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Remember The Titans: Football And The Civil Rights Movement

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Movies of many different genres have a subliminal message that can define the American culture. Specific movies such as American Sniper, Forrest Gump, and Pearl Harbor shows society the patriotism and the wars that molded America into the most powerful country in the world. Remember the Titans shows the journey and struggle America went through but overcame when it came to the Civil Rights Movements making America a better country. Not only do these movies represent America but the films are also entertaining to watch. Movies define the American culture and the films send messages to men, women, and children; society needs to become aware of what that message is that is being sent to the audience that is viewing the film. When it comes to American …show more content…

Both football and segregation defines the American culture. Football has been around since the 1860’s and has only grown and matured into what we know of as football today (Morris). It is the number one sport entertainment that people watch every year, especially the Super Bowl. This sport that has been around for a long time and is still defining American culture. When the Super Bowl comes on, family and friends get together to watch this sport. Another major Holiday that football become important to the American people is Thanksgiving. It is a holiday tradition to have Thanksgiving and watch a football game. However, Remember the Titans is not based primarily on football, this movie has a deeper message imbedded in it relating to movement that changed America …show more content…

Forrest Gump is a slow-witted person that not once thought he was a disadvantage in this world. Throughout Forrest Gump’s journey through life, he experiences a tremendous number of events that happened in America. Forrest played football, fought in the Vietnam War, was alive when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, became an exceptional ping pong player while he was healing from being shot, and discovered Jenny contracted AIDS. Forrest Gump had one love his whole life, Jenny from his childhood. However, Jenny had her own journey to figure out through life, and they went their separate ways. Although Forrest went through so much in his life, his main concern was getting Jenny

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Way back then when football was first created it was mainly white men who played. It was after WWII when all of that had changed. The compromise of racial segregation was ended by Kenny Washington in the NFL, he was the inspiration for other black men to play football in the NFL, and Now the NFL is Mostly Black athletes who work hard and love to play the sport. WWII had just ended and people like Jackie Robinson were just coming home from the second great World War. The Jim Crow laws had just been implied for blacks.

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In the movie “Remember the Titans by Boaz Yakin, captures the theme that people shouldn’t be judged by their appearance but by who they are. The Director develops this theme by showing through the integration of a football team, Gary the main character is forced to change from a rebellious judgmental teenager to an understanding member of an integrated football

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In the movie “Remember the Titans” The story follows the football team when the coach hired to coach the Black school is made head coach over the white coach who has been there for quite some time. Based on the actual events of 1971, the team becomes the unifying symbol for the community as the boys and the coaches learn to depend on and trust each other. The first stage, the formation stage in this movie takes place when the two high schools combine and the black and white football players are testing out how the other half of the team is going to think and feel about them joining their side. When the black athletes are in the gym ready to meet Coach Herman Boone. In this interaction the athletes have come together for the first time, they are unsure of their roles on the team, they are not really sure of what to expect from each other, and the same goes with their new coach, Herman Boone.

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