still takes refuge in the ancient wisdom of its forefathers. It is now comprised of both western and eastern elements that are locked in a constant struggle to achieve dominance. I have chosen the movie Swades for exactly this reason. Directed by Ashutosh Gowarikar and starring Shahrukh Khan‚ the movie follows the story of a non-resident Indian (Mohan) living in the United States of America and working for NASA. He decides to come home to the village in which he was raised and the consequent series
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For this assignment‚ I choose to watch the movie Outbreak‚ which is a movie about a hemorrhagic virus called “Mutoba”. In the movie‚ the host of the virus was a monkey. The descriptive epidemiology of the disease is as follows the virus was first discovered in 1967 in a small village in Zaire that was only a spread by contact. The virus was brought to the camp by a couple of men that sent out to build roads in the jungle then they came back to the village and drank from the well‚ from there all the
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Precious Summary The film Precious directed by Lee Daniels is a solemn movie dealing with the unfortunate truths of everyday life for some individuals. The film staring Gabourey Sidibe who plays the main character Clarice “Precious” Jones along with co-stars Mariah Carey and Leni Kravitz is based in the Ghetto of Harlem in the year of 1987. Precious is a sixteen year-old illiterate morbidly obese teenager whom has grown up in the Ghetto of Harlem in a dysfunctional family. Her mother Mary verbally
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Babel (2006) Babel is a film about communication. There are four main storylines‚ which involved four countries and five languages. However‚ the director used a rifle to link up the four stories together aptly‚ which makes it a coherent movie. The first storyline was about the married American couple‚ Richard and Susan. They travelled to Morocco‚ but Susan was shot during the journey. Another storyline was about the two brothers lived in Morocco‚ and one of them unintentionally shot Susan. The third
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When this movie started‚ I automatically rolled my eyes thinking of over dramatic vegetarian PETA advocates and animal lovers. I never understood the concept of not eating something and cutting out a whole food group just because people refuse to accept the cycle of life. These ignorant pre conceived notions were quickly forgotten once the first scene was of‚ Michael Pollan‚ who was a great contributor to this movie. He was shown at a diner‚ eating a juicy hamburger‚ which he claims is his favorite
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prayers are said before battle. Benjamin truly seems vexed by his past. "I have long feared that my sins will come to visit me and that the costs will be more than I can bear‚" he says at the beginning of the movie‚ as he’s seen packing away his instruments of war. Later in the movie‚ he says‚ "Not a day goes by that I don’t ask God’s forgiveness for what I’ve done." On a mystical note‚ two of the younger Martin children point to the North Star and comment that it is their dead mother. "She looks
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going to eat for lunch after you get done walking or are you more likely to judge the people around you based on how they look? In the movie “Crash” it really shows us how every race judges one another. It doesn’t matter what race you are‚ how rich or poor‚ or how well you speak a language‚ we are all quick to judge depending on looks alone. Two people from the movie really stuck out to me; the Persian man‚ and the black man Anthony. Both characters were either racist against themselves‚ or they believed
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our generation and an aversion to difference that has been passed down from our ancestors. The movie Crash‚ accurately depicts these problems that we have seen with racism in our country for the past hundred years and more abundantly today. In this essay‚ I will be discussing how the movie crash shows how media hides the fact that racism is multicultural‚
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In the movie‚ Leonardo narrates the story of Sammy‚ a man who also could not form short-term memories. Psychologists went to Sammy’s house and conducted an experiment in which every time Sammy touches a specific object he receives a small electric shock. Unfortunately
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Movie Review on "The Egyptian" The movie "The Egyptian" (1954) depicts many Egyptian values throughout the feature. Although the movie is strongly based on myth‚ there is a little historical accuracy to the plot. The movie follows the actions of the main character‚ Sinuhe‚ who is physician and companion to the pharaoh‚ Horemheb. Sinuhe longs to be with Nefer‚ an upper class noble who takes everything that he offers her‚ only to leave him with nothing to his name. After fleeing Egypt and
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