The movie Lincoln‚ was more accurate than previous portrayals of Abraham Lincoln. However‚ the movie did fail to include important facts‚ such as Lincoln’s belief that African Americans were unequal to whites and some details of the passing of the 13th Amendment. All in all though‚ the movie portrayed the Civil war and presidency with considerable accuracy. Lincoln focuses mainly on the passage of the 13th amendment and the trials Lincoln and his supporters went through. The film insinuates that
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Lee Daniels’ did an exceptional job when producing the film Precious. The way he thought out the cast was well planned and pushed the envelope on controversial social issues as he’s always done. It was more than just another black movie‚ but a universal movie about many of life’s combative struggles. Producing Precious was an opportunity to open up the dialogue about incest‚ molestation‚ verbal abuse‚ obesity‚ and other topics that are difficult to talk about within society. The film was created
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Pervez Punjani PD = 7 US HISTORY MOVIE CRITIQUE The Conspirator opens with a brutal night of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. In the aftermath‚ eight conspirators are charged with plotting to murder the President‚ Vice-President‚ and Secretary of State. The lone woman among them‚ Mary Surratt owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices met to plan the attacks. Her son‚ John Surratt‚ was also allegedly part of the conspiracy‚ though he vanished after the killings. A Union
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Racism affects everybody. This is shown in the movie ‘Australia’‚ how everyone can be affected by racism. Many different ways of racism towards people in the movie ‘Australia’. A few of the main characters that are affected in the movie is Nullah‚ The Drover‚ Lady Ashley. The people that are being most affected in the movie would have to be the indigenous‚ that’s because the time the movie was set in‚ was when the white australia policy was happening‚ so pretty much every Australian was being racist
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Easter 1916‚ Wild Swans at Coole and Second Coming The timeless essence and the ambivalence in Yeats’ poems urge the reader’s response to relevant themes in society today. This enduring power of Yeats’ poetry‚ influenced by the Mystic and pagan influences is embedded within the textual integrity drawn from poetic techniques and structure when discussing relevant contextual concerns. “Wild Swans at Coole”‚ “Easter 1916” and “The Second Coming” encapsulate the romanticism in his early poetry
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World Cinema (Stellan Skarsgård)‚ Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture (Djimon Hounsou) 2. Argument The movie revolves around the ship amistad on 1839. The ship was guided by spanish people‚ José Ruiz and Pedro Montes‚ who claimed ownership of the slaves on board the ship. The movie was based on the true story of America’s slave trade‚ that mutiny aboard the slave ship‚ a half of this movie is revolves in a courtroom drama as lawyers for the slaves seek their freedom and return home. We can see
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Victoria Hall Professor Dolinski English 112 2 April 2014 42 The movie 42 is a fairly new non-fiction movie describing the life history of Jackie Robinson‚ the first African American to play in the Major Baseball League (MLB) in the modern era‚ and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers. 42 shows how hard it was in the 1940s to be a black man or woman‚ but Jackie Robinson and his team executive‚ Branch Rickey‚ did the unthinkable. The film 42 takes its audience on a journey
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8 Mile This movie is about a young‚ white man named Jimmy Smith‚ Jr. who longs to be a rapper. His nickname is Bunny Rabbit. Not only is he from a poor‚ low class family‚ but he lives in a predominately black neighbourhood in Detroit. He lives in a trailer with is mom and little sister. Every day is a struggle for him to keep his hope alive. The film is framed by two rap battles. In the first‚ Bunny Rabbit is still trying to win respect from the audience and gain confidence in himself. But when
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3D is the future of film industry Introduction of 3D movie ❖ The first 3D feature film was “The power of love” in 1922* - Using the "anaglyph process" where scenes are printed in 2 different colors and viewed by special glasses. - Anaglyph : When you put together anaglyph images and play them in sequence‚ you have an anaglyph 3D movie. To use anaglyph 3D you need a pair of anaglyph glasses. These glasses have a different color for each eye‚ allowing each eye
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of living your life and discovering love. I am a serious movie fanatic. I watch movies all the time. But‚ if I had to pick my favorite one‚ it would be without a doubt “Love and Basketball.” This is due to the fact that I love basketball‚ it inspires me to keep reaching my goals and get through challenges in life‚ and it is a great love story. To begin with‚ “Love and Basketball” is my favorite movie because I love basketball. This movie obviously has something to do with basketball if you look
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