Lee Daniels’ did an exceptional job when producing the film Precious. The way he thought out the cast was well planned and pushed the envelope on controversial social issues as he’s always done. It was more than just another black movie‚ but a universal movie about many of life’s combative struggles. Producing Precious was an opportunity to open up the dialogue about incest‚ molestation‚ verbal abuse‚ obesity‚ and other topics that are difficult to talk about within society. The film was created
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nature. The backdrop of the photograph is never ending. It looks as though she may be at work all day but‚ there is something about her tired yet dexterous posture that makes me feel like the work she is performing is “easy work”. This photograph would mean as much to me as pennies in a bank if it were in color. The absence of color allows for the pictures true meaning to be seen.
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The movie thirteen touched many important factors of adolescent’s development. Some of the ones I want to concentrate in this paper are: family system‚ developmental tasks‚ and peer pressure. The movie begins with Tracy‚ the main character‚ as a normal teenager whose life seems from the outside “ok”. However‚ even at this point in the movie‚ there are hints of Tracy’s inner pain and discomfort or distress with her world. Tracy lives a tough life. Her parents are separated‚ and do not have a good
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Human Development Writing Project In the movie “Thirteen” (2003)‚ we are introduced to a character played by Evan Rachel Wood (Tracy) who comes from what appears as a broken‚ but loving home. Theorizing‚ it appears Tracy’s mom Melanie (played by Holly Hunter) has custody of Tracy and her brother Mason (played by Brady Corbet)‚ and that the father remarried and has only visitation rights with his children. Tracy starts off as a normal thirteen-year-old girl who is good in school‚ has nice friends‚
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that has touched the case. This is why the film is by far one of my favorite suspense movies of all time. The Zodiac was directed by David Fincher (Zodiac the movie‚ 2007) and is based on Robert Graysmith ’s non-fiction book. David Fincher had directed many great films including Se7en‚ Fight Club‚ The Social Network and The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo. All of those films in my opinion are cult classics. Without a doubt David Fincher is a great director The film stars big named actors like
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Callie Cattaneo FYW101 Professor Henrichon 9/6/12 Journey of Hurdles The ACL‚ or Anterior Cruciate Ligament‚ is an extremely important tendon in your knee that is needed to be able to put weight on your leg. It is common‚ now days‚ for women to tear their ACL’s playing soccer‚ but it is not common to tear three. I was 14 years old and starting my freshman year of high school at Sentinel High in Missoula‚ Montana. It was a week after tryouts and to my surprise I had made the varsity soccer
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of living your life and discovering love. I am a serious movie fanatic. I watch movies all the time. But‚ if I had to pick my favorite one‚ it would be without a doubt “Love and Basketball.” This is due to the fact that I love basketball‚ it inspires me to keep reaching my goals and get through challenges in life‚ and it is a great love story. To begin with‚ “Love and Basketball” is my favorite movie because I love basketball. This movie obviously has something to do with basketball if you look
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The intriguing movie Mud is about a man who is wanted in the state of Arkansas for murder. Mud lives on an island by himself in a boat to avoid being detected by the police. Ellis‚ a fourteen year old boy‚ goes to this island with his friend Neckbone and runs into Mud a few times. They decide to help Mud reach out to Juniper‚ the girl he is in love with‚ so they can leave Arkansas. However‚ they have to be very discreet with their assistance. Not only are the police looking for Mud‚ a bounty hunter
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The movie “Girl Positive” is about‚ Rachel‚ a teenage girl Rachel in high school that has come in contact with the disease HIV. The movie shows how people in her high school view the disease. They also stereotype it‚ saying only gay people can get. They are quickly proven wrong though. A recent report put up on the school website shows that the star athlete that graduated before them was doing heroin. He had just died in a car accident and they found it in his system and in his car. Everybody was
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British Girls and Women of the 90s – The Spice Girls‚ Girl Bands and their Influence on British Culture The twentieth century will‚ without doubt‚ be viewed by historians as the Woman’s Hour. The status of women in Britain changed. More and more women started to leave their homes and join the labour market. They started to fight for their independence and political‚ economic and social rights. Women got more recognition from the society and they started to pursue equality with men. They
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