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    could do to their future. For example‚ Brian did not seem to grasp that because he was so ready to kill himself over one failed assignment. He was thinking in the now and not in the future. A noticeable moral of this film is: Parents should actually raise their children. In this film‚ all of the parents have minimal screentime‚ but it is still evident that they totally suck. Claire’s parents use her as a tool of revenge against one another‚ and her parents fail to see the effect it has on her. Andrew’s

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    The film that was screened in class was titled the War Dance and was directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine. The film is about three kids form the Acholi ethnic group living in a refugee camp. At the beginning‚ each of the three children (Nancy‚ Rose‚ and Dominic) tell their stories and how they ended up in the camp under government protection from the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army). While in the camp‚ the kid’s school has won its regional music competition and are heading to the championship. Over

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    The film jumps from scene to scene showing the lives of the police officer (Bruce Willis)‚ the Bishops (Bill Murray and Frances McDormand)‚ the scout camp and Scout Master Ward (Edward Norton Jr.). These scenes never add anything really to the plot but allow

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    the fate of the migratory song birds‚ the coffee producers in South America‚ and the coffee consumers. The documentary connects the issue of migratory song birds and the economic states of coffee consumers and producers in a very interesting way; the film connects it by discussing how coffee plants act as shelter for the song birds and this economic instability of the coffee industry leads to these coffee plantations to be torn down or abandoned which then leaves no shelter for the song birds. Birdsong

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    The Logistics of Storytelling: Native American Representation in Film When someone says the word Native American‚ most see a distinct image in their minds. From headdresses‚ to war cries‚ the public’s perception of Native culture has been undeniably shaped by the film industry. In a culture where everything is compared to the norm of whiteness‚ American audiences have always been fascinated by indigenous peoples‚ and have thus created a fantasy that’s been marketed as facts. This is the basis behind

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    Although Mei and Satsuki’s father does not share nearly as much screen time as either of his daughters‚ he plays a key role both in their lives ((That goes without saying)) and in the film as a whole. Aside from Nanny‚ he is the only constant presence in either Mei or Satsuki’s lives. He loves them as much as a father should love his daughters and -more importantly- actively encourages their imagination to run wild as much as possible. Even though he is like any average adult at first glance‚ being

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    but two of the directors approach the same two scenes from the film “The Merchant of Venice” in an extremely different perspective. John Sichel’s version of “The Merchant of Venice” was created in 1973; major characters are Shylock (Laurence Oliver)‚ Portia (Joan Plowright)‚ Bassanio (Jeremy Brett)‚ and Antonio (Anthony Nicholls) (“The Merchant of Venice” (TV 1973)). In 2004 director Michael Radford produced his adaptation of this film starring Al Pacino (Shylock)‚ Jeremy Irons (Antonio)‚ Lynn Collins

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    brutal violence. This level of violence is rooted Polanski’s own personal experiences. The killing of his wife and unborn child is what led this film to be so violent. The film went overboard with the violence and began to lose its purpose. The violence made the film less of an adaptation of Shakespeare’s play and more of a barbaric Hollywood action film. Thirdly‚ a highly anticipated scene‚ the movement of the forest. After reading Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ one would be eager to find out how Polanski

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    1- Referring to your notes on the film‚ Imitation of Life‚ explain how having the ability to pass is a blessing and a curse. Make sure to be specific and provide one blessing and one curse. In the film‚ “Imitation of Life‚” Sara Jane is a black young woman with the skin color of a white person. No one really knows that she is black except Susie‚ Laura and Steve. The people at her school thinks she is white and they don’t expect her to have a black mother‚ until she shows up there to bring

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    of relating our aesthetic identity to the African culture the most appropriate national film festival to compliment the film would be Design Indaba. This festival not only caters to the national entertainment industry but the international one as well. It not only focuses on film‚ but on various elements of art including fashion design and graphic design amongst many‚ which are elements that make up our film in terms of being discipline specific. Our aesthetic is predominantly South African‚ we incorporate

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