Crash "Collision of Absolute Bigotry" This movie Directed by Paul Haggis who also directed Academy Award Winning "Million Dollar Baby" and had also won an Academy Award for this movie as well puts a twisted story in this film. This movie is trying to symbolize what goes on in the world today in regards to racism and stereotypes. He tries to make a point on how societies view themselves and others in the world based on there ethnicities. This movie intertwines several different people’s lives
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A movie based on true events of the 1968 East L.A walkouts where students were treated unequally. Just by watching the beginning and seeing the struggles of these students who were not even allowed to speak in their native language to each other in front of teachers or staff. Punishments that were displayed in the movie were the locking of bathrooms during lunch‚ speaking Spanish‚ janitorial work‚ and even prevent those students that are average from being able to go to college. Paula was displayed
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The Patriot is about a man named Benjamin Martin. Benjamin Martin‚ father of seven‚ had fought in the French – Indian War and become a legend. This movie takes place during the American Revolutionary War and in South Carolina in the year 1776. Benjamin’s son Gabriel wishes to join the Continental Army against his father’s wishes. Gabriel is then captured by the Red Coats outside of his own house when he had come home to be aided for his injuries that occurred nearby during the war. When Gabriel’s
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Last Sunday‚ the Philadelphia Eagles suffered their first loss of the season‚ falling to the Detroit Lions‚ 24-23. The Eagles had to fight their way back from an early 14-0 deficit in the first half and played better football in the second half. However‚ it wasn’t enough as rookie quarterback Carson Wentz threw his first interception of the season‚ late in the fourth quarter as he was trying to find wide receiver Nelson Agholor for a big play. Nevertheless‚ the Eagles (3-1) have to dust themselves
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Bryant‚ and Melvin Franklin of Otis Williams & the Distants‚ and Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams of the Primes. So the movie is base off the these men and it show all the thing that was going on at the time they started the group and all the way up until the early 90’s. From when Eddie and Paul became a part of the group‚ when Melvin got shoot‚ and when Paul got shoot. The movie has a lot good parts to it and that’s why I love it. Eddie and Paul were a part of a group call the Primes and that
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“Newsies”– 1992 This film is set in New York City in 1899. As stated at the beginning of the movie‚ it is based on actual events. When Pulitzer and Hearst raise the price of newspapers to the newsies‚ they’re outraged. Led by Jack Kelly and David Jacobs‚ a group of young boys go on strike. With their fiery passion‚ and a little help from newspaper Bryan Denton‚ they convince most of the newsies of New York to join them. Meanwhile Jack develops a romance with David’s sister Sarah‚ dreams
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Dazed and Confused What would come to mind when thinking about the late seventies. Most people would say drugs‚ sex‚ and music. That is the exact plot of Dazed and Confused. It actually describes the whole movie in the two-word title. Dazed and Confused brings many people back to the most enjoyable years of their life‚ and many teenagers to only wish to live in that decade. Following the lives of a bunch of high school juniors transitioning to seniors and incoming freshmen as they quit school and
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Composition 6-30-2010 Inigo Montoya If you were fighting till death in a sword match‚ and you lost‚ but didn’t die‚ would you go back‚ rescue your opponent and save his life? This is exactly what Inigo Montoya did in the movie; Princess Bride. Throughout the movie‚ we find out that Inigo Montoya is a kind hearted and loyal character. Inigo Montoya is a kind hearted character. As we first get introduced to him in the story‚ he is ordered to kidnap and kill the “Princess Bride” which leads
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Exploration is worth the risk because we can set foundations for future generations‚ discover new resources and the journey can bring people together. First of all‚ exploration is worth the risk because it can set foundations for future generations. In the movie‚ “Hidden Figures‚” the NASA Space Program‚ created a rocket that could keep a human alive in space while they orbited the Earth. This was the first fully-functional rocket. During the process in making the rocket‚ colored women were being accepted
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The movie “42” depicts the journey of Jackie Robinson during a time of change. He was the first African American to join the MLB in the mid-1900ś. The story was historically told accurately by the way the characters dressed‚ what they drove‚ and how they lived. The story depicts the horror that African Americans went through during this time period. The story showed ¨Whites only¨ public places. This bio-picture showed the racial discrimination that African American received from non African American
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