Anderson1 Casey Anderson US History I Dr. Tompkins Black Robe Movie Analysis The movie “Black Robe” was about two French people going on to a journey with the Algonquin, to the Hurons village to trade goods. During the Journey the french men try to teach to Algonquins about christianity. One of the first things the “Black Robe” showed to the tribe was writing and reading. When the tribe saw what the two french men did they were surprised and this caused the tribe to think that the Black Robe was a demon. When we see how the Indians reacted we can tell that the Indians did not completely trust the French men. Also when the Algonquins realized that the french men had tabaco The tribe asked for the tabaco, but the Black Robe had refused. This
The film Black Robe, by Bruce Beresford and adapted from the book Black Robe, is about American history and the relationship between Europe and the Native Americans in the perspective of religion. In the beginning of the film, Samuel de Champlain sends Father LaForgue(the Black Robe) and Daniel to embark on a trip to Huron. Their mission is to encourage and check on the Catholic mission there. They are accompanied by the Algonquin Indians, who have shown limited results on the conversion to Christianity. One of the Indians, Chomina gets dreams about LaForgue and his fate.
One of Rachel Perkins’ most outstanding projects was the SBS documentary series First Australians (2008), which was created over the course of six years. The series “chronicles the birth of contemporary Australia as never told before, from the perspective of its first people,” with an emphasis on what happens “when the oldest living culture in the world is overrun by the world's greatest empire.” The project was a milestone in Perkins’ career because of the large scale of the production as well as the significance of the story being told. When asked about the series, Perkins said, “Hopefully it will spark national interest in the people on whose lands we have made our homes." She served as the director, writer and producer. Although her
O Brother Where Art Thou? The movie is set in Mississippi in the late 1930's, with The Great Depression looming in the background. A condensed plot, are that the three main characters Ulysses McGill, Pete Hogwallop and Delmar O'Donnell are convicts that break away from a chain gang. They break away because they're on a quest to find the treasure that Everett hid. As the three men go along in their literal chains, they run into a ton of problems and interesting characters like The KKK, a campaigning governor, a robber, and a blind prophet. From the research I have done, the popular opinion is that this film is loosely based on the book, "The Odyssey". The overall tone and mood is somewhat goofy, but it has some heavy topics behind it like The
Staffing can have a direct link to patient care. It has also been linked to important patient outcomes like in hospital mortality and adverse events. Without the adequate staffing it not only affects the patient-care that can be provided it also limits the amount of patients that can be seen and helped. On top of those things, it increases the healthcare providers stress due to usually being assigned more patients in the same amount of time. It is not uncommon to see a nurse have 7 patients at one time due to staffing shortages or scheduling mishaps. To be able to give optimal care staffing needs to be up to par on a daily basis. I believe staffing affects many of the other themes in Code Black. For instance, poor staffing can increase wait
The Film I Am Not Your Negro is a 2016 Documentary that depicts the key events of the 20th Century African American History. This documentary was inspired by James Baldwin’s thirty-page unfinished manuscript. The manuscript was going to be his next project in which he called Remember This House. The manuscript was to be a personal explanation of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. Unfortunately, in 1987 James Baldwin passed away leaving the unfinished manuscript to be forgotten, well that is what some thought. Now master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the manuscript James Baldwin never finished. The outcome is a fundamental examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original thoughts and materials to make the project possible. I Am Not Your Negro is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of Black Lives Matter. It is a film that questions black representation in Hollywood and beyond. And, ultimately, by confronting the deeper connections between the lives and assassination of these three leaders, Baldwin and Peck have produced a work that challenges the very definition of what America stands for. Though this is the main thought of the documentary there are many key features that make this film much so about whiteness in American History and now.
The film Risen, like The Robe focuses more on Jesus’ death and resurrection but in Risen the ascension and the giving of the Great Commission are also included. The writers of the film do not seem to follow one particular gospel in the film. It seems to me that they have picked different pericopes from the gospels to put the film together. A case in point is in the scene of the crucifixion, there is an earthquake which comes from Matthew but the words that Jesus speaks “It is finished” are from John.
