ABOUT THE FILM In 1997‚ Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman offered to pay for the senior prom at Charleston High School in Mississippi under one condition: the prom had to be racially integrated. His offer was ignored. In 2008‚ Freeman offered again. This time the school board accepted‚ and history was made. Charleston High School had its first-ever integrated prom - in 2008. Until then‚ blacks and whites had had separate proms even though their classrooms have been integrated for decades
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these cultures idolize. These heroes not just appear in daily life‚ but these heroes were also carried over to their religious beliefs. The filmmakers did a great job of composing four stories from India‚ Indonesia‚ Korea and Japan. They break the film up into four parts were they use the art masterpieces and performances inspired by these tales. The first‚ “The Ramayana‚” tells the adventures of India’s legendary hero. Here we see Indian paintings‚ Indonesian sculpture and Japanese shadow play.
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The Theme of Love and Hate William Shakespeare is a famous author of many popular plays. Shakespeare plays are still famous today‚ and studied in schools and drama clubs everywhere. The most famous play written by William Shakespeare is Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet‚ there are such extreme opposite opinions about love and hate. In scene 1‚ act 1‚ Romeo says “Being purged‚ a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes; Being vex’d a sea nourish’d with lovers’ tears: What is it else? A madness
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In the movie “Precious” there are a lot of examples of abuse. The two main kinds of abuse are Physical and Sexual child abuse. Precious’ mother physically abused her throughout the movie and her own father sexually abused her resulting in two children‚ one who was diagnosed with downs syndrome. From the reading in the book Family Violence across the Lifespan I have also discovered that there a few more types of neglect depicted in this movie. The three main types that bothered me the most were
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Comparative review of Polanski’s ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Shakespeare Retold’ directed by Mark Brozel Macbeth is a story of passion‚ power‚ and violent betrayal: all of which are found in both Polanski’s ‘Macbeth’ and the BBC’s contemporary adaptation of ‘Shakespeare Retold’ directed by Mark Brozel. Both films set in Scotland‚ follow the original plot from Macbeth‚ however‚ Brozel’s rendition does not depict the traditional interpretation as Polanski’s did‚ instead using modern day language to better relate
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WRITING A BOOK / FILM REVIEW Reviews are brief accounts of books‚ films‚ plays‚ CDs‚ etc. Their purpose is to inform readers and viewers‚ while also giving opinions and recommendations about whether or not they should buy a CD‚ read a book‚ watch a film‚ etc. A good film / book review should include: ( An introduction which gives facts and background information concerning the book‚ film‚ etc‚ its credits. Some good examples of them are the following: Credits: • Title and year
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Irina Starodubtseva‚ group 305 a To Sir with Love Review The film "To Sir with Love" directed by James Clavell is a drama. It portrays the relationships of an unexperienced teacher Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier) and his class of cynical teenagers at the North Quay Secondary School in the East End of London. In a nutshell‚ the film deals with problems of growing up and teenager angst. What is more‚ it touches upon racial issues. Thackeray finds himself in the situation‚ when everyone mocks
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A Film Review: “RASHOMON” Presented to: Mr. KC Daniel Inventor Presented by: Shemaine P. Peregrina II-Daniel 1.)How significant is the color used in the film? It is very important to have and decide what will be the color of the film or movie because color show us the dramatic and narrative effects of the film or movie‚ also it gives life to the
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Gattaca Film Review Gattaca is a science-fiction film released in 1997‚ lead starring Ethan Hawke‚ Jude Law and Uma Thurman. The film details a man’s (Ethan Hawke/Vincent Freeman) physical breakthrough of the barrier of attaining his dreams of becoming an astronaut‚ but not being able to due to a heart defect imprinted in to his DNA. The film begins showing the birth of a baby and the process that goes with such an ordeal in ‘the not-too-distant future’. This baby was Vincent‚ who was genetically
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THE RAINMAKER REVIEW The Rainmaker Review Jasper Smith Busn 210 Business Law Professor Sauchuck In the film‚ “The Rainmaker”‚ Rudy Baylor is a young man who just graduated law school. Rudy is having a hard time finding a full time job‚ and has yet to pass the bar exam. He eventually finds a job as an ‘ambulance chaser’ for a personal injury lawyer named “Bruiser”. Rudy already has a couple cases that he brings with him to the firm. One is an insurance
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