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    INDIAN CINEMA AND COMMUNAL POLITICS “Pictures can and do make a difference. Strong images of historical events do have an impact on society. They can help with change.” -Charles Moore Indian Cinema or Bollywood produces over 750 films a year‚ released across 12‚000 theatres in the country. Popular for its tear-jerking plots‚ colourful and exotic

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    Representation of Race in Cinema In this research paper‚ I have been asked to analyse the representation of race in the World‚ African or South African Cinema. Before I start‚ I would like to clear something regarding the task I have been asked to do‚ as I personally believe that we only have one race which is the human race‚ but regarding this tasks‚ I try to understand the word “race” as people of different background and culture including different languages. So only in this essay‚ I will be

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    French Cinema and Society – Final Paper Analyse and compare the gender dynamic in Jules et Jim and Les Valseuses. This essay will attempt to explore the idea that although both Jules et Jim and Les Valseuses explore progressive gender dynamics‚ ultimately their films remain grounded on traditional gender concepts. Both films move around the French-loved triangular structure between protagonists‚ around which this paper will explore gender in two ways; through a look at the classic woman-man

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    sense that gender and race play a large role in how people perceive one another. Whether or not it is fair does not matter as that is a separate topic entirely‚ but this is a serious issue that is present even today. The main characters in the texts Susan Sontag’s “Woman’s Beauty: Put-Down or Power Source?”‚ Joan Didion’s “On Self-Respect”‚ and James Baldwin’s “Stranger in the Village” have all experienced to varying degrees some sort

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    examples‚ when a child gets lose in the street‚ and you see her crying laughly there‚ you will grow a feeling that you need to help her‚ and make she smiles instead of the cry. That is because we leaned of others and we grow our compassion as well. Susan sontag asserts that people may choose not to look‚ it means they can make the decision to ignoring something or perceived something. And then‚ Ascher contends that people can not deny the existence of the helpness as their presence grows‚ it means

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    Susan B. Anthony Susan Brownell Anthony was the pioneer and key spokesperson for the 19th century women’s suffrage movement. She was and activist‚ reformer‚ teacher‚ and lecturer. Anthony was born in South Adams‚ Massachusetts‚ 15 Feb.‚ 1820. The second of eight children‚ Susan learned to read and write at age three. In 1826‚ when she was six years old‚ the family moved to Battenville‚ New York. Susan attended a local district school‚ where a teacher refused to teach her

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    apparent in Trifles by Susan Glaspell‚ where symbolism is vital to telling her story. Without thought one can deduce that the canary is a primary focus of the symbolism in the story however the empty cage is equally if not more important to the thought process of Mrs. Wright Lets not forget the condition of her kitchen and Mrs. Wrights concern of her preserves. During the turn of the 19th century‚ the role and importance of women was quite different then is today. Susan Glaspell makes the

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    Symbolism in Theater and Cinema Carolyn Wood August 3‚ 2015 ARTS/100 ALICE MC BRIDE In society‚ lawyers are called sharks. Sharks‚ the fish kind‚ are swift‚ powerful‚ and relentless‚ they have no conscience nor compassion. They scare people and don ’t care who they hurt. So‚ people say that is the same way lawyers act‚ hence them being called sharks. Also‚ big business and business people can be called sharks. Take a look at the TV show called "shark tank". New inventers are standing

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    Independent films‚ more commonly known as indie films‚ are films not made by mainstream production houses or movie studios. They are independent of the influences‚ authority‚ and control of the mainstream industry (Makuha‚ 2010). The emergence of new and highly-advanced cameras in the market and the advancement of technology have spawned the growth of indie films. This allowed anyone to create his or her own film in accordance to his or her own style without the influences of mainstream movies

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    Symbolism in Theater and Cinema Krystal Gormley Art/100 Kevin Justus June 8‚ 2015 What if I never saw the movie Jaws? Would I still feel the same way about sharks and the ocean? These are some of the questions I feel a lot of people can ask themselves after they have seen Jaws. What does this mean? Can the shark in Jaws represent or symbolize something more than just being a hungry shark? I remember watching Jaws as a kid‚ as you can imagine I was pretty scared. I think I was about ten when I

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