Tajomaur': A Brief Analysis Of Film

The Secret of Roan Inish, a John Sayles movie, is a story of a young girl on a quest to find her lost little brother. The movie loosely parallels many fairy tales throughout the story, with three subjects being the strongest. Fiona, the main character, follows the theme of going on a quest to find someone or something important. Her little brother, Jamie, was raised in the wild without any human interaction, similar to Tarzan. Finally, a story of a “selkie” is told. A selkie is a mythical creature that takes seal form in water, and human form on land. This is very similar to mermaids, who have always been popular in fairy tales. The movie borrows themes from fairy tales throughout its telling of the story, leaning on three popular themes the most.

Throughout the film, many stories are told by different characters that are involved in the story. There are

The man who came to the narrator's workplace in the beginning also plays a big role in the story. His part was brief, but he is an important character. His appearance in the story not only expresses how some people are changing and becoming tolerant, but his offer brings the narrator a big opportunity that shapes the conclusion of the story. The narrator's neighbor is the final major character in the story. His role is also brief, but he has a strong impact in the story.

The film analyzed in this paper, "Aladdin" is set in an Arab culture following the life of a street rat, Aladdin and his pursuit to marry the royal princess Jasmine. This paper will examine elements in the film such as culture and social class through different sociological perspectives. These will include conflict theory, the functionalist perspective and symbolic interactionism. It will also explore Cooley 's look glass self theory and how Aladdin 's negative self concept affects his actions. Lastly, it will view through the feminist theory how Jasmine and women are portrayed and other stereotypes and discrimination in the film.

Diversity in films is important because representation matters. Viewers are drawn to shows with ethnically diverse lead cast members. Mostly all viewers love to watch shows that reflect and relate to their own experiences. Reddigari, a freelance writer, also expresses the question of why we lack diversity in films. “Hollywood has been producing inspiring films intended to capture the beauty, joy and sorrow in everyday life. As much as we love our favorite movies, we can’t help but notice that many of them fail to capture the life experiences of all moviegoers, leaving the voices of millions of Americans from diverse backgrounds underrepresented” (This Tumblr Shows the Startling Lack of Diversity in Film). Diversity in films is an important topic in society because it represents equality and people of color to look up to.

For this assignment, I decided to reflect on the film ‘Shottas’. The film begins in the streets of Kingston, Jamaica home of Biggs and Wayne, the two main characters. They lived within a very dangerous and violent town, which drove them into their own violent lifestyle. As young men, how the movie starts off, they rob the local drug dealers of a gun for a premeditated robbery. The money allowed for them to purchase visas to come to Miami, Florida. While in the United States, as adults, the two continue their criminal activities leading them to be deported back to their home in Jamaica. Mad Max and Wayne, who was deported years before Biggs made his return, had already formed a striving extortion business. Wayne made it mandatory for all businesses in the Kingston area to pay money to operate there, or they will be killed. The Jamaica Police did not like Wayne or his ‘Shoota’ crew, after the gruesome public murder the police then killed Wayne’s brother. Later, the Congressmen offered to renew Wayne, Biggs, and Mad Max’s visa to get them out of the country. Happily back in Miami, the three men aim to becoming the top drug dealers of the city, by extorting the new top drug dealer, Teddy. As they raise to power in Miami, they commit several forms of extortion, murder, and assaults. The film ends in extreme violence leading to the murders of Wayne and Mad Max, in a shootout with Teddy’s crew. Biggs then murders Teddy and his girlfriend, while getting away with all his money and escapes.

Director Brett Harvey documentary, The Culture High is an interesting story that takes a raw and honest look that tears into the very grit of modern day marijuana prohibition to reveal the truth behind the arguments and motivations governing both those who support and those who oppose the existing pot laws. As we ask ourselves will marijuana be legalized in our lifetime? Or is the “war on drugs” really fundamentally affecting this country? This documentary states two reasons why the information on cannabis is kept from the public, either just one joint can cause psychiatric (mental illness) episodes similar to schizophrenia (a long-term mental disorder) or the addiction and how this drug can lead to another drug. The thesis that this documentary

Tinghir Jersualem is a documentary by historian Kamal Hachkar, a Muslim. It explores the relationship between the Jews and Muslims in Tinghir, Moracco both prior to the Jews departure to Israel and the aftermath of their leaving. Kamal interviews both Jews and Muslims from Morraco to get their own stories related to the departure that largely took place in the 1950s and 1960s. Kamal's approach of interviewing both Jews and Muslims helps present the unity that Jews and Muslims felt in Morraco prior the 1960s. Older Muslim and Jewish men spoke foundly of their neighbors and the many business transactions and card games that went on between the two groups of people. The Muslim and Jewish women simiarly excited when talking about their neighbors,

African cinema has certain aesthetics and politics that differ from cinema within the United States. The politics and aesthetics of African film tends to reference themes of liberation, self identity and allegories referring to colonialism. Three films that were viewed in class this year that display each of these politics are Lumumba, Pieces D'Identites, and Afrique, Je Te Plumerai.

John Smith, the troubled Indian adopted by whites appears at first to be the main character, but in some respects he is what Alfred Hitchcock called a McGuffin. The story is built around him, but he is not truly the main character and he is not the heart of the story. His struggle, while pointing out one aspect of the American

The characters are John son of the tribal priest. John’s father priest who conducts the ceremony initiating his son into the tribal priesthood and John’s brothers the hunters. John is brave, and curious. Throughout the story John shows ambition and curiosity. He is determined to get to the place where the gods are. When John went back to the village he brought knowledge about the place people thought to be sacred.

The Sundance film documentary “Miss Representation (2011)” was written, produced and directed by, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, an American woman whose goal is to empower women. Newsom is a “filmmaker, actress, speaker, and advocate for women, girls, and their families” (IMDb). The documentary explores how the mainstream media’s denigrator depiction of women contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of leadership, intellect, and power. To persuade the viewer the author uses First, Pathos to express the emotional battles young and old women, and even herself as a mother of a daughter endure in society due to the negative media portrayal of women. Furthermore, she uses Ethos Secondary which builds on her moral character as she first hand has lived and experienced being objectified, violated, and even battled with an eating disorder herself.

Curiosity is a form of bravery. Rikki Tikki was a great fighting mongoose with much curiosity and bravery. With the help of his friends, he fights away ferocious predators. Rikki Tikki Tavi is written by Rudyard Kipling. The Rikki Tikki Tavi story is about how one little mongoose saves a whole family and their house. In addition, both of these story’s characters, settings, and details are different and alike. The short story and video are being compared, as they have many similarities and differences. Also, the story and video had many similarities, and not as much difference. The movie was kept very similar to the book. The Rikki Tikki Tavi story and movie had many similarities and differences such as the characters, settings, and details about the story itself.

At first I wasn’t interested in watching this documentary and only watched it because it was required. As I watched the documentary, I realized that Darius Weems was a genius and his Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy needed the exposure to provide awareness to the world, or at least the United States. I was taken by the fact that both he and his brother had Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, which has to be very rare. On the first leg of the trip the Darius Goes West crew ran into problems with wheelchair access. I never even thought about businesses not having access for wheelchairs, it’s unfair and businesses are losing money. This documentary probably brought that issue to light.

After watching the screen cast on South Asian American, I was surprised by of the marriage between Punjabi (Indian) and Mexican women. As my knowing, the South Asian or specific Indian, they were marriage by their parent arrangement, and they don’t want marry people different ethic, or different religious.And on the video, I saw the dancers were mixed two cultural, it so amazing.