The lawyer representing W.R. was played by Bruce Norris and Beatrice's lawyer was played by Robert Duvall [1]. The plaintiffs argued that wells G and H had been contaminated with toxic industrial solvents through illegal dumping of TCE and PCE. The plaintiffs win the case…
Was the Verdict correct? Although the trial ends with a verdict of not guilty, it is not made clear whether or not Steve was completely innocent. I believe, that Steve didn’t take part in the murder or the crime based off of evidence in the story. First of all, Steve Harman is scared to death of jail.…
The movie “Our America” there has been a lot of differences and similarities in the book and in the movie. In the book and the movie they have different plots,characters and other things. In the movie and the book the main differences and similarities is in the book David Isay did not have a big role in the book and there were different events that occurred. First,One difference from the movie to the book was David Isay did not have a big role in the book.…
According to oxforddictionaries.com nonviolence is defined as the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change. In both the film Selma and Book One and Two of March, nonviolence became an important tactic that was used during the Civil Rights Movement. It was applied to hopefully eradicate the evil that the African Americans faced: the evil of racism.…
The film A Civil Action is based on a true story about Jan Schlichtmann, a lawyer, who is fighting for a non profitable case. The case involves a water contamination issue in, a river that left families with leukemia. Anne Anderson reached out to Schlichtmann in the beginning of the movie with a concern about an environmental issue, in the interest of, she believes it lead to her son's death. While Schlichtmann was investing the matter, he found out that six barrels of toxic waste were found in the river from two large corporations, W.R Grace and Beatrice causing contamination. The companies then argue that the pollution cannot be proven.…
Movie Response: Separate and Unequal The documentary Separate and Unequal focus on creation of St.George on East Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The creation of St.George district becomes controversial because of the impact of racial and economic diversity in the local community. A group of predominantly white upper-middle class parents decide to create its own city and school district called St.George. Those who support St.George argue that the creation of the district is to have smaller communities that are directly connected to the school system.…
When Thomas Jefferson was president in the early 1800’s he believed that all men were created equal. It wasn’t until December of 1865 that the 13th Amendment was passed, ending slavery and making every man, woman, and child equal. While this did end slavery, it also caused problems that would negatively impact African American families for several decades, even to this day. In Ava DuVernay’s documentary 13th, she uses compelling statistics and several qualified narrators to educate her audience on what life has been like for African American families and shows how they have been “criminalized” by society, even after the 13th Amendment was passed.…
Signs, a movie written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan focuses on the loss of faith within the protagonist, Graham Hess and how he is brought back to it. Although, it seems as if there are two separate storylines, the two eventually intersect to help Graham become a believer again. The movie opens with the serene farmhouse where Graham Hess, his two children Bo and Morgan, and his brother Merrill live.…
Biographies have existed for centuries, in which they describe the life and story of a person who once lived. Normally, these are written in the form of a book. However, in today’s time, many are interpreted into a different form of media, in which several films nowadays are those of a biopic, a biographical film. “Straight Outta Compton” is a biopic from 2015 that talks about the career of the hip-hop artists of NWA, Niggas with Attitude- Ice Cube, Easy-E, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, and DJ Yella. The release of the film “Straight Outta Compton” allowed many different depictions and interpretations to arise, focusing on its culture and music.…
The Verdict, starring Paul Newman, portrays legal ethics and justice in a troublesome yet intriguing light. This touching story had its complexities in various forms. There were ethical violations, laws broken and personal values being challenged. It shed light on how discrepancies in the healthcare system can cause a life, and how law in the justice system can easily work for you or against you. One can gain immense perspective after watching this film on how brutal and cutthroat the justice system can be.…
Movie Review – The Help ENGL – 201 October 4, 2012 “The Help” based on a best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett, a story of three women who take extraordinary risk in writing a novel based on the stories from the view of black maids and nannies. Set in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960s, a young girl sets out to change the town. Skeeter, who is 21 years old, white, educated from Ole Miss, dreams of becoming a journalist. She returns home to find the family maid, Constantine, gone and no one will explain to her what happened. Skeeter acquires a job as a columnist for the local paper at the being of the movie.…
According to several online sites, a whistleblower is defined as a person/persons who may or may not be an employee of a categorical company, firm, or corporation, and/or government entity, and reports, as an insider who assimilates erudition of, the misconducts or illicit activities which they have found occurring within the organization (Investopedia). In the film, "The Whistleblower,” predicated on a true story, is a movie exhibiting the issues of sexual trafficking in Bosnia. The actress, Rachel Weisz, plays as a police officer, from Nebraska, who takes on the adscititious position of peacekeeper in order to make extra money while doing a short term tour within the Balkans. However, she discovers that ethnic tensions have caused local cops…
Mississippi Burning takes place in the 60s and there was a great lack of justice back then. White people judged the black people by the color of their skin and the police department was corrupt. Another theme in the movie could also be friendship, because of the main characters’, Ward and Anderson, development of their friendship. In the beginning of the movie it is not easy for them to work as a team, mainly because they are from different places and have different opinions on how to solve the case. Throughout the movie they get to know each other better and actually end up calling each other by their first name.…
“NTGUILTY” I’ve always been intrigued by thrilling scenes and suspenseful moments in the movies I watch and grown to love. The Lincoln Lawyer is no exception. The Lincoln Lawyer is in a genre that truly speaks to me. The Lincoln Lawyer is a crime, drama, and thriller film starring Mick Haller played by Matthew McConaughey, a defensive lawyer who represents low life criminals, drug dealers, con artists, and call girls.…