1) Your review should summarize the plot, characters and themes of the movie. The film “La Mission” is about of Che Rivera one of the main protagonist, and he is a strong man respected throughout the mission barrio for his strength, that has always had to be tough to survive in this life. Also he loves to build low-rider cars with his friends. Che it was a rehabilitated inmate and recovering from being an alcoholic, he works as a bus driver that it needs to work hard to redeem his life and do the right by his only family and son “Jes Rivera”. Jes he is also one of the main protagonists in this film that his character plays a huge role in the story of the film. He is a high school student and son of Che a tough man, and Che discovers that …show more content…
The strength and weaknesses of Che Rivera is that he is a macho guy who isn’t afraid to face anyone, and he is a type of person that works had for his son and himself as an ex-con that fights the alcohol problem that he used to had thanks to his willing to be a better person. His weaknesses are that he a macho man with personal values that had challenged him when he discovers that his son is gay. Jess strengths are that he is a person with no fear that fights every day his personality of being gay; also he has no shame of being homosexual he has a strong attitude to face this situation every day. Jess weaknesses are that he suffers physical and mental abuse from people because of sexual preferences.
6) How are these issues relevant to criminal justice today? These issues of gay discrimination are important in criminal justice because we still facing racial discrimination not only physical appearance, religion, and economical but also gay and lesbian discrimination. These issues are important because criminal justice needs to provide and let people know that gay relationship are not evil they have rights and voice to speak and do what they want without affecting
When The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao- Junot Diaz’s coming-to-America novel came out in 2007- it took the literary world by storm. Author Junot Diaz’s endearing blend of humor and history forms a challenging, yet exciting narrative. The 352-page novel unravels the tale of Oscar, “a disastrously overweight ghetto nerd,” from Paterson, New Jersey. Oscar, the character who the book is named after, shares his home, and part of the novel, with his old world mother and rebellious sister.
1. The Lawrence v. Texas Supreme court case of 2003 was a landmark event for the LGBT community and gave them their constitutional right to pursue same gender consensual sexual activity without the fear of state intrusion. Before the decision of the court, sodomy laws were applicable in Texas which criminalized sexual activities between people of same gender. With the passing of this judgment, there was renewed vigour of exuberance among the lgbt community and for a very good reason. The case was brought to the notice of the police who raided a residence on gun related charges and found two males engaged in consensual sex.
Numerous screenwriters and directors have often dealt in their films with the theme of borders, whether literal and officially recognised, like military ranks or state frontiers, or abstract and metaphorical, like those of morality, justice, race, and gender, along with several others. As a consequence, as John Gibbs points out, one could assemble these movies, especially those taking place on the confines between Mexico and United States, under the label of ‘border films’ (2002: 27); thus contextualising them in a very specific tradition, which includes pictures such as Touch of Evil (Orson Welles 1958) or The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Tommy Lee Jones 2005). Accordingly, another notable movie belonging to the ‘border film tradition’ is Lone Star: an acclaimed 1996 hybrid of western and mystery film conventions, directed and written by independent filmmaker John Sayles. The picture recounts the story of a murder investigation, which leads the main character, Sheriff Sam
For God sake, anyone would want to get his second chance if he got something to be fixed in his past life. One of the prominent novels by Mitch Albom, For One More Day gives its readers a very big impact in life after reading it. Since that the novel gets good feedbacks from the readers, a director, Lloyd Kramer takes the initiative to take For One More Day novel to another level which is a movie. The movie is starring by two top stars in the film industry which are Michael Imperioli as Chick Benetto and Ellen Burstyn as Chick’s mother, Posey Benetto. The movie is about Chick who was deeply in depressed situation after his mother passed away.
With this law, individuals can not be treated based on their sexuality, however, there is still a chance that they may experience harassment or discrimination within the workforce/place. Safety and Security There is sill a huge issue about keeping individuals in the GLBTI community away from emotional or physical violence. As a result of their sexual orientation, there is a high number of violence towards gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex communities. They are still involved in hate-crimes whether is verbal abuse, or threatening emails/texts/messages.
What makes a western movie is more then just set in the old west there are many key components that make a western film a true western. A true western must be made up of a hero or heroes who seeks “the manifest destiny”, have an idealized past, and must have a conflict between culture and nature. In the Movie The Three Amigos it it clear that all three components are prevalent. First we meet the three Amigos on screen where one is led to believe that the men on the screen are living the dream, however the audience soon finds out that theses three men have been working for no money.
