For Colored Girls Tyler Perry Analysis

The inclusion of Black women and their vital roles within Black press also improved the film’s

1. Describe the movie/book setting by using Sociocultural Theory. Look at the dominant and marginalized groups, the structural inequality of the systems in the story, and the power/privilege of the characters. How does the author tell their story or stories?

The poem we chose to make a film on is Natasha Trethewey's History Lesson. This poem stood out to me because it mirrors an issue that black people are facing in society today. Segregation of the past connects to the black lives matter campaign that we are facing now in present day. The poem History Lesson represents how individuals in black communities strived for equality. The main theme I found present in this piece was the reflection on past racial struggles and inequality and the hope individuals held onto while striving for an end to segregation and future equality.

In this academic essay, Anne Beatty portrays the black students, contrary to how the media display her students, instead Beatty illustrates them as misunderstood and complex characters in their own unique ways.

I remember the first time I watched a Tyler Perry played at my house when I was younger it was the funniest play I had ever saw. Madea`s Class Reunion was first piece I laughed so hard that tears were coming out of my eye. I have watched every single play Tyler Perry created from that day forward. Perry`s life had been a great motivation of mine since I heard of his dedication and work ethic throughout his entire life. Hearing his life story knowing what he has gone through is astonishing to me and I bow my head down to him for all his accomplishments through his hardships. Being a young inspired young actor his work on and off the camera is remarkable. He has open the doors up for many of us young African Americans into careers in media and arts.

I selected the movie The Help because within the movie the struggles that African American families had to go through within the 1960’s-70’s is similar to the internal struggle people of African descent may face today. This experience and the ability to understand and relate to the situation and the characters is pertinent to the understanding of multicultural affairs because without looking at and trying to understanding other people's history and cultures we lack the full understanding of that person and fail to grasp on to their cultural background and concept of that person’s

The film and also novel that I chose is The Help. The award winning film is based during the civil rights movement where an aspiring author decides to write a book. Throughout the movie Skeeter (the writer and one of the main characters) watches the lives of black women who work for white families. She then writes a book about all of the experiences they have had and even what she saw and turned it into a book. The book was based on African American maids’ point of view on the white families they worked, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis. I chose this film because it shows an excellent example on how gender, race and class fell into place during the 1960s and how these women and some of the men were treated. Although today

As a black woman living in the United States has experienced a lifetime of racism. In a 2012 article, ‘The Oppositional Gaze’ Bell Hooks takes a historical look at black females as media spectators. Bell hooks is a black feminist who calls attention to the “negative aspects of white supremacy and capitalist patriarchy”. In addition to spectatorship, Hooks, critiques Hollywood’s portrayal of black women and criticizes the lack of more substantial role opportunities.

The movie I chose to watch for the alternative assignment is Frida. The movie is about a Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo, and her struggles. Frida, the main character had to go through many struggles throughout her life. Each struggle she endured she painted about it.

The movies that I chose to talk about in my essay that shows all different types of stereotypes is The Revenant and Pocahontas. I picked these movies because they bring in all different diversities in culture all throughout the movie in so many ways. This brings people to think about how the world views other cultures and why they do so. The Revenant does a great job with bringing different races as main character roles instead of having just Americans play every role. Race has become one of the main problems in pop culture and in television shows and this movie touches base on a lot of these stereotypes. Even though in this movie the different other races play smaller roles, they still bring a huge impact on the main theme of this movie of showing different stereotypes and portraying different cultural differences that have been viewed all throughout history.

In this paper, we will discuss whether the subaltern is being heard clearly within film and television. Although in modern film we have somewhat shifted away from the former stereotypical black characters, the genuine black life is still concealed due to mainly white producers and directors. Film has come a long way from the generic social constructs including coons, mammies, and bucks, yet it has not reached its full potential as far as presenting the average African American’s life. The Caucasian producers decide the nature of black life without experiencing first hand. Essentially, to get a truly authentic story, it must be expressed by those who have lived through it. Narratives should nevertheless be told by the person or persons

Analyzing a dynamic film like the 2009 “Precious” is difficult. The movie got a lot of praise for the acting and the story that was portrayed but it also got a lot of heat from the race that was portrayed in the movie. African Americans nationwide said the movie made their African American ghettos into a sexually incest ridden, classless society and didn’t properly show any of the positive attributes that come from the African American ghettos. In our course of Intra cultural communication we have studied through different topics, ones that I think are shown in the movie are culture, race, class, and sexuality. I am going to

Many people of many genders identify as a feminist, most will say that they believe in equal rights for men and women, and some can tell you about the three waves of feminism. For women of color however, feminism can tend to be a double edge sword. Many black women and women of color were forced to choose their cause. Would they fight for their rights as a person of color, or would they march for their rights as a woman? In circles of color, men would often expect women to abandon their fight as a woman to support men of color. And In circles of women, white women were the dominant voice and their brand of feminism only seemed to further the white women’s agenda. It is important when speaking of feminism, we speak about a more critical, inclusive and diverse branch of feminism. The film that I will be applying feminism and black feminism to will be For Colored Girls (Perry, Tyler 2010). I will be discussing in which areas feminism applies and where it does not in For Colored Girls.

My favorite movie that I have chosen for this report is called Freedom Writers. This movie takes place in the year 1994 at a school in Long Beach, California where a school is racially divided. At this school, there is a dedicated woman with idealistic views called Mrs. Erin Gruwell that is starting her first teaching job as a freshman and sophomore English teacher. Her first class that she has is a class of “at-risk” students deemed incapable of learning and/or obeying. Mrs. Gruwell has a rough first couple of days with this class, but rather than giving up on her class, she realizes and sees their potential and is inspired to show her class their potential for a better future. Mrs. Gruwell gives them assignments that relate to their lives and has them write in journals on a daily basis. She gets no support from the people working at the school, so she takes matters into her own hands to get the learning materials needed. She gets two other part-time jobs to pay for the materials and trips needed to teach her class. She teaches them about the Holocaust, and shows them what discriminating can lead to and how horrible it is. This class steadily begins to improve tremendously and becomes one big family. The teenagers begin to make a difference among each other. They start to make the right decisions, and better their lives. At the end of the movie, it tells you that some of these kids are the first in their families to graduate high school and go to college.

Movies are a large part of culture. They are a useful avenue for producers and directors to share stories, hopes, dreams, and missions. Some are comedies, with the main purpose of entertainment. Others are romance or drama, with an intense and tear-jerking story line. Thrillers and action movies put viewers on the edge of their seats. Movies can be completely fantasied or based on a true story. One can find a film about any era of time- past, present, or future. No matter the differences in time or genre, every good movie has at least one theme or message to relay. These can be positive or negative, meaningful or inconsequential. A movie with a powerful message is Freedom Writers. It focuses on the difficulties of a young Los Angeles school teacher. Ms. Gruwell is faced with the unfeasible task of bringing a racially diverse class together. In spite of adversity and bad attitudes, she heals wounds between cultures and teaches her kids how to be successful students and citizens. The movie Freedom Writers shows that even though race relations might not be perfect in today’s world, they can get better with effort.