WGST 300—BLACK CINEMA Option A: Select two or more films from this course and compare and/or contrast them‚ using one or more of the above criteria (shared themes‚ etc.). SUPERFLY and DUTCHMAN “Lights‚ camera‚ and action!!” A popular phrase noted throughout the film and cinematic industry‚ but to directors‚ actors‚ and viewers of African American or Black Cinema this famous phrase helped jumpstart a movement throughout the black culture. Starting with radical movies that explained racial undertones
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In Bless Me‚ Ultima‚ Rudolfo Anaya writes about a young Mexican-American boy named Antonio Marez who is very curious about all the lives and stories that surround him because he is faced with deciding who he will be in the future. Antonio’s mother wants him to be a Catholic priest and farmer. She is a Luna and wants Antonio to be like her family‚ the people of the moon and excellent farmers because they are quiet people who speak and listen to the earth. His father wants him to be a vaquero‚ or cowboy
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In Aronofsky’s Black Swan‚ the main character Nina struggles with her own body image. Throughout the film‚ the viewer is able to see first hand the obstacles Nina faces with her obsession of becoming ‘perfect’. Much like the initial focus for this paper‚ Nina encounters influences from individuals in her life on the ideas of perfection and body image. She is also confronted
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It is easy to wonder why the erasure of black history is important‚ and how it ties in with the Black Lives Matter movement. The simplest explanation is that everyone has a right to understand their culture and their past. The majority of United States history consists of discussing the accomplishments of white presidents‚ inventors‚ explorers‚ and businessmen. Not acknowledging the existence and impact of slavery on America and on the black community can lead to the implication that only white people
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The Title: DuBois and Black Nationalism The Epigraph: "The colored people are coming to face the fact quite calmly that most white Americans do not like them‚ and are planning neither for their survival‚ nor their definite future" W.E.B. DuBois "A Negro Nation within the Nation" The Premise: Black Nationalism is a pragmatic solution for the success and survival of the oppressed African Americans. The Argument: Black Nationalism is defined by Karenga‚ as the political belief and practice
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A Glimpse Into the World of “The Black Cat” Those who have read any of Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories know that most of them are full of suspense and mystery and that they efflict a feeling of horror and shock upon the reader. Poe studies the mind‚ and is conscious of the abnormalities of his narrators and he does not condone the intellectual expedient through which they strive‚ only too earnestly‚ to justify themselves. He enters the field of the starkly‚ almost clinically
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influenced the governments green paper‚ Our Healthier Nation (1998) and the 1999 white paper‚ saving lives (bbc.co.uk21.06.13). Evaluation of the Black Report This essay will look at the Black Report and its findings‚ and also compare it with the findings of both the‚ Acheson and Marmot reports on health inequalities in social class. The Black Report (1980) assessed the health service of Britain and its impact on society. It underlined four types of explanations for ill health and social causes
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special someone that holds your heart? The person who if you had to you would lay your life down for. I like to live by “if you don’t stand for something you’ll fall for anything” On April 8‚ 2011 I finally met that special person who I knew then will always have a place in my heart. There are several reason why that significant person is special to me‚ the love‚ their personality‚ and they gave me direction in life. What means the world to someone is usually very special to them. My daughter Erynn
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played tennis from a young age with him. Tennis is important to me‚ being my main sport and the only one that I excel at. Also‚ playing tennis gives me euphoria‚ and it motivates me to play tennis. It seems as if I was made to play tennis. Tennis is an inseparable part of me‚ and I am proud of it. And no matter how you look at it‚ tennis has a significant role in shaping me into the person I am today. Playing tennis shaped me by helping me develop three things: sportsmanship‚ grit‚ and a passion. Sportsmanship
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Beauty to me Scientist has determined that the most beautiful celebrities have the most facial symmetry. The beauty of people is also based on how they act as it is to looks. The best looking people become hideous if they act that way and vice versa. That is a fact that anyone can anyone can agree to‚ but beauty is not just in people. Beauty to me is enjoying things that are heard‚ seen‚ or read‚ something that leaves an impression. There is no definition of beauty because everyone has different
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