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In 2013, 42 was released as a motion picture under the direction of Brian Helgeland (“42”). The film focuses its attention on the unprecedented sports career of the African American Major League baseball player, Jackie Robinson. In addition, the main focal point of the film was to emphasize the horrors of racial segregation and to reveal how that ultimately affected the lives of all African Americans. Therefore, the overall plot portrays the honorary story of a talented young man as he bravely overcomes adversity and racism in order to be viewed as an equal in sports and in society. Nevertheless, the main characters include: Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey, Rachel Robinson, Leo Durocher, Pee Wee Reese, Wendell Smith, Red Barber, and Ben Chapman

Analytical Thesis: Get Out is a psychological thriller that analyzes the racial issues in modern America through the use of visual rhetoric: such as film noir, symbolism and metaphors.

In Hidden Figures the people at NASA are trying to solve a math problem, so they can send someone into space. They are in a race with the USSR to see who can get into space first. John Glenn is the man that would be going into space. He is putting his life in NASA’s hands. He preferred that the numbers/problems that would determine if he lived, worked out.

In 1996, Tyra Banks became the very first black woman to appear on the cover of GQ magazine. A year later, in 1997, Banks became the first African-American woman to grace the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, as well as the first black woman to be featured in Victoria’s Secret lingerie catalogue. She went on to sign contracts with both Cover Girl and Victoria’s Secret, becoming the face of both companies advertising campaigns and runway shows. Banks has been named multiple times to People Magazine’s 50 most beautiful list. In 1997, she received the prestigious Michael Award for Supermodel of the year and also won two Teen Choice Awards for favorite Supermodel. In addition to modeling, Banks also pursued acting. She made her debut in 1993 on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. In 2000, Tyra Banks appeared in a trio of popular films: Love & Basketball, Coyote Ugly, and Life-Size. In 2003, Banks created, produced, and hosted the UPN show America’s Next Top Model, which has 20+ seasons under its belt. In 2005, Banks picked up her own daytime talk show, The Tyra Banks show, which earned her a daytime Emmy Awards in 2008. In 2010, Tyra Banks hung up her Victoria’s Secret wings and said good-bye to her show to focus on “bringing positive images of women to the big

A black man, Arsenio Hall is the executive producer of his own talk show. Which is one of the most democratized forms of television shows. Often times his show brings the raw, honest truth from the hearts, minds, and souls of black Americans. This segment right here was one of the realest moments. Arsenio starts the show by stating that he had to bring her back to kick off the current episode that was being filmed. This sends a very strong message to the media and society that the voices of not just black people, but young black women will and must be heard. The creative design of this set and the director's choice of shots suggests a calm, yet powerful stance on a subject. This vision is accomplished by the soft blue, purple, and hint of green lights that contrasts the color of her skin and outfit and allows her to pull away from her background. If they would have used colors with a reddish hue, it could create a feel of anger or vengeance. The bluish tone can also suggest the confidence and intelligence of the speaker herself. Additionally the strong spotlight on the speaker states that she is the main focus so pay attention.

Imagine the world is invaded by aliens. Some of them eat humans, some live among humans, and others live outside of our world. You don’t know it, but many of the people who have shaped our lives and our culture aren’t even human themselves. This is the world of the 1997 film Men in Black, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Men in Black is a sci-fi comedy about a group of enforcement agents defending and regulating aliens from invading Earth. But if you take their costume off, Men In Black can be seen as far more than a comedy about space aliens. Under the lens of postcolonial criticism, the film reveals itself to be a veiled, political commentary on immigration. A lens is a way for us to look at a piece of literature in a whole new depiction that we may not have thought of the first time we had read or watched a piece of literature. Through the postcolonial lens, I can see the movie as a biased contrast between the immigrants and the immigration police. Interpreting the movie through this lens allows me to see that the Men in Black are the immigration police, and are considered to be the protagonists of the film. On the other hand, the aliens, or immigrants when looking through the lens, are the antagonists of the movie; The Men in Black protect the US from bad aliens, giving immigration police the positive reinforcement of the brutal evictions immigrants received in the 90s.

In addition to this, Banks focus on independence and growth. She used the opportunity she got to take herself further than just being a model and utilize it to learn and grow. In may 2003 she transitioned away from modeling to launch the popular reality competition show “America’s Next Top Model”, which she served as a producer, a host and a judge. The show was a series of challenges related to high fashion. The winner who passed through all the challenges receive a modeling contract and other prizes. The “America’s Next Top Models” was a success for many, since it opened doors for African American and helped her become an inspiration for upcoming models. Per an interview with Ebony magazine, Tyra said “A lot of the times the fashion world does not give a lot of attention to American Black girls from urban areas…I do not mean to pat my own back, but America's Next Top Model pulled down the curtain to this world that people thought they

