Intro to Humanities “Sankofa” Why have African Americans forgotten their roots? “In this bright future you can’t forget your past.” Sweet‚ simple‚ and to the point was this quote said by Jamaican reggae artist Bob Marley. The major theme of this movie is returning to the past to understand your future. In the beginning of the film the protagonist starts off as Mona‚ a self-centered model oblivious to her surroundings‚ and its importance. She stood on the very ground where many of our ancestors were
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Today’s twenty-first century definition of honor according to Dictionary.com is‚ honesty‚ fairness‚ or integrity in one’s beliefs and actions. But the definition of honor has drastically changed over time. For example‚ in A.D 800 to the 11th century Vikings‚ a nomadic people from Scandinavia‚ had an honor code for their wives/ slave girls. The honor code they had stated that if a woman’s husband/ master died that she in order to keep her name and her husband/ master’s name honorable she was to be
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loss is a big part of dementia so in that sense it was correct but the disease is more far reaching than that. Viewers come away from the film sad and in tears from the final scene but because the disorder played a very inconsequential piece of the movie I don’t think they would think much about dementia. If they did notice the disorder they would see its tragedy‚ but because Allie didn’t display many symptoms and would bounce back into lucidness I think it undermines the truly powerful and detrimental
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Amistad: My Story Everyone has a story. As we learned in the movie Amistad‚ everyone goes through something different that changes their lives and shapes them into the person that they are today. This event or happening that takes place can have many emotions: sad‚ joyful‚ mournful‚ happy or even none. It all depends on how we react and let it affect your life. A major part of my story‚ and what has shaped me into the person I am today‚ is my parents’ divorce. My parents’ divorce has changed
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Frontera is a movie about two illegal immigrants‚ Jose and Miguel who are trying to cross the border between the United States and Mexico. Upon entering the United States the two meet Olivia‚ the wife of a former sheriff and the owner of the land they were attempting to pass through. Olivia gives Jose in Miguel water in a blanket and departs after telling them there is a highway not too far where they can try to catch a ride. Later on‚ they run into a few local boys who are out to shoot at illegal
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Why did I take sign up for an Honors class? This isn’t the first nor the last time I have been asked this‚ but I must say my answer has changed drastically since the previous questioner. I used to believe school was just boring. I believed that it would always be me sitting through a class‚ waiting for the end. I always made extraordinary grades‚ but seemed to be bored. The last time I was asked I answered that it was because It would look good for me to get into college. Now I realize it’s because
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There are few physical forces on this earth as powerful of that of a hurricane. It is therefore fitting that a movie‚ which carries its name‚ is as impacting and devastatingly effective as the meteorological event Beginning on the night of June 17th 1966‚ several shots ring out from the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson‚ New Jersey‚ claiming the lives of two men and a woman. In the aftermath of the shooting‚ the police arrest two Negroes in a white car‚ based on eyewitness accounts of two men
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The Planet we call home was once a beautiful place like no other planet. And once upon a time the people on earth intended to keep it that way. But as the Earth gets older and the population gets bigger‚ we are finding it harder and harder to keep it that way. Some people are making that task even harder on themselves and the rest of the world. Some people figure that you have to sacrifice one thing to have the other but if are having to sacrifice clean water‚ which is a necessity in life‚ for warmth
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When I transferred to Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)‚ I was fortunate to be selected to the Honors Transfer Fellows program. As a requirement of this program‚ I was required to complete an undergraduate thesis and take additional classes along with the regular curriculum for my major. While this project was a valuable experience‚ it was also challenging to balance the workload of conducting thesis research‚ attending classes‚ working part time‚ and working as a clinician at the MTSU Speech
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The creation of a finished movie involves several stages of production; pre-production‚ production‚ post-production‚ distribution and exhibition (Media College‚ 2017). In the pre-production stage of a musical film a concept and storyline is brought to a prospective production company with the purpose of attracting backing. When this is successful then the actors are matched to parts‚ screenplay written‚ dances choreographed‚ songs and music written‚ settings and props sourced along with technical
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