Body and Soul directed by Oscar Micheaux established stereotypes that african americans faced during the time period. Colorism within the african american community has been a huge struggle that we as society have dealt with for a long time. Micheaux’s “Body and Soul” visually showed the viewers how society viewed the african american community during this time period. Black performers were not as popular in the film industry and only minimal roles were offered to them which were often stereotypical roles. The film trails after a prisoner who gets out prison and takes the role of a reverend in a small town. Throughout the movie, we see how corrupted the small church is due to the fact that the reverend takes the donations to the church for
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They just ended the Russo-Japanese War and got defeated by Japan which was very shocking to Russia. They went through the start of the Russian revolution which last about two years, the cause of this war was mainly due by the issue of education and labor. During this year the people of Russia were protesting in order to see change socially and politically. Another important event that happened in 1905 was the Russian Battleship Potemkin. It was a Navy black sea fleet operations ship that sailed on the black sea. While the ship was on a operation crew members later found that their food was not eatable, they complained to the captain. “At sea on June 14th (June 27th, Old Style), the cooks complained that the meat for the men’s borscht was riddled with maggots. The ship’s doctor took a look and decided that the maggots were only flies’ eggs and the meat was perfectly fit to eat. Later a deputation went and complained to the captain and his executive officer, Commander Giliarovsky, about worms in their soup” (Cavendish). The crew members of the ship did not tolerate the way they were being treated, they knew that the food that was offered to them was unhealthy so they rebelled against the commanders. “Later a deputation went and complained to the captain and his executive officer, Commander Giliarovsky, about worms in their soup. Their spokesman was a seaman named Valenchuk, who expressed himself in such plain language that Giliarovsky flew into a violent rage, pulled out a gun and shot him dead on the spot. The others seized Giliarovsky and threw him overboard. As he floundered in the water he was shot and killed” (Cavendish). The ship was on its way to Odessa where a protest was occurring. When the ship arrived, the crew who were on the ship laid the body of the spokesman that was killed during the dispute on the Odessa steps. Soon after that the police came with orders from the Tsar to take
They just ended the Russo-Japanese War and got defeated by Japan which was very shocking to Russia. They went through the start of the Russian revolution which last about two years, the cause of this war was mainly due by the issue of education and labor. During this year the people of Russia were protesting in order to see change socially and politically. Another important event that happened in 1905 was the Russian Battleship Potemkin. It was a Navy black sea fleet operations ship that sailed on the black sea. While the ship was on a operation crew members later found that their food was not eatable, they complained to the captain. “At sea on June 14th (June 27th, Old Style), the cooks complained that the meat for the men’s borscht was riddled with maggots. The ship’s doctor took a look and decided that the maggots were only flies’ eggs and the meat was perfectly fit to eat. Later a deputation went and complained to the captain and his executive officer, Commander Giliarovsky, about worms in their soup” (Cavendish). The crew members of the ship did not tolerate the way they were being treated, they knew that the food that was offered to them was unhealthy so they rebelled against the commanders. “Later a deputation went and complained to the captain and his executive officer, Commander Giliarovsky, about worms in their soup. Their spokesman was a seaman named Valenchuk, who expressed himself in such plain language that Giliarovsky flew into a violent rage, pulled out a gun and shot him dead on the spot. The others seized Giliarovsky and threw him overboard. As he floundered in the water he was shot and killed” (Cavendish). The ship was on its way to Odessa where a protest was occurring. When the ship arrived, the crew who were on the ship laid the body of the spokesman that was killed during the dispute on the Odessa steps. Soon after that the police came with orders from the Tsar to take