The Lost Boys Documentary Analysis

The Slave narrative documentary; Unchained Memories, released in 2003, brought to light many things that had not before been seen, or even thought of by many people. Even before the film was released, the telling of the stories inside changed many ideas regarding slavery. The history of slavery in the United States of America has always been commonly known, but not many people have, at this point in time, had to really think of what that meant, what slavery truly was to the millions of Africans, and African-Americans who experienced it. The film and the stories themselves changed many people’s views on slavery, by enlightening them.

The Boys in the Boat is a nonfiction novel written by Daniel James Brown. This book takes place in 1936 in Germany where the Berlin Olympics were held. Nine American boys from the University of Washington on a eight-oar rowing team entered the Olympics. They were going for the gold and to win it all. They caught the attention of millions of people. Their story of how they got to where they are is very emotional and inspirational.

This movie is a great example of social groups, leadership, culture, norms, society, nature and nurture, and social lives. This movie represents how the American culture chooses our social class in society. Some sociologists believed that lifestyle choices are an important influence on our social class position (Giddens, 209). Our class position is the way we dress, where we eat, where we sleep, and how we relax (Giddens,

I have pondered the question, "How can two people, who grew up with the same parents, at the same time turn out so differently?" I'm not exactly sure as to why, but I speculate it has to do with not just one, single, factor. I believe the answer lies in a combination of birth order, looks, and the fact that separate people will act separately. Whether it's in the way they fish, to the jobs they choose, to the friends and activities they surround themselves with, different people will behave differently. Since watching this movie, I have noticed that, as Americans, we look down on uniqueness, yet embrace independence and freedom. I almost think this movie was made in order to show the viewers the importance of

The whole film is about civil liberties, and how they were broken after 9/11. Many were broken because of the Patriot Act. It ignored many civil liberties that every citizen and immigrant should receive within the US. People who were arrested or have had their houses searched never had a fair trial or had no warrant to support the search of their

The PBS Frontline Documentary, “The Untouchables” produced by Martin Smith details how those responsible for the 2008 financial crisis, caused by the failing of multiple mortgage backed securities that were fraudulently cobbled together with very lax oversight, were never criminally indicted for their actions. Part of the explanation from the Justice Department was that they were afraid that aggressively pursuing the presidents and vice-presidents of the banks involved in the fraudulent mortgage backed securities would make the banking industry even more unstable. This was something that they were very reluctant to risk, since so many banks were already beginning to close. In the documentary,

This movie was another parallel of war, war is a topic that is timeless because it’s constantly around us. The basic humanity and the lack thereof, brought it into a more modern light. Every person has a drive in them at a primal and instinctual level, that makes them fight for what they believe in or run away. Little parallels like that definitely brought this into a modern light. and showed that they were just trying to survive like the rest of

One cultural difference I did notice were the riots. Today, with the black lives matter movement instead of rioting violently like you see in the film, there are more peaceful protest and you see many Americans using social media to bring light to the issue at hand. Another cultural difference I noticed were Vinz, Said, and Hubert's beliefs and practices. At the beginning you see Hubert as the more level headed individual but towards the end of the movie things escalate and you start to see a more violent, aggressive side of him. Though, Americans have had a history of getting aggressive and rioting we've had more of an impact on being heard through social media and peaceful protest to bring light to the fact that racism is very much alive in this movie and this era. The irony in the quote "The world is yours" puts in perspective that these are three young men jobless, poor , and doing illegal activities just to make it another day. Today more and more Americans are fed up with police brutality and these young black men and woman having their lives taken away so soon. These types of events have caused us as people to come together and become stronger as a unit to make a difference in American and bring light to the fact that racism is still very real. Vinz being so passionate about wanting to kill a cop if his friend in the hospital died

I think Spike Lee made this movie to be an eye opener to America because of how quickly humans are to judge other humans based on typical stereotypes. The first stereotype I noticed was about women police officers. In the movie you would only see women police in the control truck. This was something that I found very

Another theme is illegal immigration. During the Bush Administration, there was a major post-9/11 crackdown on illegal immigration, which was pivotal and shown in this film. Although this film represents an increase regulation, it still had the same impact deregulation had during the Reagan Administration by hindering the success of the poor in foreign countries. There were a series of raids, depicted in this film, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to attempt to crackdown on illegal immigration. These raids affected more than just these women immigrants; it also affected their families, other farmers, and residents near Sodus, NY. One attempt to crackdown on illegal immigration that really moved me was when one woman learned that ICE detained her husband at their local grocery store during an early morning raid. In addition, this film documents the shocked reaction of a farmer, whose employee is detained at the corner of a coffee shop. These people are just trying

How does the film shown reflect the time in which it was made, and satirise American stereotypes, views, and society?

In the article the authors, Goldmark and McKnight argue that, “the film implicates us in a particular vision of an imperial America. It provides a description of American membership and belonging that depends on specific discourses of a post-colonial whiteness and a racialized Other” (Goldmark & McKnight 101). Throughout the article they discuss different points to prove their argument. Some of these points will be examined one by one as we go on.

There are many commonalities between the article “The Children of War” and the novel “Inside out and Back Again” by Thanhha Lai. The main character Ha from Inside Out and Back Again had to move with her family to take refuge in the United States just like the teenagers from the article had to as well. A commonality between the article and novel is when Ha’s family made it to Guam where her family is held in tents, they learn about American culture by relying on American movies about cowboys in the west. Ha says, “We watch movies outdoors with images projected onto a white sheet….If it’s a young cowboy like Clint Eastwood everyone cheers.

The movie did a great job in recreating the scene on people suffering the social and economic tension because of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl that took place on Joads family. I also believe focusing on one family made us relate and share their emotions. The movie did a great job in showing the struggle of that family which represented what many tenant farmers had faced during that crisis. The crisis included the oppression the tenant farmers faced by the banks and farm interests. Because of the Dust Bowl populated families from Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas were being forced to move from their farmland to California for jobs. The movie also shares the social message of the importance of a family which is shown when Joad comes back home looking for his grandparents. It further shows the message of the ineffective American Dream where everyone should get the same opportunity to attain success. I think the message was strong enough to convey the social messages portrayed in the film. I was able to reconnect what I learned in history as I watched the movie. I liked how the ending of the movie was hopeful. Towards the end the movie shows the migrant trucks move to the

Sudan has always found it difficult to reconcile the Arab Muslim North with the African Christian South. In order to determine the different factors that led to this, the investigation will first be carried about the difference of origins, ethnicity and religion between Northern Sudanese and Southern Sudanese people.