Someone wanna help me with a project?
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Since I got such lovely help from some people in recipes for another project I figured I'd ask for some help on this one.
(I suck at presentations and this one is 5-6 minutes long...goody)
So I have to pick a movie...
"Students should be given the opportunity to watch a movie with significant diversity content and then provide a short presentation on the experience of watching that movie." I'm not sure what the eff "the experience of watching that movie" means because I watch a movie like everyone else, on my couch with popcorn, but whatever.
I wanted to do V for Vendetta..but she's like, I've never seen it and you have to be able to relate it to something we've talked about in class(Social & Cultural class, so basically we've talked about cultural biases and diversity so far).
Someone has already picked The Color Purple, Boyz N The Hood & Gran Tourino (one of my favs)
Anyone else have any ideas?
(I suck at presentations and this one is 5-6 minutes long...goody)
So I have to pick a movie...
"Students should be given the opportunity to watch a movie with significant diversity content and then provide a short presentation on the experience of watching that movie." I'm not sure what the eff "the experience of watching that movie" means because I watch a movie like everyone else, on my couch with popcorn, but whatever.
I wanted to do V for Vendetta..but she's like, I've never seen it and you have to be able to relate it to something we've talked about in class(Social & Cultural class, so basically we've talked about cultural biases and diversity so far).
Someone has already picked The Color Purple, Boyz N The Hood & Gran Tourino (one of my favs)
Anyone else have any ideas?
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What about American History X? Or THe Help if you want one that is a little on the lighter side!0
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What is the course? It's called Social & Cultural Class? That's super vague
What does your prof mean by "significant diversity content"? ...that is also vague to me... knowing what the course topics you have discussed would help0 -
What about American History X? Or THe Help if you want one that is a little on the lighter side!
Someone mentioned that one so I assume it's taken and I've never seen it.0 -
What is the course? It's called Social & Cultural Class? That's super vague
What does your prof mean by "significant diversity content"? ...that is also vague to me... knowing what the course topics you have discussed would help
That is the course, Social & Cultural (Psychology) and I have NO idea what she means by that, honestly I can hardly understand half the crap she says because her Nigerian accent is so thick.0 -
Okay, well then I am going to make some assumptions.
When she says diversity she could mean a movie with a range of social, economic, political and cultural diversity or just one w/ significant differences from the norm in your society or both.
I assume when she says "the experience of watching the movie" she isn't talking about what you're doing while you're watching the movie but your thoughts & feelings about the content of the movie. In other words, how does the diversity content in the film challenge, change, and/or reinforce your perspective. What kinds of questions does it raise in your mind? What was unexpected, what was expected, and so on.0 -
What about American History X? Or THe Help if you want one that is a little on the lighter side!
Someone mentioned that one so I assume it's taken and I've never seen it.
A new film for you would be better because it will be a new experience.0 -
"Corina, Corina" with Whoopi Goldberg. Social and cultural aspects addressed throughout.0
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Watch it anyways, It's worth it.What about American History X? Or THe Help if you want one that is a little on the lighter side!
Someone mentioned that one so I assume it's taken and I've never seen it.0 -
The Help !0
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Um....how about The Rocky Horror Picture Show?0
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Yes what she ^^ said ... the help was an awesome book, havent yet seen the movie0
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Um....how about The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
I effin love that movie but it's a catholic college...so I'm not sure if she'd accept it0 -
The Help !
Someone took it already0 -
Not sure if these would fit, but all seem to address cultural differences to some degree, IMHO:
Born in East L.A.
Harold and Kumar
Hotel Rwanda
In America
La Haine
L'auberge espagnole/Les Poupées Russes
Lost In Translation
The Outsiders
Philadelphia
The Pianist
Rent
Saving Face
Schindler's List
Snatch
This Is England
The Wind that Shakes the Barley0 -
The first movie that came to mind when I read your post was "Water" or any Deepa Mehta film would make for an interesting presentation.0
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I would suggest "Crash" - EXCELLENT MOVIE AND sound almost exactly what you are looking for.
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Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption0 -
Not sure if these would fit, but all seem to address cultural differences to some degree, IMHO:
Born in East L.A.
Harold and Kumar
Hotel Rwanda
In America
La Haine
L'auberge espagnole/Les Poupées Russes
Lost In Translation
The Outsiders
Philadelphia
The Pianist
Rent
Saving Face
Schindler's List
Snatch
This Is England
The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Someone took In America but I didn't even think about Schindler's List!0 -
I would suggest "Crash" - EXCELLENT MOVIE AND sound almost exactly what you are looking for.
