The film‚ Freedom Writers‚ directed by Richard LaGravenese captured the lives of underrepresented and at risk students whom lived in Long Beach‚ California‚ that were born into gang life and didn’t see their lives past than age eighteen. Erin Gruwell was a passionate young teacher keen on social change. Wanting to make a difference‚ she decided to teach at the newly voluntarily integrated Woodrow Wilson High School. The movie’s portrayal of stereotypes was emphasized through its technical aspects
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new art history professor at Wellesley College teaches her female students alternatives to their seemingly preordained futures as wives and mothers. In this paper we will examine women ’s roles in the 1950 ’s through Mona Lisa Smile and compare this film to actual experiences of Wellesley collage graduates. In 1953‚ a time when women ’s roles were rigidly defined‚ free-spirited‚ art history professor Katherine Watson (Julia Roberts) begins teaching her dream job at Wellesley College. Wellesley
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March 23rd‚ 2011 Triumph of the Will is a Nazi propaganda film released in 1934 by the Nazi party. This film was written and directed by Leni Riefenstahl. Walter Ruttman also co-wrote this film. It stars Adolf Hitler‚ Herman Göring‚ and Max Amann. I watched this film in my house on March 21st. Given that this was a propaganda film‚ there is no real release information as it was not to make profits‚ but to brainwash/convince people to believe in what the Nazi party stood for. Hitler commissioned
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Students Location Contact North Elliot Lake Course Code and Name Advanced Seminar Assignment or Test Assignment for extra marks Instructors Name Martene Nelson Instructors Location Thunder Bay Campus This form must accompany all test and assignment If I were to obtain $1‚000‚000 in funding for the improvement of Elliot Lake‚ and to help make a better life for its inhabitants‚ I would increase the amount of affordable housing available in Elliot Lake‚ and also modernize and enlarge
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I watched the film “Dedicated to Chaos PBS Episode 7” . The film talks about the changes Jazz was going through during WWII. Many Americans were already used to Swing music that it was already considered America’s music during the war. Although Swing music was popular among the majority of Jazz musicians‚ some musicians were in fact tired of the many restrictions found in Swing. So they decided to change the formula of Jazz music once again to create a highly complex form of Jazz: Bebop. The predominant
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The film Away From Her‚ is a screenplay adaptation from the short story Bear came over the Mountain by Alice Munro. The story focuses around the relationship of Fiona and Grant‚ an Ontario couple married over 40 years. The couple is forced to face that fact that Fionas forgetfulness is actually Alzheimers disease. After Fiona wanders away and is found after being lost‚ she realizes that she can no longer live at home. Fiona has too much self-pride for herself‚ and too much pity for Grant‚ to subject
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there city was located about a mile from the shores. Greece’s best chance of attack was by crossing this sea. The Greek’s were a loose unity of kingdoms that were all controlled by Agamemnon‚ a greedy dictator who craved power and land. When a war film is created to tell a story of a certain time period‚ it is supposed to portray what war was like during that time in history. We will see that the story of the Iliad does not quite reflect what historians believe was the style of fighting during this
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Life in a Day Response Life in a Day is a film composed of many short videos by different people of what was happening in their life on July 24‚ 2010. The clips varied greatly from a news photographer in Afghanistan to a Korean man traveling the world on his bicycle. This film truly showed how differently many people live. After watching it‚ I feel very fortunate to be where I am in life and to have had all of the opportunities that I’ve been given so far. Many people were not given the opportunities
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Com 100 Mid-term essay Documentary- One Day In September The Historical film- Munich Two films one day in September directed by Kevin Macdonald and Munich directed by Steven Spielberg are both based on true events. One day in September Is a documentary that shows real footage of the eleven Israeli hostages‚ which was shown on television in 1972 during the Olympic games in Germany. Munich is about five Israeli men that were put together to seek revenge on those responsible for the Kidnapping
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Rev. Billy Graham has revealed the reason why some young Christians abandon their faith later on in life‚ and also gave parents tips on how to raise their children in a godly way. On Tuesday‚ Rev Billy Graham responded to a question posted on The Kansas City Star by a woman who overheard a man in an adjacent restaurant table discussing his family. The young man said they were very religious during his younger years‚ but later on‚ all of them have abandoned their faith. The 97-year-old American evangelist
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