We Are The People You Do Not See

The narrative of the violent undocumented “alien” serves a dual purpose of instilling fear into Americans and to view undocumented immigrants as criminals. The opening scene of the documentary shows dark, shapeless figures running across the border. This gives the impression of a foreign “thing” crossing the border with bed intentions. During another opening shot, a white male congressman with power talks over a scene

Immigration is a complex and multifaceted issue that faces the US. In his film, Sin Nombre (2009), director Cary Fukunaga aims to juxtaposition the issue of immigration with the issue of gang violence in Mexico, and show the difficulties immigrants face by giving his audience an insider’s perspective into the experience of immigrating to the United States from Honduras. He does this through a variety of characters; most notably Willie and Sayra. Fukunaga did extensive research on life in the Mara Salvatrucha gang and the process of immigrating to America, in order to make his film realistic and authentic. The result is a movie that not only shows immigration in a way that evokes empathy and enforces the humanity of immigrants in the viewer’s mind, but also gives the viewer a look into the realities of being in a gang. Through the use of strong characters, powerful dialogue and vivid imagery, Fukunaga uses pathos to put a human face to the issue of immigration, logos to inform and give his audience context about the issues the film addresses, and ethos to establish his credibility and make the film believable.

This movie Directed by Paul Haggis who also directed Academy Award Winning "Million Dollar Baby" and had also won an Academy Award for this movie as well puts a twisted story in this film. This movie is trying to symbolize what goes on in the world today in regards to racism and stereotypes. He tries to make a point on how societies view themselves and others in the world based on there ethnicities. This movie intertwines several different people's lives, all different races, with different types of beliefs. Such ethnicities include Caucasians, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and Middle Eastern. This movie includes conflicts on both sides of the picture from cops and criminals as well

The whole point of the film is that the illegal immigrants perform jobs that Americans are not willing to do and immigrants are treated as aliens not what they really are human being.

The film represents the main protagonist Nola all the way down to her three lovers, with each representing a different personality trait that is not necessarily race identifiable. Lee develops a new form of cinema by creating a new aesthetic. Lee details the double standard that exists for Nola by showing her deviating from social norms. She refuses to live by anyone else’s rules and resists conventional ideals such as marriage and monogamy. This film portrays a possible explanation of racial dynamics within gender and sexuality. If roles were shifted for men and women through various aspects focusing on mise-en-scene, editing and narrative conventions.

In her article, “They Pretend to Be Us While Pretending We Don’t Exist,” Jenny Zhang discusses poet Michael Derrick Hudson’s use of a Chinese pen name in order to get published, a choice which he defends by saying that taking on a minority’s identity helped him get the “edge” he needed, but is really an act of appropriation. Zhang uses this particular instance and a few others to bring attention to racism both in the writing world and society itself. By falsely identifying as a minority, white writers think publishers will be more interested in their work to add diversity to a company; however, being an actual minority or person of color in the writing world makes it more difficult to get published and even more difficult to be sure of the

They are picked up by a woman and during the drive she frequently uses the word poor to describe the family. “We’re not poor” (Walls 121). The woman thinks the family is poor because their car broke down and possibly because of their appearance. “And what am I supposed to tell people about my parents?” (Walls 5).

The film encompasses a variety of different themes as well. The issues are all connected to the different prejudices that are found in today’s society. Racism is the most dominant theme that is found in the film. Stereotyping is another theme that is viewed throughout this film. An example of this being when Daniel the Hispanic locksmith was changing the locks for the Caucasian District Attorney and his wife. Jean (the wife) assumes that Daniel is a no good gang banger based on the fact that he has tattoos, a shaved head, and is Hispanic. The film

The characters have lost control of their lives, and are being taken advantage of by their toxic environment. Everyone acts tough but they all share similar insecurities on the inside, however they cannot reveal these inner vulnerabilities without being ridiculed and physically punished. The short stories in this novel are analogies in which the characters have been satirized and are compared to the impoverished people in the real world. To accomplish this, Selby uses a very unique writing

Theft of an organ, two counterfeit passports, and involvement in the black market resulting in the gain of ten thousand dollars. Were a group of humans to commit these crimes in any developed society with just laws, they would considered felons. That would be true in most cases, except in the 2002 movie, Dirty Pretty Things. Following the story of Okwe, a doctor who ran from his home country after fighting a corrupt government, and Senay, a Turkish citizen seeking asylum in America. Faced with blackmail, sexual abuse, and threats of deportation, the two eventually find themselves in a predicament. Senay is offered the chance to receive a fraudulent passport, as she desires to immigrate to America, if she gives Senior Juan (the movie’s antagonist)

The weather is sizzling hot and tensions are slowly coming to a boil in this Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn neighborhood. Slowly but surely we see the heat melt away the barriers that were keeping anger from rising to the surface. The Blacks and the Hispanics own the streets the Koreans own the corner store and of course the Italians own the pizzeria, the Cops who happen to be all Caucasian, prowl the streets inside out, looking for anyone to harass. Toes are then stepped on and apologies are not made. Spike Lee creates the perfect set-up for a modern day in Bed-Stuyvesant. Without fail Spike Lee is transformed into an anthropologist. Spike Lee’s goal is to allow viewers to glimpse into the lives of real people and into a neighborhood they

This Comedy tells the story of two families, one African American and the other Mexican-American, that are forced to combine when Lucia (Ferrera) and Marcus (Gross) announce their engagement. Lucia and Marcus have been secretly living together and having premarital sex unbenouced to Lucia’s family who are Mexican American. Lucia has dropped out of Columbia Law School and is planning to move away with Marcus to the country Lous so he can practice with Doctors without Borders once they are married . Lucia plans on introducing her fiance to her family and letting them in ontheir plans. It’s a bold move especially for Lucia not only because Marcus is from a different background but her family doesn’t know about him.

Fundamentally, gender, racism and class are three controversial social issues that have for a long period triggered heated debate in the American society. In essence, this issues concern the daily lives of American citizen and immigrants disregarding their class, social status, educational level or the position they hold in the society. Therefore, it is imperative that these issues are analyzed comprehensively in order to take an informed stand about the impact they have to the society. This paper, seeks to critically examine how gender, racism and class are addressed in the two movies “Bread and Roses “and ”Hammering it”.

The movie “Dirty Pretty Things” is an emotional film. It show us the perspective of reality. People in this film who are undocumented immigrants, refugees, and prostitutes are considered as “Invisible”. They are the unknown characters. What really upsets me throughout the film is when a foreigner man who has an infection of the kidney which is also known as Pyelonephritis won’t go to the hospital because of multiple risks. It’s either because of no health insurance or the man didn’t want to get deported. Either way they would put their life in danger rather than get banish. Another scene that makes me feel perturb is when Okwe wanted to report about the heart that is flushed down the toilet inside the hotel, but he couldn’t because of him being

The film La Haine, directed by Mike blah, addresses the effects of social stratification on three young men as a result of the civil unrest existing within an impoverished town on the outskirts of Paris, France. The film also focuses on the tyrannical relationship between law enforcement and the underprivileged. However, by examining experiences of the main characters, it becomes apparent that the film is ultimately critiquing society’s tendency to categorize and exploit individuals based on their race and class.