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    the new heroine portrayed in films today. Films possess the potential to influence‚ engage and inspire and hence is vital in constructing one’s perceptions of gender (Hammer‚ 2009). Together with the rise of feminism‚ female portrayals in action films have also changed from male dominated action films to heroine action films. However‚ does the change in female portrayals in these action films reflect the progress of feminism? Previous portrayals of women in films adhere closely to women in reality

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    Stereotypes of all racial ethnicities have been a major issue not only here in the United States but as well globally. Many people tend not to realize that latinos/latinas in the film industry have to settle for roles that have always been associated with their cultural backgrounds. In the “Latinos Beyond the Reel” it not only showed what latinos in the film industry have to deal with on a day to day basis just to have work. In many cases they are forced into these roles because the role of the hero

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    awards. The viewer is witness to a great cast with several intertwining story lines that centralize around the common stereotypes of many races that plague our society today. We see several important characters that tell the story through several dynamic perspectives that are detrimental to understanding the film‚ as well as to the understanding of how we can get past these stereotypes and misconceptions in order to not just better our society as a whole‚ but better our businesses and employees in entirety

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    In the film‚ “the mask I live in‚” published on January 25‚ 2015 by the representation project. The documentary looks at kids in high school in a rough area and adults who grew up with the pressure of becoming a man. This documentary looks at the stereotypes of what it takes to become a man and what you need to do in order to be classified as a man in todays standards. In this film the area they filmed was a hard area to live in which altered what the kids would say‚ the film also looked the bad

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    Representation” is a documentary film written‚ directed‚ and produced in 2011 by Jennier Siebel Newsom‚ a filmmaker‚ an actress‚ and an advocate for women. The film focuses on how the American women have been wrongly portrayed by the media; hence‚ it results in the gender inequality‚ the lack of female in politics‚ and women’s misperception about their identity. The targeted audience of this film is all American people‚ who are convinced to change their mind about stereotypes of women. Jennier effectively

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    many of Leigh’s films. In his book Mike Leigh (contemporary film directors)‚ Sean O’Sullivan discusses the “line of mysteriously pregnant women in Leigh’s cinema” and how in some of the films “the pregnancy is a problem: to be gotten rid of‚ to be pursued to its end‚ to be debated and queried” (cfd). This is true for both Secrets and Lies and Vera Drake. O’Sullivan explains that in Secrets and Lies‚ “We may never find out who Hortense Cumberbatch’s father is‚ but the entire film rotates around one

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    Edward Scissor hands The movie Edward Scissor hands is the typical creepy and cute film directed by Tim Burton and showed to the public in the 1990’s. The movie itself shows a different combination of backgrounds and stereotypes from different decades of the typical American culture. One of the main features we can mention is the snow‚ which is the breach that helps the audience to understand the connection between Edward and Kim. The snow is the enjoyment of the movie which covers all and in

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    In the movie Aliens ‚ we see various patterns found in society. We see the gender role stereotype competitions and the motherly instinct to go to death to save a little girl. We also come across the conditioning that we have been taught for centuries ¾ that women are weak and should leave the big jobs to men. The director uses the military as a microcosm of our world. Each character plays an important role found in society. As we see each character slowly fall to pieces‚ we begin to distinguish what

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    The movie Pride‚ is the movie that had two different groups that have different point of view and beliefs. One group was seeking for change in the community and the other was of keeping the tradition going. They created the group to see if they can get their voice heard‚ but it was hard with a lot of challenges on the road. Mark Ashton whom seemed to lead the group of gays‚ lesbians. They wanted to get their voice heard through the support of miners. The group was named Lesbian and Gay Support the

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    The film “Higher Learning” portrays the many prejudices and race issues that existed in America around 1995‚ when the movie premiered. The movie takes place at Columbus University‚ which serves as a fictional university undergoing the transition of America being a more diverse‚ free nation. From the time when America began its struggle with race and culture boundaries‚ people of the United States have shown their true beliefs towards other people who may look differently than they do; and the movie

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