This paper is about stereotypes and what certain images mean or say.
CALS 393 Assignment #3
Assignment #3:
The Name Game
In this paper, I reflect on the documentary The Bronze Screen and the stereotypes and what the actors/actresses had to go through.
CALS 393 Assignment #4
Assignment #4:
Parasite
In this paper, I discuss a film of my choice and how certain movie techniques are used and how that impacts the scene.
CALS 393 Assignment #5
Assignment #5:
Feeling Pretty
In this paper, I reflect on the movie West Side Story and the stereotypes and the assimilation narrative.
CALS 393 Assignment #6
Assignment #6:
Revolutionary Film
For this paper, I talk about cinema as a vehicle for social change.
CALS 393 Assignment #7
Assignment #7:
Our Voice
In this paper, I talk about the film Zoot Suit and how it advances the agenda of a rebellious, but not separatist kind of film.
CALS 393 Assignment #8
Assignment #8:
Invisible Borders
In this paper, I discuss the film Stand and Deliver and how it has good intentions in showing important topics, but also how it misses other key issues. The film is conservative and so is the ideology and this is what I argue in support of.
CALS 393 Assignment #9
Assignment #9:
The Amazing Guitar Player
In this paper, I talk about the film El Mariachi and what is called border films and how the the conventions of those films are being challenged in the film.
CALS 393 Assignment #10
Assignment #10:
Life as an Undocumented Person
In this paper, I reflect on the movie Sleep Dealers and compare the film to undocumented people's experiences in the US.
CALS 393 Assignment #11
Assignment #11:
Murdered Women
For this paper, I talk about two specific scenes and documentary conventions and how that makes the doc credible.