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Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption
LOVEEEE that movie but that was her example she said we couldn't use it.0 -
What about 'The Colour Purple' ?
Nevermind - Pay it Forward??? VERY GOOD MOVIE =D0 -
Freedom Writers? Not sure if that's along the lines of what you're looking for?0
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Precious or The Blind Side?0
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slumdog millionaire? Great movie0
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the boy in the striped pajamas0
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Never seen slumdog millionaire or the boy in striped pajamas.
I'm going to scour netflix soon0 -
What is the course? It's called Social & Cultural Class? That's super vague
What does your prof mean by "significant diversity content"? ...that is also vague to me... knowing what the course topics you have discussed would help
That is the course, Social & Cultural (Psychology) and I have NO idea what she means by that, honestly I can hardly understand half the crap she says because her Nigerian accent is so thick.
Social and Cultural psychology...
Ok, the assignment makes perfect sense to me. Watch a movie that involves cultural diversity/contention.
How does the movie make you -feel
Does the movie -enlighten you- about this specific cultural contention?
Lets look at
The Milagro Beanfield war
It's about a rich community next to an ag community. A rich white dude wants to divert natural water flow to their community and keep it from the farmers. And a guy dies, which is pretty cool because you don't really know he's dead unless you pay attention.
Boys Don't Cry,
It's about a a girl, who dresses and acts like a boy and falls in love. 'he' is found out and brutally assaulted Story is about Brandon in the midwest.
Stand and Deliver
hispanic math teacher who encourages kids in LA to do better at math to get a high enough score to do good on the SATs and get into college. The class is diverse and and there are parts on each ethnic character and how education isn't very easy in their parts.
what I believe the teacher is looking for is how movies enlighten other people psychologically on other cultures and allow for them to have an understanding and empathy for them.
PASS ON THE BOY IN STRIPED PAJAMAS. Read the book, the movie is super hard, or at least find out what it is about before you do it! OMG, the book alone made me cry!!! I can't go see the movie. just can't.
**Grand Canyon is an easy watch and the cultural differences span greatly but tie together nicely. I would suggest this one as there are enough characters to easily get you through the 5 minutes because with in the movie, the characters are learning empathy with their individual circumstances and experiences.
***Stand and Deliver will also get you through the 5 minutes for the same reason.
You can get through your 5 minutes by how this movie changed your pre-conceived ideas about these people. While the gran canyon is a stacked deck of actors/actresses, stand and deliver is stacked with poor diversity and struggling to get ahead or stay afloat. Both is set in LA0 -
What is the course? It's called Social & Cultural Class? That's super vague
What does your prof mean by "significant diversity content"? ...that is also vague to me... knowing what the course topics you have discussed would help
That is the course, Social & Cultural (Psychology) and I have NO idea what she means by that, honestly I can hardly understand half the crap she says because her Nigerian accent is so thick.
Social and Cultural psychology...
Ok, the assignment makes perfect sense to me. Watch a movie that involves cultural diversity/contention.
How does the movie make you -feel
Does the movie -enlighten you- about this specific cultural contention?
Lets look at
The Milagro Beanfield war
It's about a rich community next to an ag community. A rich white dude wants to divert natural water flow to their community and keep it from the farmers. And a guy dies, which is pretty cool because you don't really know he's dead unless you pay attention.
Boys Don't Cry,
It's about a a girl, who dresses and acts like a boy and falls in love. 'he' is found out and brutally assaulted Story is about Brandon in the midwest.
Stand and Deliver
hispanic math teacher who encourages kids in LA to do better at math to get a high enough score to do good on the SATs and get into college. The class is diverse and and there are parts on each ethnic character and how education isn't very easy in their parts.
what I believe the teacher is looking for is how movies enlighten other people psychologically on other cultures and allow for them to have an understanding and empathy for them.
PASS ON THE BOY IN STRIPED PAJAMAS. Read the book, the movie is super hard, or at least find out what it is about before you do it! OMG, the book alone made me cry!!! I can't go see the movie. just can't.
I've wanted to see Boys Don't Cry for so long! I don't think netflix has it and there's no place around here to rent, but I'll definitely check. It'd be perfect for me. I just emailed her about Schindler's list to check and make sure it's okay. She's sooooooooooooo picky and I'm a transfer student so even though I'm on the dean's list and in Psi Chi I cannot seem to please this woman, especially since my APA skills are sub-par(last school didn't make us know APA which is ridiculous considering it's the only one used in most sciences!)0 -
Amelie0
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What is the course? It's called Social & Cultural Class? That's super vague
What does your prof mean by "significant diversity content"? ...that is also vague to me... knowing what the course topics you have discussed would help
That is the course, Social & Cultural (Psychology) and I have NO idea what she means by that, honestly I can hardly understand half the crap she says because her Nigerian accent is so thick.
