of the differences between the two cultures and has said in the video that she feels that she is losing a part of her culture, because she does not relate to them on a deeper level that people like her mother and the Elder Nour can.I found it interesting that in the film that Rebecca Wal talks about how different american kids are from their own and how they can “do whatever they want” because we are taught we have freedom to do this. This quote…
Imagine that one day - any random day of the week- everything is fine. You seem to have some difficulty in remembering simple things. Where are the car keys? What were you supposed to do that day? The next day, you and your family receive the terrifying news. You have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Slowly, over the course of the next few years, you will begin to forget everything about yourself. It is a terrifying thought, yet it is happening to nearly five million and four thousand people in America today (White, “The Genius of Caring: an interactive documentary”). Now, think about what it would be like to be the caregiver of those people. They are husbands and wives, sons and daughters, or close friends and…
The entire film was motivational. It brought history into the mix, research studies and actual lives of human beings living in the world today. The story that I found to be particularly motivational was the story of the woman diagnosed with breast cancer. When a person in our society is…
Half the Sky is a movie that discusses the oppression of women around the world. It brings to light the issues that, even in today's society, are still occurring. Women, young adults, and children everywhere in the world are becoming victims to abuse, rape, and being deprived of getting an education. This film documents Nikolas Kristof going around the world with the help of well known people in America to show some of the issues and some organizations that are working to change the way society views women and children. Early in the documentary a shocking statistic was given. It stated that around 60 million to 100 million females are currently missing out of the population. Where are all of these women going, and how are we letting this happen in today's societies? Females all around the world are becoming victims of genital mutilation, sex trafficking, rape, and abuse. Half the Sky is shedding light into some of the cultures around the world where this is a norm, and is trying to promote awareness. It discusses the reasons why these events are still taking place in current cultures, and what we can do about it to change the way people respond to these events.…
If the Martian Chronicles had been written in the 1999's instead of fifty years ago, many issues and problems would change. Ray Bradbury wrote his book in 1946. In it he wrote about problems such as censorship, man's cruelty to man, and loneliness. Each issue shows up in one or two of his chronicles. All of his issues affect every one of his characters in many different ways.…
Based on the actions in The Martian Chronicles, Bradbury’s opinion is that humans are greedy, arrogant, disrespectful, and insecure. In the novel humans were portrayed in a negative way. Bradbury created humans as a society to crumble in the future because of their own insecurities. Humans’ self-righteousness is their biggest flaw as a society and individuals.…
and all other participants were younger than me. I left for the reservation of Mandaree, North…
Jay is assigned his first mission with Kay, they are sent off to investigate an alien leaving his zone, Jay has no idea what to expect and is out of his comfort zone.…
My opinion on the End Black History Month documentary is that we should end Black History month because black history is a part of American History and it should not be limited to just a month. Black History is a lot of history that African American people and children should know about. It’s so much important history for it to be just narrowed down to the three basic people all the time which are Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman. While these are legends definitely worthy of study they are not the only icons students and people should admire. By our teen years, we’ve heard it all before, and are interested in approaching Black History in a different way. While those studying Black History Month are grilled on the names of African American pioneers, they receive little background on the historical context these heroes lived and prospered in despite deep-seated racism.…