Movie: Akeelah and the bee 1. Where and when does the story take place? This story take place at poor Crenshaw Middle School in South Los Angeles. 2. Who are the main charaters? a. Akeelah: b. Dr. Larabee c. Tanya d. Mr. Welch 3. Describe the charactes- Akeelah Enderson a. Akeelah: Eleven year old girl: her father is dead‚ her mom ignores her‚ her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She’s smart‚ but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations
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Crash was a film that debuted in 2004. The movie told the story of various individuals and families of different ethnic backgrounds. The film showed a lot of different scenarios through the eyes of the people living in Los Angeles‚ California. This shows that everyone no matter race or other group identity face discrimination in their own right. The message shown was that many people of other ethnic backgrounds either face discrimination directly or acted upon discrimination as their paths cross
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The Hobbit movie review This past weekend‚ I went to see the movie ‘The Hobbit’. As a great fan of the author J.R.R Tolkien I would agree that the hobbit series are far more breathtaking than the Lord of the Rings series and that it is definitely not one to miss. This movie is mainly about the final battle between the dwarves‚ elves‚ orcs and people of laketown. The dragon Smaug escapes the dwarf’s domain and decides to destroy the town. Many unfortunate events occur until Bard slays the dragon
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others is a part of human nature. We all have done it. Transamerica is a movie that deals with a man by the name of Stanley who faces many obstacles on his journey as a transsexual. The movie specifically shows how much difficulty a person who is interested in getting a male-to-female sexual reassignment surgery faces. Not only this‚ there are many medical ethics related concepts that go hand in hand with this particular movie. Let’s start with our first concept known as truth telling. According
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Animal Farm is a movie that uses animals to make fun of humans. The movie starts out with a the highest animal‚ Old Major‚ the pig‚ telling all the animals they must unite and leave the humans‚ and that the humans should not boss them around anymore. However‚ before that can happen‚ Old Major is killed. The animals do succeed‚ though‚ in scaring off the humans. Because O ld Major has died‚ it is time for a new leader. Snowball‚ a pig ‚ and Napoleon‚ another pig‚ both try to lead the animals
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Justice During two class sessions‚ we have viewed the movie Crash. In this particular movie‚ victims and offenders are shown to be victims of racism and end up being shown as a racist under different circumstances. This shows various characters of different backgrounds and ethnicities going through a certain roadblock in their lives due to a personal matter that may be because of a racial thought. About twenty minutes into the movie‚ two black men‚ Peter and Anthony see Jean put her arm into
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The Pianist is a movie based on a Jewish piano player named Wladyslaw Szpilman that is set in Warsaw‚ Poland‚ during World War II. Roman Polanski directs it‚ and Adrien Brody is the main character‚ Wladyslaw. The movie is about Wladyslaw and his family being relocated from their home into the ghetto. He is known through out Warsaw for his ability to play the piano; he was frequently featured on the radio. Eventually him and his family are separated‚ he is forced to fend for himself‚ and survive in
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following staring main cast members Roy Scheider as "Martin Bordy" (chief police officer)‚ Richard Dreyfuss as "Matt Hooper" (marine biologist)‚ Robert Shaw as "Quint" (local fisherman)‚ Murray Hamilton as "Larry Vaughan" (town mayor). "Jaws" the movie‚ is not like any other any other fish story. The film is about a gigantic 26 foot shark that has an appetite for people; how horrifying is that? The unusual story takes place on the seasides’ of Amity Island. When Chief Brody uncovers the partial body
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’’The power of Christ compels you! The power of Christ compels you! The power of Christ compels you!!! ...’’ Father Merrin&Father Damien Karras from the movie -The Exorcist- This quote had been said like 10 times in quick succession in the movie ’’The Exorcist’’ and may have the right to be the most influental and memorable quote of the movie. Of course in order to underline the variety of ’’exorcism’’‚ the director of the film William Friedkin had to feature this quote out‚ which is actually
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Movie Response 1 (50 points): This first essay is a response to Food‚ Inc. and Fed Up!‚ should be between 2 and 4 pages long‚ and must be submitted to Moodle. Your responses should answer the questions listed in the rubric‚ demonstrate media literacy‚ critique the movies and offer suggestions for how their messages could be improved‚ and integrate knowledge you gained from class discussion‚ lectures‚ or other movies. This essay should also demonstrate that you took notes while we watched the movies
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