Film Analysis: The Long Walk Home

Final Paper The first movie that I chose that taught me the most about the role of American women is The Long Walk Home by Richard Pearce. The plot of this movie was about two families, one black and the other white. The mother of the black family, works for the white family as a maid and the rest of the movie's conflict involves the white women (Miriam) and her involvement with the bus boycott. The first important thing that this movie taught is how we as women need to join together to help each other get to where we want. In this movies case, this can be taken in the literal sense of Miriam taking Odessa to work each day, but in real life, we need to fight to make everything equal for all men and women - no matter their skin color, race, …show more content…
This movie shows a timeline of significant events that happened during the 60s that are still having an impact on us today. I choose this movie because I think the 60s were a very important time for women. Birth control was first introduced in pill form for the first time, which just so happened to be shown in one of the first few scenes of the movie when Katie was found with it. In 1963, the Equal Pay Act was signed by John F. Kennedy, and the first women went to outer space. Another large step, was in 1968 when Shirley Chisholm was the first African American women elected into the House of Representatives. These events not only paved the way for women's rights, but they also made it possible for the equal rights amendment to almost be signed a few years later in the 70s. I think Sarah's character was a good example to women about how you shouldn't count on a man to get what you want but that the power is within yourself to get where you want to be. Katie's role was inspiring because although she struggled for many years with being homeless, a teen mom, and being alone she continued to stay strong and have a positive outlook on life, while also being a decent …show more content…
Women were protesting outside of the venue; they were burning feminine products that seemed to objectify them. Bras, playboy magazines, fake eyelashes all were burned to symbolize how we shouldn't let ourselves be objectified. During the actual event, a banner that read "Women's Liberation" was seen by the crown and the contestants. I understand why the feminists protesting the event thought that what they were doing was helpful, but in some ways I think it was wrong. It was wrong because by protesting the pageant they were making fun of those women who enjoy doing the pageant. I think the key Point of feminism is that we shouldn't put any women down for the choices she makes even if we don't agree with them. If we really want change we have to all love and respect one another no matter