Social and Cultural psychology...
Ok, the assignment makes perfect sense to me. Watch a movie that involves cultural diversity/contention.
How does the movie make you -feel
Does the movie -enlighten you- about this specific cultural contention?
Lets look at
The Milagro Beanfield war
It's about a rich community next to an ag community. A rich white dude wants to divert natural water flow to their community and keep it from the farmers. And a guy dies, which is pretty cool because you don't really know he's dead unless you pay attention.
Boys Don't Cry,
It's about a a girl, who dresses and acts like a boy and falls in love. 'he' is found out and brutally assaulted Story is about Brandon in the midwest.
Stand and Deliver
hispanic math teacher who encourages kids in LA to do better at math to get a high enough score to do good on the SATs and get into college. The class is diverse and and there are parts on each ethnic character and how education isn't very easy in their parts.
what I believe the teacher is looking for is how movies enlighten other people psychologically on other cultures and allow for them to have an understanding and empathy for them.
PASS ON THE BOY IN STRIPED PAJAMAS. Read the book, the movie is super hard, or at least find out what it is about before you do it! OMG, the book alone made me cry!!! I can't go see the movie. just can't.
I've wanted to see Boys Don't Cry for so long! I don't think netflix has it and there's no place around here to rent, but I'll definitely check. It'd be perfect for me. I just emailed her about Schindler's list to check and make sure it's okay. She's sooooooooooooo picky and I'm a transfer student so even though I'm on the dean's list and in Psi Chi I cannot seem to please this woman, especially since my APA skills are sub-par(last school didn't make us know APA which is ridiculous considering it's the only one used in most sciences!)
**I re-edited my list, so check it out. Ask for grand canyon or stand and deliver, the others are really harsh. She's probably never even heard of The Milagro Beanfield War. Lord of the Flies is a good one, not too intense but sheds a lot of light on the social workings of the teenage mind, psychologically.
The reason you don't want super sad is because you will have to give you a speech on a movie that made you cry. Yes it's moving..touching, real.. and will make you cry like a baby. getting through that kind of speech will make it that much harder.
for this, she'll probably accept stand and deliver.0 -
Hotel Rwanda:
The true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.
“In three short, cruel months, between April and July 1994, Rwanda experienced a genocide more efficient than that carried out by the Nazis in World War II. The killers were a varied bunch: drunk extremists chanting ‘Hutu power, Hutu power’; uniformed soldiers and militia men intent on wiping out the Tutsi Inyenzi, or ‘cockroaches’; ordinary villagers who had never themselves contemplated killing before but who decided to join the frenzy.”
Never condemned by the international ‘community,’ the RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front) 'struggle’ was supported by powerful western agents and institutions, including the World Bank and the IMF, who shackled Rwanda with austerity programs in perfect synchronization with the RPF assault. This led to the heightened inculcation of structural violence throughout Rwanda.
The majority of people in Rwanda, besieged by the propaganda of competing factions—a spectrum of political interests aligned with or against the RPF or the Rwanda government of Juvenal Habyarimana—found scapegoats according to their positions in society.
Economic interests predominated as a few elites increasingly controlled the life or death of the many. The rising insurgency and structural violence provoked hostility amongst and between groups, and elites controlling media outlets of all stripes began to use their venues to sow ethnic rivalry as the veneer for the deeper agenda: class warfare.
The racism and segregation that played out in the Rwanda cataclysm of 1994, where there were very different conditions and outcomes between whites and blacks, continues to be played out today.
The telling and re-telling of the Rwanda ‘genocide’ story by its very nature revolves around a system of institutionalized segregation. Powerful whites in powerful ‘gatekeeper’ positions in the West hold a virtual monopoly over the information.
Alongside of them are the select voices of non-whites who validate the predominant discourse. These ‘experts’ include Alison des Forges; Roméo Dallaire; Philip Gourevitch; Victoria Brittain; Samantha Power; Mahmood Mamdani; and many, many others.
If truth is the first casualty in war, then those of us who are lucky observers must endlessly work to resurrect it.
In Central Africa, today, truth mingles with the souls of the dead, forsaken amidst the unheard cries of some seven million—mostly innocent people—whose life on this earth ground to a gruesome, meaningless conclusion.0 -
I'm terrible with these things because I always prefer something a little different. Beauty and the Beast, Thumbelina, Rent. Dances with Wolves is a good movie.0
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