Black Codes were enacted in 1865 and 1866 by new southern state governments. Similar to the Slave Codes that existed before the Civil War, these Black Codes sought to regulate past slaves lives such as prohibiting freed slaves to serve on juries or to testify against a white person in court. Although the Black Codes granted African Americans to possess and sell property and legalized black marriages, interracial marriage between white and black Americans was outlawed. Unfortunately, some states even went further to control the lives of African Americans by limiting their economic freedoms such as, preventing any African Americans from purchasing or renting farmland in the state of Mississippi. As a result of decreeing the Black Codes, a division

In his directorial debut, Jordan Peele steers away from his comedic reputation to make the suspenseful thriller that is Get Out. The film is very intriguing and keeps you guessing and on the edge of your seat throughout from start to finish as you follow Chris Washington, a young african american man, who travels with his white girlfriend to her family’s house when he uncovers a dark secret. For the typical fan of horror/thriller, it's a must see.

Gattaca is the creation of writer and director Andrew Niccol in 1997. He wanted its science fiction themes to be set in the future but because of budget issues he used the greatest parts of the past and then made it feel futuristic. Niccol employed two peculiar genres that work very well together Film noir and science fiction. To be convey the idea that even if you were born for perfection unless you try you’ll never succeed or achieve your potential. As they say in the film ‘there is no gene for the human spirit’. Gattaca was named after the four nitrogen bases of DNA, which are Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine and Guanine to emphasise the significance of genes in this future society.

Five Easy Pieces was released in 1970, Robert “Bobby” Eroica Dupea plays as the main character in the film, he plays a role as an oil rigger that has turned his back in pursuing a career in music in which he is talented at and becomes a blue-collar worker for 20 years. During these years he builds up a selfish, mean, vulgar, and lack of ambition kind of personality. In the late 1960s and early 1970s many historical events were occurring in which the film has gone into some detail with. After doing some research on Film Reviews and what other websites thought about the film many did not go into detail about the film being about discrimination on women. During the era of the film women were still fighting for their rights. I personally believe that this film showed how women were just objects to men. Bobby had disrespected mainly all the women he came across. When they were at a diner he spilled all of the drinks on the waitress just because they did not have what he wanted on their menu. He had five different women in which he would have intercourse with and talked to them in a very demanding manner, each of those five women still had sex with him because they feared he would leave

Based off Charles Webb’s 1963 novel by the same name, The Graduate is an American romantic comedy/drama released in the United States on December 21, 1967 starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, and William Daniels. The film was directed by Mike Nichols, produced by Lawrence Turman and the screenplay written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham. The film was produced by Lawrence Turman/Mike Nichols productions starting in March of 1967. Mike Nichols has also directed other well known films such as Catch-22 (1970), Working Girl (1988), and more recently Closer (2004). The film was distributed by AVCO Embassy Pictures nationally and United Artists internationally. AVCO Embassy Pictures studio, founded by Joseph E. Levine, the films executive producer, also claims production/distribution for other hit films such as Godzilla, King of Monsters! (1956), The Fog (1980), and Prom Night (1980). The movie was well received due to its $104 million dollar box office opening tab. The score was produced by Dave Grusin and the songs written by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

One movie is And Soon the Darkness starring Amber Heard and Odette yustman. The movie starts off with two women in another country, that goes bicycling. They end up missing their bus to get back to where their from. Soon after the girls get separated and one of them goes missing. Her friend goes through a lot to find her. Once she does she realizes that her friend was being traded for the sex trade. The kidnapped friend ends up dying in the movie, so the traffickers was going to force her to take her friends place in the trade. The movie shows the environment of what the sex slaves go through on a daily basis. There was torture famine and just a lot of inhumane things that the young woman was struggling with. The background of sex trafficking

Throughout this class, various discussions and blogs have been used to analyze the different elements of films such as theme, cinematic techniques and genre. It is time to bring all of these separate elements together in the analysis of one specific film, according to class text, “analyzing levels of meaning below the surface story can greatly enhance enjoyment as well as understanding of a film” (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2014. p. 10.03). There are several different approaches to film analysis including formalist, auteurist, and generic or any combination thereof. Utilizing a genre theory lens, the 1956 film The Searchers will be analyzed addressing contextual information, story/plot, aesthetic choices, social/personal impact and how these areas come together to develop the film.

The Matrix is a film about the enslavement of humankind by artificial intelligence, sentient beings, with mechanical bodies, created by people to service humanity, and the discovery of a person, Neo, that possesses abilities that can defeat the Artificial Intelligence and manumit humanity. The majority of human beings have their consciousness/minds trapped within the Matrix, a computer simulated world in which their minds are born, live in, and die, while their bodies are connected to it via cerebral connection but, remain in a dormant slumber and are never used. While they are connected to the matrix, their bioelectricity is harvested, powering the artificial intelligence. Neo, with the help of Morpheus (the leader in the resistance