Justice In The Green Mile

In the 1999 film The Green Mile directed by Frank Darabont, Michael Clarke Duncan is portrayed as John Coffey a giant simple minded black man in 1934 who is accused of raping and killing two white girls. This is a stereotype that has been used in films about

It is not an exaggeration to say that society is an irreplaceable factor when it comes to developing a person’s potential to its fullest. Indeed, a considerable number of features considered characteristics of our kind could have only been developed within the boundaries of society and are found nowhere else in the world of living organisms. However, society may not always be the best platform for the development of one’s individuality. Sometimes people are not treated in a correct manner, which gives rise to social injustice. Art, in numerous forms, has been reflecting this unpleasant phenomenon for many centuries. In the movie titled The Shawshank Redemption, by director Frank Darbabont, the idea of social injustice is illustrated

In both the book and the movie people feel the need to take justice into their own hands and it results in people getting shot or hurt. In the book there is a lack of justice in the courtroom; this caused people to be racist. The judge finds him guilty of a crime he did not do and he is sent to jail, where he tries to escape and ends up getting shot. In the movie, Carl Lee shoots 3 people and the judge proves him innocent which brings up the question ‘was this just?’. These are both examples of injustice, even though Carl Lee was freed, it was still an injustice because Carl Lee did commit a crime, without receiving any punishment. In the court room there is a lack of injustice beginning with the jury, who are all white, and make their decisions based on prejudice which is shown when the jury goes out to eat and has a vote on who they believe will

The General ordered John to kill her because he was the one who found Mary and captured her. John felt betrayed and didn’t protest when given order. The execution was scheduled for 2 days from now. Two days have passed and John was about to kill

Justice is neither automatic nor inevitable; the attainment of justice typically entails the sacrifice and suffering of those attempting to achieve it. In essence justice is an ideal, which the majority of individuals universally attempt to realize or uphold, however due to the avarice or agendas, which serve the interests of minorities, this ideal is sometimes subverted. Those performing the miscarriage of justice can become unscrupulous in their methods of maintaining this standard of injustice in efforts of self-preservation. This often results in the suffering of those carrying out their quest for justice. This idea, and the concept that the miscarriage of justice can have long lasting and far reaching effects which can never be fully

These pictures include a broad range of films from historical dramas to musicals.” Moreover, these Hollywood’s movies don’t want to depict a biased image of Afro American, “ they focus on many different aspects of African-American life – not just crime and drug culture which has often provided the backdrop to black stories in US cinema” . 12 years a slave (2013) directed by Steve McQueen and Lee Daniel’s the butler (2013) directed by Lee Daniels are the perfect example of the new turning point in Hollywood. These two full-length films bring a new vision: points of views of by Black men on the Afro American history. Despite the financing problems at the beginning of Lee Daniels’ movie – “It was a rough journey getting this film financed because the studios didn’t want to do it… (Because it’s about a black character and it wouldn’t attract a wide audience)”- theses movies had a critical and financial success. (Crari, 2012, p80). According to Jane Caffrey, Hollywood “most important color isn’t black or white but green” . Money is again the center of Hollywood’s mind, to make

Many believe that the justice system should be feared despite a person’s innocence. Although, some actually oppose these ideas and believe that if a person is innocent, then there is no need to worry. They think that the justice system was created to bring justice, and that the person on trial gets what they deserve. Sometimes, trials are fair and the way they should be. Afterall, a jury is made up of a group of diverse people to decide the fate of the trial, so it is an even vote. However, nothing in the world is perfect, and everything has flaws. The justice system is meant to seek out the truth and bring justice, but in some cases it is difficult to do so. That is why some trials do not end up having a fair or accurate verdict. Although

I think this film could possibly change or improve social and/or political problems because it brings the problem of how African Americans are treated unfairly still to this day. For the last couple of decades, the United States is supposedly free of racism and social injustice. But after this event occurred, the problem of discriminating and unequal rights is still an issue. An example in the film that supports my argument that film can foster real change is the train scene. After a fight broke on the train, the police were immediately called to take action. When they arrived, they automatically pulled out Grant and his friends. Not even questioning on who started the fight and why, the police just assumed that is was them because of their ethnicity. Another problem occurred when Grant was shot after the police officer mistook his taser as the gun. The film also showed the aftermath of what happened after the shooting: the

