General Vahan Film Analysis

was the first of many directorial projects of Parks. He broken the barrier on major production company granting blacks the privilege in directing pieces written by blacks.

First Position follows five top dancers at the Youth America Grand Prix. The dancers that it focuses on are Michaela DePrince, Rebecca Houseknecht, Joan Sebastian Zamora, Aran Bell, and Miko Fogarty. It talks about the dancers lives and shows the stages of the competition, including when the dancers get awards and scholarships or contracts to dance schools and companies. Michaela DePrince, Rebecca Houseknecht, and Joan Sebastian Zamora were the older dancers. Michaela and Joan both earned scholarships to different dance schools. Aran Bell and Miko Fogarty were the younger dancers that the documentary focused on and they both got awards as well.

Each film presented ways to demonstrate how fracking has affected people in their daily routine. Fracking is defined as a way for engineers to pump water into the ground to then release natural gas.After this water is created, it is known as produced water which then has a possibility to pollute surrounding areas. (McAleer, 2013) Although both FrackNation and Gasland show people in their hometowns, FrackNation by Phelim McAleer is able to create an unyielding argument by using logos.

Individual’s identity can be formed through significant events but these events can also change and create a new identity. In the film ‘The sapphires’, Kay is introduced as a victim of the stolen generation which changed her life and her identity as she grew up believing she was white. This is evident in the scene where they show Kay with other girls in her apartment in Melbourne. The use of middle angle shot allows the responder to see Kay being assimilated into the white culture which juxtapose the difference in clothing, where and how they live and the way they speak between Kay and Gail and her sisters. As the film progresses, we notice the change in Kay’s identity as she feels the need to identify herself a black. This use of close up

The historical evidence suggest that the film ‘Kokoda’ is a nearly accurate representation of the events of the Kokoda Campaign in 1942. The film accurately portrays the soldiers’ attitudes, conditions and the terrain of the Kokoda Track although there is a few events missing, such as the Japanese cannibalism, but other than that it is a great short way for anyone to learn about the Kokoda Campaign. It started on the 21st July and lasted until 16th November in 1942. Approximately 625 Australians died, over 1600 suffered from injuries and more than 4000 were suffering from illnesses such as malaria and dysentery. (Australian War Memorial, Date Unknown)

The 2006 feature film Kokoda, was based on the true events that occurred during the Australian war in 1939-1945, between Australia and Japan at Papua New Guinea. The film displays great insights towards the Australian troop members, providing what their thoughts may have been about their situation and the environment around them. But the film is mainly focused on Australia’s troop members, and so fails as a historical source since it didn’t provide the complete story and facts about the battles that occurred at Kokoda, and the troop member’s views that had participated from Japan’s and Papua New Guinea’s army.

The unrealistically hilarious Australian film, Bran Nue Dae, by director Rachel Perkins encompasses the adventures of Indigenous teenager Willie Johnson. After being shipped off to a Catholic boarding school in Perth to become a priest, he spends the entirety of the film travelling home to Broome with two hippies in a kombi van and his homeless, alcoholic uncle, Uncle Tadpole. Good morning/afternoon Miss Radunz and class. The aim of this presentation is to analyse the negative depiction of the two social groups, Hippies, portrayed by Wolfgang and Annie, who are stereotyped as unpredictable and obsessed with freedom. And Musicians, who are stereotyped as vain and self centred, which is represented by Lester. Using these stereotypes effectively

Who is Haile Germia? Haile Germia is an Ethiopian filmmaker, film director, screenwriter who was born March 4, 1946 and raised in Gondar, Ethiopia who now lives in the United States. He immigrated here to the United States in 1968 to pursue acting, and enrolled in the Goodman School of Drama located in Chicago. He is best known for his film Sankofa which raised a lot of awareness to the African American community. He is also known for the Los Angeles school of black filmmakers. He is a very influential professor that teaches at Howard University which is located in Washington, DC, which he has been teaching there since 1975.

Film- Precious Knowledge Precious Knowledge is a documentary that takes place in Tucson, Arizona and focuses on how the Unified School district wants to completely ban the Mexican American Studies Program. In the film there were many scenes with examples of rhetorical appeal. I believe that the way the film was set up since the beginning had an impactful and direct emotional appeal on the audience. For instance, in the first scenes of the film we have the opportunity to get to know the main characters in a more intimate level.

The film Mosquita y Mari directed and created by Aurora Guerrero is a coming of age story set about Huntington Park in the southeastern part of Los Angeles. It uses tense scenery that seeks to explore what it means to be in a romantic relationship versus a close friendship. Furthermore, upon legitimizing Yolanda and Mari`s relationship the film provokes the audience to ask the question, “If they are queer, what is keeping them in the closet?” This question is most effectively answered by examining how Yolanda and Mari`s ethnicity, locational, and immigrant descendant identities intersect to keep them in the closet.

Tarnation is an autobiographical documentary film directed by Jonathan Caouette, which involves the history of his life experience and that of his family. Filming himself with a mixture of snapshots, using a Super-8 camera, answering machine messages, and video diaries to capture his moment as he grows. Caouette dealt with a lot of terrible experience growing up. Tarnation emerged as a result of filming himself with a video camera while he dresses playing the different role.

The 1938 film, “Mamele,” directed by Joseph Green and Konrad Tom is musical comedy-drama that portrays the life of Havche, a dutiful daughter who keeps her family intact after their mother’s death. Havche spends her day cleaning the house and providing food for her family members. She is so caught up on doing household chores that she has little time for herself. More importantly, the film emphasizes on Havche and her family, as she tries to be the mother and take care of her family. Throughout the movie, we witness the struggles Havche overcomes by not being appreciated for the sacrifices she makes. It isn’t until she finds comfort from Schlesinger, a violinist who lives across her. The film also embraces the entire gamut of interwar Jewish

The film Wall-E shows examples of hope and love and on top of that it is like a modern day take on some stories from the Bible. Stories from the Bible have been around for a long time and stories like Adam and Eve and Noah’s Ark are reflected in the film Wall-E. One being how the axiom is like the ark from the story of Noah’s ark, and Eve is like the dove with the olive branch from the story of Noah’s ark, and in the film Wall-E the main character Wall-E was lonely before EVE came to earth, just like Adam was in the bible before God provided Eve.

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The film, Latcho Drom, by Tony Gatlif follows the journey of the gypsies in a manner that presents an eruption of cultural difference to the audience the duration of the plot. Latcho Drom is a poetic tribute to the gypsy culture. The film produces a lens in which the audience looks at the world in an altered approach. The movie was shot in numerous countries retracing the significant path taken by the gypsies over time.