The Inanga Documentary

Firstly, it is important to understand how the documentary form is best suited to illustrate the film’s theme. In order to do this, one must have an overview of the documentary style of filmmaking. Documentaries concern themselves with the “exploration of

Hotel Rwanda is a tragic movie that puts a face on the conflict that was largely ignored by the western world. It graphically shows the results of various conflicts and the results of racial prejudice caused by historical actions. It also demonstrates that racism can occur outside the ‘normal’ black white conflicts. Hotel Rwanda falls short when giving an in-depth explanation of the causes of the war. However, a little research and critical reading bring a greater understanding of the film and the suffering of

My initial reaction to the film was of utter shock at the brutally raw reality of the film. Upon reflection and commentary from other sources, the film’s simple yet vastly effective filmmaking techniques of developing the explicit and implicit meaning of the film. The explicit meaning, as

I choose some take away messages from different sections throughout the film. I will use the information from the video and apply it to my everyday tasks in my future classroom. Starting from the beginning of the film with the “Difficult Times to Processing” section it allows me to understand students with learning disabilities have twice as much to process, question and answer so they need more time. The “Risk Taking” section taught me how students with learning disabilities like reassurance and do not like surprises. If I have a student with a

Hearing the stories Rebecca would tell the class really gave me an insight on the personal experiences she went through. All of it sounded serial to me, I couldn’t grasp onto the fact that such horrific things could happen in a country like Australia, and continue to do so. Rebecca began to tell the story of her family, I felt like

I enjoyed the chapter, Mohammed Meets Madonna from the book The Middle of Everywhere and I thought the author’s journals of the students were interesting. I like that Mary Pipher wrote a little about all the students that were in the English Language Learner class. I thought this gave the audience a good idea of the variety of backgrounds and attitudes that the students had. For example, there are students who are in gangs, like Khoi and Cahn, and then there are students who are tenderhearted, like Velida and Tharaya. Some of the students in the ELL class wanted to learn and had dreams of going to college, while others just wanted to get out of school. I found this difference between these students interesting because I know that when I become a teacher, I will also have a wide variety of students. These journals made me realize some of the challenges I will have to overcome as a future teacher.

I was surprised to learn about our documentary assignment yesterday. Watching documentaries is one of my favorite things to do, so naturally, I’m struggling with choosing which documentary to write my essay on. Recently, aside from the documentary I mentioned last week, I also had the opportunity to watch one of the most widely known, award-winning documentaries regarding child language development, Secret of the Wild Child.

While the other films involved in the lesson also seemed intriguing, this one really affected me. It practically made it obligatory for me to discuss it while also providing people with the opportunity to learn more concerning the event.

Ethnic Notions : the 1987 film documentary by Marlon Riggs describes about the growth of African American cultural depictions through various caricatures and stereotypes which were used against African Americans.

This work documented the human experience in a light that I would not have seen it had I only read the books assigned to me in class. The themes in this book and how they were portrayed helped me to be able learn

Amreeka, filmed in 2009 and directed by Cherien Dabis, is the story of a Palestinian single mother and her teenage son’s immigration to America. Muna (Nisreen Faour) and her son Fadi (Melkar Muellan) migrate to America from their home in Palestine, a territory in Israel, to stay with family. In America, they face the struggles of cultural barriers and the stereotypes associated with Middle Eastern heritage especially in the times after 9/11, an alleged terrorist attack on U.S. soil blamed on Muslim extremists from the Middle East. In Palestine, they are ID’d and subjected to discrimination every time they want to cross over to a neighboring town. Palestinians are not given many freedoms in their country of Israel because the government and government authorities go to

In the movie, Ikiru follows the life of Kanji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat who wants to find purpose to his life after his diagnosis of cancer. Watanabe does the uncommon and goes against the norm, in order to follow his passion and not follow strictly what tradition would want. In this film, the traditional family home is absent because of the main character being a widower. Since he maintains the role of breadwinner he has an estranged relationship with his only child as well as a generational gap. The Japanese are very observant of ancient traditions such as Buddhism and Shintoism. “Ikiru,” which means “to live” is directed by Akira Kurosawa, is based in postwar Japan during their reconstruction. Japan is slowly becoming more westernized adopting capitalism, and democracy.

This documentary has a voice which is the most important part of any movie, furthermore, it has it own way of living and breathing and speaking to

The film was engaging and thoroughly executed. The actors suited their roles, and played well. The theme in the film was educational and intriguing. Apart from some small flaws, the film was enjoyable. The circumstances around the film, as poor oxygen in the classroom and darkness, made it a little tiresome to watch, and therefore, the film seemed stretched out. In reflection, that impression was misplaced.

Teaching in Africa was my first experience as an educator and the joy I discovered in the classroom led me to a lifelong love for students. Africa also introduced me to the importance of evidence-based practice. I clearly remember an incident during my first year of teaching in Africa. Our Academic Dean, a young English woman, sat me down in our small school library and explained to me the importance of differentiated instruction. As a first year teacher