Film Analysis: Tar Creek

“Steel Magnolias” is a story about the close-knit relationships between six eccentric Southern women living in a small town in Louisiana. The film has a home spun, unpretentious feel to it. The plot alternates between humorous, everyday events with good-natured quips and the seriousness and heartaches to life’s unexpected crises. Through the laughs and tears, the six women learn to endure hard times and emerge from the struggles with grace and dignity. The film is set in the 1980’s with a tight knit homespun atmosphere. The Southern belles who are goofy on the outside but strong enough inside to survive any challenge that life deals them. Friendships help with a

If the Syrian refugee articles weren’t the wake up call then 9500 Liberty is. 9500 Liberty drives the point that immigration and accompanying prejudice are not ficticious. These are real people not numbers, or a simply feeling. One of the main ideas that drive this documentary is emotion. Both Hispanic citizens and supporters of the law are guilty of letting emotions be the driving factor in decision making. On the side of supporters, their choice to react ignored a critical factor: empirical data.

December 29th 1835 what the cherokee got is compassion which is Money . The treaty had been negotiated by a cherokee leader ,

Ford’s Stagecoach is an epic and revolutionary approach that displays the desert terrain and western inhabitant’s struggles. Stagecoach follows the lives of seven strangers in their attempt to arrive to Lordsburg, New Mexico. Each of these characters reflects the various types of people found in the western world. The film is laced with many American ideals of the time such as xenophobia, chivalry, the conventional standards of women, and much more. Stagecoach defies the conventional western film because it is no longer just men in a desert terrain with rifles.

Present day Oklahoma was once Indian Territory. It became Indian Territory after the Civil War (Fugate, 136). The Unassigned Lands were in the middle of Indian Territory, but it was not claimed by one of the tribes (Hoig). However, this land was surrounded on all sides by land claimed by a tribe such as the Cherokee. The first to notice the land was prime were the cattlemen who herded their cattle through the area (Fugate,137). The word got around that the land was so great and the “Boomers” were created.

In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma.

The western movie I pick is John Ford’s movie Stagecoach (1939). The movie is about a group of people traveling together by stagecoach from the town Tonto to Lordsburg. The people traveling together are a diverse group of people. All of them have the specific motivation for going, but they all share the same goal reaching to Lordsburg. The characters are Dallas who’s a prostitute, Mrs. Lucy Mallory who is the wife of the Army Cavalry officer, Ellsworth Henry Gatewood who is a banker, Hatfield who is a gambler, Samuel Peacock who is whiskey salesman, Doc Josiah Boone who is a alcoholic doctor, Buck Rickabaugh who is a stage driver, Marshal Curley Wilcox who is a marshal riding shotgun, and Ringo Kid who is an escaped outlaw.

Although drinking water is not yet known to have been affected, the groundwater was contaminated with volatile organic compounds and heavy metals (5). Both of these types of contaminants have been linked with one or several of the following: cancer, liver, kidney, and nervous system problems (4). In July 1979, the State Court required that all material be removed from the site by July 1980 (5). The state has spent over $300,000 cleaning this site (5). According to EPA standards, this site is in the "construction completed" stage of clean up. This does not mean, however that actual cleanup is complete because groundwater may need to be treated more than 30 years before contaminants are at accepted levels (5).

Throughout the films I have watched this semester, American Indians have been constructed and represented in many different ways. Throughout this semester, different films in different eras have led to stereotyping American Indians and poorly portraying the construction of Native life. At the beginning of this semester, films portrayed Indians as savages who couldn't kill a cowboy, but at the end of the semester, that stereotype changed into American Indians represented as helpless people who cannot be rescued from the alcoholism and distress found on reservations. The ways the Native Americans are portrayed in these films create an image that America views Indians in today's society. In the first films viewed in class, they created the life

The history of the land surrounding Picher Oklahoma is similar to many throughout the United States. The original land was given to the Quapaw Native American tribe in 1833. The Quapaw were a thriving Mississippi delta tribe suffering displacement first by the Iroquois then by the United States government. The tribe once boasted a population of 35,000 until a smallpox outbreak reduced the tribe to a mere 135 people. The reduction in populace

The 1996 film of The Crucible is a historical drama inspired by the Salem witchcraft trials. The film has won a multitude of cinematic achievements and continuously blows audience members away with the accuracy of the historical events and portrayal of the characters by the actors and actresses. The profound work of Arthur Miller is also expressed within the written play of The Crucible. However, the film did the best job of portraying characters that were both historically accurate and believable to an audience member. One main character from The Crucible that is both historically accurate and extremely believable in the film is Abigail Williams. Winona Ryder, the actress of Abigail Williams, did an impeccable job portraying her character and became widely known for her work through several achievements and film reviews. The recognition that she and the rest of the cast received due to the characterization in this cinematic production is what made the film do the best job of portraying characters as historically accurate and believable to an audience member instead of the written play. Although the written play describes the actions and thoughts of the characters very precisely, the film did the best job of portraying characters as historically accurate and believable to an audience member through the achievements and film reviews received from actors and actresses such as Winona Ryder, the recognition the cast as a whole earned, and the actions and emotions the actors and

In the 1830s, 1829 gold was discovered near Dahlonega which was the heart of the Cherokee nation. White settlers

As mentioned previously, Pitcher is an extremely poor community and as people move away, a single lower class is left behind. As discussed in the last paragraph, some residents willingly stay, while others are forced to. These families cannot afford to accept the buyouts. They already have their homes paid off, they will no longer have the support of a geographically close family, and they will lose their community. For some residents, this is all they have and this network of support allows them to assist each other without having to rely on outside sources. As good as a buyout may sound, for these people it will still cost them money in the long run. They may get money for a new house, but they then have new house payments among other bills and a loss of community support that previously held them up during financially constraining times. As these families continue to live in Pitcher, the contamination causes more financial troubles in their lives. As they stay and raise their children, they will develop numerous health problems due to the contamination which will end up costing them in doctors’ bills. When their kids grow up and have health problems associated with their brain development, these kids will struggle in school and will have a difficult time getting and maintaining jobs. This cycle maintains their poverty and limits their social mobility, they’re too poor to fix the problem and they’re too poor to move away from

I learned that mines were abandoned and in this case we have the responsible helping out. In other cases like the Gold King Mine in Colorado that it was used in the early 1900’s, the responsible that abandoned the mines were from Canada and are no were to be found. The problem with these mines is that when they extract all the uranium and there is no need for the mines, these mines need to be abandoned and closed. Unfortunately, there was no cleanup process when the mines were abandoned. Leaving the areas contaminated and the water from the rain transporting the contamination to other areas. 100 years ago, there was no standard on how to properly abandon a mine. Now days, the EPA and the state environmental departments are responsible to enforce the proper abandonment procedures and make sure the closure will not contaminate nearby areas or the water used for drinking, crops, and other human and animal uses. The runoff of the mine contamination can increase the total dissolve solids (TDS) in the nearby waters, making it non usable for human consumption and fish

Analysis shows the area surrounding the mine building contains the highest level of contamination on the mine site. Whilst the area remains uncovered by vegetation, particulates are prone to dispersion by wind action. There is low bioavailability of the contaminants in the soil, so precipitation is not a major factor in contaminant movement. However, a stream runs directly out of the underground mine entrance and into a river at the north of the site. Where the two water ways meet, metals can be seen precipitating out of solution proving contamination is