In this film “Minority Report” the Criminal Justice System, and their way of handling crime is different from the way our criminal justice system functions. In the film “Minority Report” the year that has taken place in 2045. This means that their technology in their year is more advanced compared to our current technology, which would interfere with our criminal justice system being slow. Starting from the beginning of this film it demonstrates how the pre-crime team prevents crime from happening through their advanced technology. Their process to handle crime is completely different from the way we handle crimes in the 21st century. The way it plays out in this film is their system prevents crime because they have a system that predicts crime

This film looks at the life of Oscar Grant in the hours leading up to his death. This film takes on more of the racial issues of today’s society as well as the growing divide between residents and police. This movie was shot in Oakland, California as well as the BART station where Oscar Grant was killed. While the film only follows Oscar Grant, the film hits on many of the key racial issues African-Americans face today. The first thing that I noticed was how the film portrayed the city of Oakland. In the film Oscar spent most of his time in the ghetto of Oakland, with the only portion of the movie in which he wasn’t was when he was in San Francisco. This was particularly irritating to me being that I am from Oakland as well. While a great deal of Oakland is run-down there are many nice parts of Oakland that the film left out in which Oscar was apart of. This pushes the stereotype that African-Americans are “ghetto,” or up to no good. This stereotype was even further pushed when Oscar was blaring Rap music from his car as he was meeting his friend at Bay View (Scene by the water). While much of the film portrayed Oscar to be a recovering low life, I did find the director did an amazing job at ensuring that it was noted Oscar was a loving father. I believe the film does create a bigger divide between residents and police. I will state I have a personal bias in this case as my Aunt is a mutual friend to the cop involved in the shooting. Yet, while this movie was great, the film used the highly publicized Trayvon Martin shooting to promote the film. The Weinstein Co. also set up the “I am __” campaigned aimed at encouraging people to share their stories of social injustice and how they overcame it. Again, I believe this campaign increased the them against me

"Race" as an authentic storyline about Jesse Owens who tolerated years of segregation, being mistreated, poverty, and hardships to achevive his dream of becoming a track star. The film did a distinctive job of capturing the raw power of the historical event. It portrayed the unique story of Jesse Owens in a distinct and original matter. It emphasizes perservarance, determination, and courage. All those virtues are a part of our everyday lives.

I like how you explain how the movie appeals to our feeling to have empathy with Oscar. Although you are missing how the actors performances shows the situation with the law enforcement. I would like it better if you could give me an example of how the movie shows the confrontation of racial prejudice that you talked about, and how Oscar reacts to that. It would be also interesting to talk about how the racism comes to play with the enforcement of the law.

1. What was the most shocking? The most shocking thing I felt after watching the film is the amount of time that each interviewed inmate suffering from mental illness had to serve before they were eligible for parole and eventually released in my opinion it was way too long for the original crime they committed and eventually supported the films message of the injustice of the current social problem. What was not surprising to you? It was not surprising to expect that the inmates suffering from mental illness will eventually return to the being imprison, because as stated in the film, the inmates were released with only 2 weeks’ worth of psychotropic medication and it takes longer to even get an appointment to find help the m get a refill

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen of the Literary and Media Arts Festival. In today’s session, Novel to Film Adaptations – Empowering the Marginalised Perspective, Frank Darabont’s corrupt film adaptation of, The Green Mile, will be exposed as a blatant juxtaposition of Paul Edgecombe’s journal on which it is based. Through the film, audiences are invited to follow the disturbing experiences and happenings upon the green mile in 1932 at the Cold Mountain Penitentiary death row as articulated in Mr. Edgecombe’s journal. The film constructs Percy Wetmore as cruel, malevolent and aggressive, however, this is contrasted by the reality presented in the journal, through which he portrays characteristics of dedication, determination, and

Racism has been a prevalent issue throughout the history of the United States. From the introduction of slaves to the “New World” in the 17th century to the killing of innocent black individuals by police officers today, racism has defined this country. Director Quentin Tarantino, in his spaghetti western film Django: Unchained, addressed this issue. The film features a black slave who is freed at and sets out on a revenge mission against his white slave owners to free his wife. The heavy black and slave narrative lead many critics and scholars to question the historical accuracy of the film and ramifications of the film. Many critics felt the film was too soft on the