In the movie called "Contagion"‚ a strange virus is affecting the U.S. population. There have been cases of death among scientists who try to discover the origin of the acute disease that is spreading rapidly through population. Within their studies it is believed that the cause was an attack rate. The virus possible spread from person to person‚ and the person who contracted it transferred it to another person. These investigations were conducted through descriptive and observational studies. This
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that it does not matter. Alex also decides that she does not want to resume taking medicines or have an operation. The movie has a quite heavy subject; hermaphrodite. It is also the first movie with this subject‚ but the movie handles this subject in a perfect way. The movie is not too heavy‚ the subject of the movie is already heavy enough. This is a very strong point of this movie. The sex of Alex is based upon biological criteria; ‘boy’ and ‘girl’‚ her chromosomal typing is; XXY. The environment
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Gallipoli‚ an Australian film developed in 1981 has met its share of praise and criticism. Depicting World War I especially the war at Gallipoli in 1915. The movie has twisted up events and portraying scenes in a much more intense scenario‚ we as viewers can identify the similarities and differences scattered throughout the movie. I believe that this film is only a near accurate representation of the conditions. Some say that the film does not entirely focus on the war. But rather tells us about
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Ever wonder what the view was like from space? Buzz Aldrin as seen in the photo walking on the moon’s surface had the best seats in town. In 1969‚ Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon during the infamous Space Race. This accomplishment gave everyone around the world new hope of future space exploration. This image‚ along with many others taken that day‚ touched the lives of everyone. Immediately what draws attention to this photo is the image of the astronaut on the moon’s surface. The
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producer Sembene Ousmane is a very emotional and inspiring movie. At the beginning of the movie girls are made to have female genital mutilation done which they know is very dangerous and painful. When four little girls run away from a purification ceremony where they get cut‚ they escape to Colle‚ a woman who refused to have her own daughter Amasatou circumcised. Colle Ardo is an everyday hero in Burkina Faso and by the end of the movie she saves the girls from having to get female genital mutilation
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The first part of this movie highlighted the people of Legos who are currently living and working in the local Olusosum dump. This city within a city of sorts‚ is filled with citizens making their livelihoods by sorting through the trash to resell the valuables found. This is a densely populated area experienced rapid expansion‚ even with the unfavorable‚ dangerous and unhealthy conditions. Throughout this movie two specific people were highlighted and followed on their daily journey. The two men
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CRASH The movie tells stories about racism between whites‚ blacks‚ Latinos‚ Koreans‚ Iranians‚ cops and criminals. The different levels of the rich and the poor‚ the powerful and powerless are also shown in the movie. The lives of the characters crash against each other. The most people feel prejudice and resentment against people of other groups. The movie started with a cars accident and argument of a Chinese women‚ a police and a Latino women. A black cop has an affair with his Latino girlfriend
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feeling of fitting in‚ they always remain true to their innermost roots and do not fall victim to the false image of happiness that society portrays‚ they long for ultimate freedom from the outside world. In Chip Browns Article Now I walk into the Wild‚ the main character Chris McCandless is a young‚ independent‚ adventure-seeking
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“Nell” During our linguistics’ classes we watched “Nell”‚ a movie about the discovery of a Doctor who found a young woman that lived isolated in the middle of a forest. In the movie we could watch how she has to face for the first time to other people and the way that she uses to communicate. This woman was like a little wild girl whose mother‚ for some reason‚ went to live in an isolated cabin‚ far from civilization. That woman‚ Nell’s mother‚ suffered from paralysis in half of her face‚ so
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In the 1997 movie‚ Gattaca‚ Vincent Freeman is an invalid born into a valid world. This means his parents decided not to pick and choose the ideal genes in the process of conceiving him‚ causing Vincent to be born with heart problems‚ asthma‚ and myopia. He then makes the decision to become Jerome Eugene Morrow and pass himself off as valid in order to achieve his dream of traveling into space. In the movie‚ there is a clear divide between the valids and invalids‚ revealing many connections to sociology
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