Analysis Of The Documentary ' The Plague '

to date, AIDS, a real modern-day plague. However, when analyzing the terminology and metaphors discussed during the AIDS epidemic, many academic scholars such as Susan Sontag view the conversation around AIDS as a plague as counterproductive. This view is clear when reading Sontag’s essay, Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphor, where a reader can interpret that nations failings while handling the epidemic was caused by a negative perception of the word plague. Although, Sontag is correct in

Patton Oswalt chose to respond. Although not serious in nature, his response perfectly encapsulates how serious issues can be tackled in comedic ways. In this analysis, I will consider The Comedians of Comedy (Michael Blieden, 2005) and argue that through the recording of events as they occur, interviews, and problem solving, the documentary uses humor to promote liberal politics while identifying social problems plaguing the United States. The recording of events as they occur is a method of presentation

looks at the inner workings of comedy to reflect on its effect on the shaping of American culture in his documentary, “That’s Not Funny.” The audience isn’t specific in nature, just anyone who has ears and an interest in comedy. His purpose was to argue the value of comedy, and the reflection of it on our lives. Analyzing the trends of comedy from the early times of film until now, the documentary expresses censorship and its importance on the art form. Cultural change is viewed through his demonstration

illustrates the power of popular movies to disseminate a certain image or idea in the minds of the audience. On the other hand, documentaries are of interest to relatively small percent of the audience, who are already interested in these issues, (perhaps through a popular movie or a college class on the Native American history) and willing to explore the subject further through documentary films, archives, statistics and so

America. As United States citizens we are endlessly fed the idea of freedom. The ever-revolving propaganda of government protection, nationalism, and “the American dream” plagues society. However, who is free in American? What citizen are protected and what citizens are neglected? These are the questions addressed in a documentary by filmmaker Ava DuVernay. DuVernay spotlights mass incarceration in the world’s largest prison system, the United States(BBC 2005). She uses enlightening testimony from

The documentary The Couple in the Cage directed by Coco Fusco and Paula Heredia consists of a video record about performance art in 1990s and a 1930s Hollywood film. In the video record, two performance artists dress up as indigenous from Gulf of Mexico and are declared by the guide that they cannot speak English (CIC). They come to some cities such as Chicago, Washington D.C., Minneapolis, New York City in U.S., Madrid in Sydney and Sydney in Australia (CIC), and they are put themselves in a big

stuck to their religious roots and have not given up on their culture or their beliefs in spite of risking violence and hatred from many cultures that they live amongst. In France especially, the history of anti-semitism stems back from the Black Plague of Europe and rose and fell depending of the emotional standing of the people of the country and different times. This paper will discuss the history of this anti-semitism in france, the historical events that caused much strife for the jewish people

Recovering the Indigenous Past, Crafting a Native Narrative: The Mandan People Who Lived and Still Breathe at the “Heart of the World” In this truly innovative study, Elizabeth A. Fenn challenges scholars of Native American history to rethink the ways that we perceive and write such history. From start to finish, Fenn immerses readers in a strictly Native world--specifically, the Mandan peoples of present-day North Dakota--where everything from the names of the seasons to the spaces the Mandans

With his mistress unable to listen to “logic” and “reason” Judah states, “I manage to keep free of that real world, but suddenly it 's found me.” Darkness overpowering Judah 's conscious, results in the death of his mistress. Post-murder, guilt plagues Judah, leading him to consider confessing. The camera consistently focuses on his eyes, showing the audience Judah 's shock and dismay towards his own behavior. Afflicted with hallucinations of his religious past, he repeatedly hears the words from

I decided to analyze for this course was American History X (1998), which stars Edward Norton. Though this movie isn’t widely known, it is one of the more interesting movies I have seen. It’s probably one of the best films that depict the Neo Nazi plague on American culture. The film takes place from the mid to late 1990’s during the Internet boom, and touches on subjects from affirmative action to Rodney King. One of the highlights of this movie that really relates to one of the key aspects of this