In the movie "La misma luna," multiple themes are presented. The film revolves around a young boy, Carlitos, trying to travel from Mexico to Los Angeles to find his mother, Rosaria. Two of the main themes that are shown in the movie are courage and determination. Throughout the film, the theme of courage is displayed in multiple instances.
The Bronze Screen introduced both positive and negative portrayals of Latinas and Latinos in film. While there are plenty of positive Latino roles in films, Latinos and Latinas should be included in more positive roles because the negative roles Latinos have in films cause negative stereotypes. Positive and negative representations of Latinos in films has always fluctuated throughout history, however the more negative ones seem to always overpower the good ones. The film, “The Bronze Screen”, gave many examples of the negative roles Latinos played in films throughout film history. Early films included Latino actors, however they did not always have a lead role or even a positive one.
Bill Dana preformed as a Latino man in the Ed Sullivan Show while his real ethnic identity was Hungarian-Jewish. Playing as Jose Jimenez, he often used Latino stereotypes to parodize his character. His character was dim-witted with a heavy accident. The lack of Latino representation
During the 1920s and 1930s, it was not uncommon for directors to assign roles that were inconsistent with del Rio’s Latinx identity. Exotic storylines often told the common stories that are reminiscent of the colonization of countries inhabited by people of color. Although these films exemplified her “foreignness” to American culture, none portrayed del Rio as more “exotic” as when she starred in Bird of Paradise, a romantic drama directed by King Vidor (1932), as the “savage princess, Luana” (18). The Bird of Paradise portrays a native princess, Luana, who meets Johnny Baker, a South Seas American man who jumps in a ship and arrives on her island before the two fall in love with each other. Described as having an “alien beauty [that] fits in so effectively with her role” by the New York Herald Tribune, Dolores del Rio is represented as a “foreign” woman who is saved by a white man in the film and is ultimately viewed as the “white [male] hero’s desire” (18).
Films like “Zoot Suit” are release to the public to teach them some history about the oppression that Latinos were facing as Ramirez Berg mention the main goal of the Latino Cinema “its audience was La Raza, the Mexican Americans in the United States, and its goals were to (a) decolonize consciousness, (b) educate us Chicanos about our heritage, (c) give voice to our silenced history, (d) instill ethnic pride by celebrating our culture, (e) mold a self-determined identity, (f) expose the conditions of our oppression, and (g) mobilize La Raza politically, socially, and culturally” (Ramirez Berg p.186). Ramirez Berg highlights the importance and goal of the Latino cinema, it’s to help Latinos come out of their shadow, teach others the oppression they face on a daily nationwide. Throughout the film, we saw the narrator adding music and singing to the film like if it was a play, which is good because it gives a different aspect to the film. Most of the film was serious but the narrator helps with his singing to make this film unique and also to send a message with his
Adele was a Creole woman who was devoted to her husband. Adele and her husband "...understood each other perfectly. " If ever the fusion of two human beings into one has been accomplished on this there it was surely in their union"(93). Adele was a "mother-woman" because she wanted children every two years.
The song Outside Looking In by Jordan Pruitt perfectly describes the Scarlet Letter. The first few verses describes how everyone is gossiping and talking behind someone’s back. This is a recurrent event in the Scarlet Letter. As Hester walks down the street people will look at her and gossip and she walks by. “You don’t know how it feels to be your own best friend and on the outside looking in.”
In Mexico, the main artist is Lila Damos. She is an indigenous woman that sings more for the rights of woman, but any human being. Her songs are accompanied by various instruments depending on the song. Some of them included a harp, electric piano, drum, guitar and flute. The pitch she sang in was usually higher than the other artist.
Valdez received a scholarship to San Jose State College in 1960. His interest in the theater blossomed right away in college and he won a playwriting contest for “The Theft,” his one-act play. His first full-length play, “The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa (1964) was produced at the end of his college career. Because he was sympathetic to the cause of
A hilarious and steamy sports romance from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Tabatha Kiss! How deep can he go? All the way. ROSE John Kirby. Just another big, dumb jock with a real big… you know.
Dolores del Rio was frequently casted for movie roles that embodied the “exotic” and “foreign” appeal popular in the 1920s. In the silent drama film The Loves of Carmen directed by Raoul Walsh in 1927, del Rio is depicted as a Spanish gypsy, Carmen, who has the power to seduce any man. She has her heart set on Don Jose, played by Don Alvarado, and plans to win him over. Their relationship begins to take a downfall, and Carmen falls for another man--a bullfighter named Escamillo. Saddened but determined, Don Jose embarks on a journey to make Carmen his true love again.
A Journey Toward God Many people have a hard time being away from home, but what if you were 7,748 miles away? Katie Davis went 7,748 miles away from her home in Nashville, Tennessee to Jinja, Uganda. In her autobiography, Kisses From Katie, she tells about her beginning journey of moving to Uganda in 2006 to her life in 2011. She writes this book in a way that she can talk directly to the reader and also has letters she has written to most likely, friends and family to give us sort of an inside look at what she is feeling at the time.
Maya Angelo once said that her mission in life was not to merely survive but to thrive and to do so with some passion, compassion, humor and style. I am certain that I feel the same way when it comes to how I live my life. No one is perfect but we are all simply individuals trying to find our way for achieving happiness and serenity for ourselves. Now I am no Maya Angelo which is why I am writing this so that you will know something about who I am, Darretta Burgess. I believe I relate to everyone in some type of way, some more than others, whether it’s because of past experiences, goals for my future or present circumstances.
Her Story is a crime fiction game. It was developed by Sam Barlow with a great performance from Viva Seifert. . Viva Seifert, plays the woman, and played wonderfully. The woman isn’t necessarily on the defensive as much as willfully omitting what becomes painfully, coldly obvious from a simple slip of the tongue or an uneasy body movement. The interviews are recorded in full-motion video Her Story respectfully deals with mature themes such as mental illness, identity, loss, and infidelity.
This was becoming intense, and now I was too curious and concerned to stay where I was. I turned back into a feral fox and left my tunic behind, darting out of the doorway, down the staircase, and into the lobby and quietly as I could. Since his mind was on other things, Estocada didn't notice me following him as he made his way out of the door. His face displayed a mixture between anger and disturbance, as he was terrified of whomever he had to speak to. Whomever this was...
