The Departed The Departed is about two people playing the "rat" and the "mole"; Leonardo DiCaprio as a cop pretending to be a thug for the Irish mob and Matt Damon as his opposite‚ an informant for the mob. Both are trapped in circumstances where you can’t tell the good from the bad. Each man is living a double life where one misstep will mean life or death if he is caught. This movie was directed by Martin Scorsese with the lead actors Leonardo DiCaprio‚ Matt Damon‚ Jack Nicholson‚ Mark Wahlberg
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order to teach the native inhabitants Christianity. Leading this cause is Father Gabriel‚ a Spanish Jesuit Priest‚ who arrives in the jungle in South America to set up a mission and convert a small village of Guarani Indians. In the beginning of the film‚ there is an image of a Jesuit missionary tethered to a cross which is being sent over the massive Iguazu Falls. This act encourages Father Gabriel to try to reach out to the tribe. Guarani warriors track Father Gabriel down‚ prepared to kill him‚
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The musical Rent has music‚ lyrics‚ and book by Jonathan Larson. The story follows a man named Mark‚ a documentary film maker‚ and his roommate Roger‚ a musician‚ as they face the hardships of living with a low income. The musical is set in the rural district in Manhattan‚ New York‚ where HIV spreads through the streets of the East Village and effects the roommates and their friends. As Roger copes with his new life being HIV positive‚ Mark decides to create a documentary to follow the challenges
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America Televising the Holocaust During the 1950’s The events that took place during the Holocaust began to make its way to film during post-World War II America. In the 1950’s‚ the film The Diary of Anne Frank‚ and the Judgment at Nuremberg and the TV show This is Your Life gave the American audience an understanding of the disturbing events. The objective‚ of most TV and film writers that chose to portray the Holocaust‚ was to get the American audience to connect with the Jewish people. Through watching
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The lead editor of Spotlight Walter "Robby" Robinson stated‚ “It’s like everyone knows the story‚ except us and we work right there.” This quote demonstrated that this story was known by many but was not publicized. The fact that people would cover it up provided more of means to actually get the story out so people can be aware. The team took a different approach since this story was very covered numerous times. Michael Rezendes (one of the investigative reporters) thought that the story would attack
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com/od/1920s/a/flappers.htm>. "Frida Kahlo Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television‚ n.d. Web. 28 Sept. 2012. <http://www.biography.com/people/frida-kahlo-9359496?page=1>. Frida. Dir. Julie Taymore. Perf. Salma Hayak and Geoffrey Rush. Miramax Films‚ 2002. DVD.
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“You can’t kill your way out of this” former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Directors‚ Michael Hayden‚ David Petraeus‚ John Brennan‚ and James Woolsey all state during a montage in the Showtime documentary The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs. The Directors go on to lament the CIA’s evolution from an intelligence gathering entity to a targeting and strike organization‚ albeit not publicly acknowledged as such. More specifically‚ the former CIA Directors seem to regret the agency’s lack of field
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The movie The Help‚ produced by Kathryn Stockett‚ depicts the average lifestyle of African American women during the 1960’s‚ at the advent of the Civil Rights Movement.The most conventional job for an African American woman during this period was a maid for an American family. The movie has a social message and “explores race relations in the 1960’s South by telling the stories of four black housekeepers and the white women for whom they work ” (“Former Slave Sues Author For False Portrayal” 1)
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During the 20th century‚ approximately 174 million people have been killed by the government only and mostly by the communist governments (Dominic & Abimbola‚ 39). The figures are quite shocking. This clearly depicts that government exploits the innocent people and incite them to stand against their brothers and sisters. The same story happened in Rwanda‚ It was the Habyarimanian government‚ who planned the genocide a long time before to retain their political power. The magnitude of the genocide
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put on their plates and has given me an altered view towards the food industry which has drastically changed my food habits. Many emotional scenes were shown on this film to give viewers empathy towards the problem that is occurring. The documentary shows many vivid details and explains what is in the food that consumers eat. The film food‚ Inc influenced my habits of consumption by eating organic meats‚ purchasing most foods in the farmers market‚ and checking for food labels. I have learned that
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