Movie Extra Credit (10 points)You can see ONE of the following videos for 10 points.
You must type a two page review, double-spaced. The review should discuss the MEANING or MESSAGE of the film, DO NOT simply retell the story.
No papers will be accepted after the 14th week and papers MUST be turned in with the receipt from the video store.
Movies
1) JFK (The Kennedy Assassination)
2) Wall Street (Corruption In Big Business)
3) Platoon (Vietnam War)
4) Born On The Fourth Of July (Vietnam Vets)
5) Heaven And Earth (VietnameseWomen fight to survive the War)
6) El Salvador (Revolution In Central America)
7) Romero (Murder Of El Salvador's Bishop)
8) Missing (Counter-Revolution In Chile)
9) El Norte (Coming To America From Guatemala)
10) Dry White Season (Struggle In South Africa)
11) Glory (Blacks In The Civil War)
12) Malcolm X (Story Of Malcolm's Life)
13) Do The Right Thing (Race And Riot In New York)
14) School Daze (Racial Identity at a Black College)
15) The Long Walk Home (Montgomery Bus Boycott-Civil Rights)
16) City Of Hope (Race And Corruption In America)
17) Matawan (Miners Struggle For Their Union)
18) Roger And Me (Layoff And Unemployment In Michigan)
19) China Syndrome (Nuclear Accident)
20) Silkwood (Nuclear Power And Murder)
21) Thunderheart (FBI vs. Native Americans)
22) Last Emperor (Revolution And Change In China)
23) Reds (American Revolutionary John Reed)
24) Guilty By Suspicion (McCarthy Purges In Hollywood)
25) Burn (Black Slave Revolt In The Caribbean)
26) Bob Roberts (Political Satire)
27) In The Name Of The Father (Irish Struggle For Justice)
28) Schindler's List (Jews Struggle To Survive WWII)
29) Ruby In Paradise (Young Women's Struggle For Identity)
30) Higher Learning (Racism, Students, and University Life)
31) Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore and Gun Use)
32) Bloody Sunday (Struggle for Irish Freedom)
33) Four Little Girls (Spike Lee's Documentary on the Birmingham Church Bombing)
34) The Cradle Will Rock (The Fight Against Political Censorship)
35) Rosewood (Racism and Klan Attacks in Florida)
36) The Pianist (Struggle of Polish Jews Who Survived WWII)
37) Bread and Roses (Latinos Fight for Economic Justice)
38) Dirty Pretty Things (Immigrants Fight for Dignity)
39) Gatekeeper (Latino Immigrants in California)
40) The Rabbit Proof Fence (Aborigines Fight for Freedom)
41) The Magdalene Sisters (Young Irish Girls Enslaved by Catholic Church)