Pam Grier

ESPERANZA 2 Esperanza Rising Literary Analysis The United States of America is a cultural melting pot; as a result, there are many stories of those who have immigrated into the land. Pam Munoz Ryan has written a story similar to other’s who ventured into California, in Esperanza Rising. Her focus is her own grandmother’s life and experience as an immigrant from Mexico in the 1900’s. By using the characterization literary device Ryan conveys the importance of family through

Kill Bill vol. 1 (2003) and vol. 2 (2004) shows all of Tarantino's obsessions : kung-fu fighting, spaghetti westerns, beautiful and murderous women with weapons. The Showdown At The House Of Blue Leaves scene is one of the most impressive fights in Tarantino's movie verse. There is everything there; carnage, rage, blood oozing from the screen, limbs falling around, villains either dead or pathetically crawling away and running around terrifying bystanders. Uma Thurman, clad in yellow leather

During the course of history, African Americans have played a major role in the enhancement of film and television production. African Americans have enhanced not only the technology of television and film but also enhanced the story line of American Television. As contributors, African Americans have made the kind of changes that affected television and the outside world. These shows were made to relate to the average African American family. However, over the past few years, the so called demographic

Permissiveness and conceptual incongruity in Blaxploitation films concerning the shaping and portrayal of the female character exemplified in the works of Pam Grier. A new step for the Hollywood film industry from 1968 till nowadays is the creation of the MPAA film rating system. Ever since the erasure of the production code of the Classic Hollywood era, and filmmakers’ realisation that they do not need the seal of approval, it has become possible to show or tell anything on screen. Film genres

In the 1960’s, “for the first time in its history, Hollywood fell behind the rest of the world- aesthetically, commercially, and even technologically” (Cook, 669) It wasn’t until the mid-1970s when a wider license for personal filmmaking and cultural critique was eclipsed by the rapid consolidation of media corporations and the franchised blockbuster, did Hollywood reach a turning point. Personally, this was one of my favorite films (documentaries) that we watched all semester; it named several

The Impact Of Blaxploitation films in the black power movement During the 1960s African Americans began to start a black power movement to overcome severe oppression. African Americans during this time in history were being murdered and treated like animals and were not given equal rights. Prior to the black power movement, African Americans were practicing a non-violent civil rights movement that believed in integrated marches and peaceful sit-ins. African Americans before

Foxy Brown Ripped Off at Airport Foxy Brown, the rapper originally named Inga DeCarlo Fung Marchand, not the iconic film character played by Pam Grier, was robbed at LAX. She claims that her checked luggage contained valuables worth over $100,000. Foxy told TMZ that she was on her way to a show in Palm Springs. When she went to pick up her Gucci suitcase it was gone. She reported it missing to American Airlines along with its contents which included Hermes Birkin bags, diamond jewelry and eight

The 1948 “Paramount decision” and the mostly subsequent “Hollywood blacklist” can both be seen as pieces of the larger, 30-year process of breaking up the “studio system”; each altered the course of filmmaking in America to a greatly varying degree. The former signaled the end of the beginning of studio divestiture and the “Studio system” while the latter is a microcosm of the “McCarthyism” taking place in the greater American society at the time and the fear and turmoil created by any large scale

ironic behavior of a well-off rapper, “How you rapped about the poor with a gold tooth grin.” (Wicker 5). He uses the love letter form in several of his poems such as Love Letter to Justin Timberlake, Love Letter to Jim Kelly, and Love Letter to Pam Grier. This goes to show Marcus’ inventive side as a writer. He isn’t afraid to try new forms of writing and to try things that haven't been explored. Marcus is also able to write in multiple styles such as prose poetry. He uses this form of writing for

influenced by cultural relativism. Although films are considered primary sources, they can sometimes portray the stereotypes of a certain racial, ethnic or religious group and may be difficult to observe in some cases. For example, in the film Coffy, Pam Grier, an African American Registered Nurse, is being forced to use her sexuality to gain freedom by becoming a prostitute. In this case, viewers