They came in after the failed Franciscan Friars with the goal of converting every Native or die trying. The Black Robe needed the traders as they relied upon their previous encounters with natives for relationships. This could be both a negative and positive based upon how the natives were treated. The Black Robe also soured relations with natives when diseases rolled around, as they became the scapegoat for the Indians. The Fur traders, and the Black Robe relied upon one another for good relations, but the Jesuits were often annoyed with the fur traders as they felt they took away from their mission of righteous. This often led to competiveness for the Natives attentions, and tension among
If a book is retold in film format then it seems to follow logically that it now deviates from the original book, yet the same story is still being told and with To Kill a Mockingbird we see that through scene additions (or subtractions), details, and technique the film manages to preserve core points of the story for the audience. Translating the elements of the book that are solely for literature can prove tricky for screenwriters and though some manage to pull it off artistic liberty is a danger to still be wary of. At times it is used too freely and the story turns into another one entirely, but sometimes it isn’t used enough and no matter how close the movie follows the book it lacks the adaptation from book to screen that is interpretation. However there are those movies that make the cut in doing a fine job of retelling a story without altering what really matters and the film for To Kill a Mockingbird does just that. So while it may take some liberties in its efforts to set the mood within a time limit it does not stray from the greater themes and characters at hand that make the story what it is. With new elements to consider comes the manipulation of scenes, the smudging of details, and the play of technique that all work towards the film maker’s vision for presenting To Kill a Mockingbird’s innermost themes in a way the differences between the formats can work for and not against the story.
12 Years a Slave is a drama film about a free African American man, Solomon Northup, who was kidnapped and sold to slavery. The movie was released in 2013 starring Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Brad Pitt. 12 Years a Slave has earned three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe. The movie is based off of a memoir written in 1853 by Solomon Northup. The film is for people who are fascinated with history and enjoy dramatic scenes. However, it is also a movie that informs viewers the behavior and acts of people during the time of slavery. 12 Years a Slave is the journey of Solomon Northup and his survival.
Equality and Justice - false promises a nation was created to protect. The historical drama, Selma (2014), directed by Ava DuVernay, depicts some of the struggles African-Americans faced in the pursuit of equality and justice during the mid 1950’s to 1960’s, and the role Martin Luther King Jr. played in his attempt to overcome such inequalities. Even before its release, Selma received backlash from critics who claimed it falsely depicted Lyndon B. Johnson at odds with Martin Luther King Jr, and alleged that the murder of the four girls at the Birmingham Church occurred in September 1963, rather than at the end of 1964, which the film suggests. Regardless of such claims, the film, Selma, does depict a historical event set forth by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965. During this time period, racial segregation was prominent, especially in the southern states. The government justified such segregation based on the 14th Amendment’s wording of “separate but equal”. However, many African-Americans were dissatisfied and demanded true equality. It was not until the mid 1960’s, after Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, that racial tension began to decline. Although Martin Luther King Jr.’s role was invaluable in the Civil Rights Movement and required great courage, Selma aims to portray a complex side of King, mixing his bravery and determination with self-doubts and internal conflicts in his pursuit of justice and equality.
The Abolitionists shows a long journey of ending the slavery. How they fought for the freedom for slaves and how they scarify what they had in the way of the human being equality. This documentary helps people to think about the long process that some people toke and they put their life in danger everyday by speaking against slavery. They main point of this story is in these people: Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Angelina Grimke, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown. Angelina Grimke was from a famous family in South Carolina. Each member of her family had their own slave but Angelina broke slave owning from her family. She was thinking that slavery is sin and God will punish the person who has slave. In 1829 she moved to North and she
The documentary film Slaves of the Saint talks about the relationship between people and the spiritual practice of Candomble and the relationship between Pomba Giras and Exus. Before this film I only had an understanding of what a pomba gira is thanks to this class.
The untouchables is a movie based on the true events that occurred when the eighteenth amendment was passed. The eighteenth amendment established the prohibition of production, transport, and sale of alcohol. The Federal Agent Eliot Ness wants to stop Al Capone, who is the top of organized crime. It was a hard job for Eliot Ness because Al Capone with his money bought many policemen, politicians, and other important people, therefore Eliot Ness could trust anyone. Eliot Ness had to choose no more than twelve men to form his squad. The Untouchables were formed by Eliot Ness, and another nine men he picked, they were called the Untouchables because they never accepted any bribes. Al Capone One of Al Capone’s men offered Eliot Ness $2,000 to stop interfering with the organization and an additional $2,000 if he continued to cooperate. Eliot Ness’s plan was to make an impact in the income of the gangsters, so they couldn’t pay for protection. (Biography.com)
The movie «12 Years a slave» is based on the book «12 Years a Slave» by Soloman Northup. It's his life story of how he got lured in a trap and kidnapped in 1841. It's about how he was sold into slavery in the south, and what happened during those 12 years a slave .
The film highlights the fact that coffee is the most valued word commodity, second to oil. The beginning of the film shows the process in which coffee is made- from bean harvesting by workers in Ethiopia who make next to nothing, through several intermediated stages, and into the market. Although we spend countless amounts of money on coffee without thinking twice, the price that coffee farmers who produce this commodity are getting paid, is disgustingly low. Some of them have even been forced to walk away from their fields. There is no better place to see this