Identity In The Film Daughters Of The Dust

This movie based off of a southern family living in Memphis, Tennessee will show you a true taste of southern hospitality. In every film you have your list of characters along with their personalities and most importantly their motives. Along with the certain qualities of every character comes the ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos which stands for the goodness of a film and/or ethics goes hand in hand with the sender of a film, Pathos which is the passion and emotions of a film which goes hand in hand with the receiver, and lastly the logos which is the logic/information that sends a message. Each rhetoric sends a message and surely puts a movie together.

The reason behind why I picked the movie “Snow on Tha Bluff” to be my culture is because I wanted to understand and watch how their lifestyle of living and what they had to do in their culture. Also, I wanted to understand what was their reason why they wanted to hurt each other, sell drugs, and wanted to stay in the living lifestyle that they were in.

This film portrays both the Native and White men as human beings, instead of saints or villains - all have their own personal and cultural flaws, but yet they all act morally correct according to each set of culture beliefs. The Jesuit priest (Father Laforgue) attempts to bring Catholic faith

Each character expresses this theme in his or own unique, tragic way through interactions with Nazism and the exploration of the Fatherland concept. Central to the message of the movie lies the idea of tribal allegiance versus individual identity. As every character grapples with what it means to be a part of the effort to reestablish the Fatherland, we see a spectrum of positions ranging from outright rejection to fervent adoration of the tribal identity. Each member of the family occupies a different space on the pole, and their position on the spectrum defines their needs and desires within the story.

1.Describe the main characters of the film: Who are they? What are their motivations? What are their strengths and weaknesses? What are the obstacles they face?

Daughters of the Dust, was a movie about traditions, and the history of the women in a black family carrying these traditions. The movie starts in 1902, in an island where a family has lived for generations, since the slavery times. Part of this family, wants to leave the Island, but another part wants to preserve the traditions staying in the island. So the whole movie is about the struggle of the members of this family, in relation to leaving or not leaving the Island. The oldest women of this family, is the wisest of that family; she carries the traditions deep in her heart. Another woman, she is in her forty or so, and has two daughters, she is the other side of the coin. She

The film consists of many cliché western characters. There is a banker, an outlaw, a prostitute, a doctor, a gambler, and a pregnant woman. These characters are categorized by social class. The banker, the pregnant

The main issue throughout the movie is racism and the perspectives on different cultures. The movie is set in Los Angeles, a city with a cultural mix of every nationality. The movie starts out at

Identity is transitional. Not one identity is held constant throughout one’s life. Thus, the intersectionality of one’s identity conveys how complicated humans are. This complex nature of humans is brought to life in the movie Moonlight. Directed by Barry Jenkins, this coming of age film explores the many facets of identity in the main character, Chiron. Chiron is not the only fully thought character; every named character parallels people of all walks of life. Through the intricacies of the characters, stereotypes are presented and shattered. But, the film’s central point is not to counter stereotypes. Moonlight tells a story of reality where stereotypes are rooted in truth. Consequently, Moonlight plays into a majority of stereotypes of class, race, gender, and sexual orientation.

1. What are the main themes, politically and socially, that are portrayed in the film?

This movie shows people from more than one culture in the main characters. The five main children characters in the film are Violet Beauregarde from the USA; Augustus Gloop, from Germany; Veruca Salt, from the UK, Mike Teavee, who sounds like he is from the USA; and Charlie Bucket, who sounds American but his town looks like a place that would be in Europe. Each

The groups in the film are not only ethnic groups but also groups involving occupations. There are two main ethnic groups that interact in the

The Notre Dame Cathedral is the most visited tourist site in France, beating the Eiffel tower with 13 million visitors each year. Because it took over 300 years to build, there are many different styles of the architecture shown throughout the building(notredamecathedralparis.com). This structure shows the hardships of war and the enlightened thinking of the Renaissance. Built in 12th century France, the Notre Dame Cathedral is one of the biggest French Catholic cathedrals in France and is still functional as a regular Church(sacred-destinations.com). This gem of architecture is a true wonder and represents the sacred and hopeful times of the middle ages and the renaissance.

culture. This movie clearly brings out the cultural clashes and conflicts between the high context Chinese culture and the low context American culture.

In the beginning of the movie, the tribes culture becomes apparant. Their language is different than any other. The tribe does not seem to do anything outside of providing for themselves. Everything