American films

American Sniper is the film adaptation of the life of Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history. It was directed by Clint Eastwood, and it follows Chris Kyle’s life story, starting when he was a young child and going all the way until he was killed by a recovering veteran that he was helping after he returned from his tours in the middle east. The movie spends virtually equal time showing us what he did during his time at war, and how it affected his life at home. It does a good…

Russell, this movie is meant, so it is said, to be based on the 1978 Abscam investigation. This involved the FBI instigating a major sting by using used fake Arab sheiks, in order to get at the bad apples in Congress and local authorities. Not that American Hustle even makes any attempt or pretence at historical accuracy, because, as the movie tagline tells us, some of this actually happened, but you can be certain not in the way depicted here. I found,…

The 1998 movie American History X is reputed as one of the most effective films in terms of tackling racism, condemning neo-Nazism, and supporting equality and justice. The way racism, one of the most significant residues of post colonialism is depicted is by showing it explicitly on the film numerous times in numerous different ways, such as switching back and forth from black and white to color, to depict the different stages in Derek's life; symbolizing his time as a racist and as a reformed…

immigrants make the tough transition to America. The American dream is the concept that anybody can have social/ economic mobility, if they put in enough work to move upward in society. The film, “My American Girls: A Dominican Story” directed by Aaron Matthews, tells a story about a first-generation immigrant family from the Dominican Republic, who has come to America so that they can construct a home and raise their daughters with an education. The film gives its viewers a firsthand experience…

Although in these films, the main characters did not explicitly question about why God was Black, but a Black God is as a rare thing. We know that Christian’s God was Jesus Christ and He was a Hebrew that physically is light-skinned. Also when we are talking about American movie, Hollywood was still dominated by White actors and actress. The appearance of an important character which played by Black people was created many arguments about African American role in 21st century Hollywood movie.…

Hollywood’s Depictions of African Americans in the 1980s The 1980s, characterized by Ronald Reagan’s presidency and policies, saw the many black economic and social gains of the previous decades come to an end. Things like college attendance rates, income levels, and the proportion of two-parent families all declined. At the same time, crime rates escalated and poverty levels increased. Hollywood was not interested in showing this unpleasant reality to its audience; the industry was interested…

The film, Geronimo: An American Legend, was based on Geronimo, a Chiricahua Apache from the Bedonkohe band born in 1829 in the American Southwest. He was a skilled hunter and led raids on surrounding enemy villages. He resented Mexicans because they killed his mother, wife, and three children. The American government acquired land that belonged to Apache tribes through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. Americans who settled in this area were attacked by the Apache. In 1874 after years of…

The persecution on Black Americans is not new but with a society revolving around social media and technology in general, the way one stands up to be united against this persecution is changing. The film “13th” named after the 13th amendment that abolished slavery was directed by Ava DuVernay’s. Her objective was to demonstrate how for hundreds of years the American justice system has been serving as a vehicle for racism and the political rhetoric that capitalizes on it. Releasing facts about…

myself, I asked if that status of African Americans in the U.S., their status as sub-human had anything to do with the underwhelming physical space. Then, I looked at the exhibits, watched the twenty-minute film and realized that the atmosphere and formation centered on the monument and the small piece of ground. Still, it was underwhelming. Compared to places like the MoMA or the American Museum of Natural History, African American history entwined into American history seems as buried as the…

perception devalues Asian-Americans and other groups ethnicity no matter how long they stay in the United States are face the same stereotype. This perception not only to devalue the experience of the other ethnicity groups, and how difficult issues that Asian-American can be to confront. Some of them mentioned the experience the related of immigration and personal account of racism and discrimination in the United States. One of the three conversation documentaries films, Latinos has mixed gap…