The show Band of Brothers was produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks who, at the time, recently had success with a World War II film entitled Saving Private Ryan. Spielberg and Hanks used their expertise on war films to craft the exceptional television series Band of Brothers which originally aired on HBO in 2001. The show follows “Easy” Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, of the 101st Airborne Division, from the moment they begin their training to the moment their deployment ends. Throughout the show we see the men of “Easy” Company mature a thousand times over. The men experience love, loss, and death at rate that is inconceivable to someone that has never experienced the theatre of war.
Carmen Castillo’s film, La Flaca Alejandra, helps to recreate the memory of the dictatorial past in order to contribute to the collective memory of the country. This film also helps reconstruct Marcia Merino’s own memory and identity. The film offers a survivor’s perspective and memory through their retelling of the trauma they endured and their collaboration with the DINA, Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional. La Flaca Alejandra is an example of how the official narrative of the dictatorial past is challenged and how survivors expose a new “truth” (their truth) through their memory and add on to the “memory box” of Chile.
To begin with, Carlitos shows courage by taking risks and traveling to Los Angeles. He is aware of what will happen if he is caught by Immigration Control, however, his love for his mother overrides his fears. One instance in which he showed courage was when the ‘Coyotes’ hid him in a van and took him across the Mexican border into the U.S. However, the vehicle was taken to an impound yard because of the
Released September 29, 1950, Sunset Boulevard is a film noir of a forgotten silent film star, Norma Desmond, that dreams of a comeback and an unsuccessful screenwriter, Joe Gillis, working together. Ultimately an uncomfortable relationship evolves between Norma and Joe that Joe does not want a part of. Sunset Boulevard starts off with an establishing shot from a high angle shot with a narrative leading to a crime scene shot in long shot (a dead body is found floating in a pool). The narrative throughout the film established a formalist film. Cinematography John F. Seitz used lighting and camera angles in such a way to create a loneliness and hopefulness atmosphere.
Mise-en-scéne is crucial to classical Hollywood as it defined an era ‘that in its primary sense and effect, shows us something; it is a means of display. ' (Martin 2014, p.XV). Billy Wilder 's Sunset Boulevard (Wilder 1950) will be analysed and explored with its techniques and styles of mise-en-scéne and how this aspect of filmmaking establishes together as a cohesive whole with the narrative themes as classical Hollywood storytelling. Features of the film 's sense of space and time, setting, motifs, characters, and character goals will be explored and how they affect the characterisation, structure, and three-act organisation.
The film “Argo”, directed by Ben Affleck, re-enacted the events of the Canadian Caper during the Iranian Hostage Crisis (1979-1981) in Tehran, Iran. Not all 53 hostages were captured as six American diplomats escaped and were taken into the care of Ken Taylor, the Canadian Prime Minister at the time, in the Canadian embassy. Taylor and the Canadian government created a plan to help the diplomats escape, however, they needed an intelligence force to back them up, which they didn’t have. The C.I.A was contacted to help Canada get the diplomats back to Canada safely with fake Canadian passports. The C.I.A created the fake movie called “Argo” as well as a fake studio and script.
This is one of the most outrageous movies on the filmography of Tim Burton. Probably he hasn't produced a movie so strange since his debut, still this one of those pieces in his repertoire that don't fit in. Still, as wacky as it is "Mars Attack!" is an interesting comedy and a critic of the world at times of crisis. President James Dale of the United States and his right-hand man, Jerry Ross discover that an army of Martian UFOs are hovering around the Earth, and everyone has a different response. Some, like Texan alcohol dealer Art Land and slimy newsman Jason Black, just want to make a profit out of it.
Formal Analysis of the movie, "Passengers" (2016) It’s a bit of a shame that the new Jennifer Lawrence / Chris Pratt movie Passengers got so slammed by critics. It’s not that I disagree with the consensus take on it, but I didn’t see as much engagement with what the movie was saying prior to the collapse at the end as I might have liked. It is indeed true that the movie instill a feeling of “being lost”. The end is a huge mess that undermines the rest of what has happened to that point, but through the first and second acts, it’s a pretty interesting movie with some provocative and intense ideas.
The movie Spotlight, recounts the true events that occurred in Boston and were brought to light back in 2002. The movie talks about the massive cover-up scheme by the catholic church to conceals the fact that several priests were abusing and had abused hundreds of kids without any action from the Archdiocese. In this paper I will summarize the movie, discuss the type of victims shown in the movie, asses the risk level of the victims, and lastly relate the different theories of victimization and how each relates to the movie. The movie follows a group of journalists working at the Boston Globe, who are known as the spotlight team.