History of film

After watching the film “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution” I definitely learned more information about the Black Panthers and the roles that they played to protect blacks. Before watching any of this film prior I can say that I really didn’t know much about the Black Panthers. I know for a fact that my previous history teachers barely covered anything on the Black Panther Party. I remembered in these classes we may have briefly covered organizations that supported blacks, but I…

Coke evidently perceived racism and white superiority to be so ingrained in society that he could express this to a group of children. Americans believed that they were the peak of civilization and every country, even ones with extremely different histories and cultures, should strive to be just like them. The U.S. contradicted its own supposed belief in national self-determination and isolationism by intervening in the affairs of the Vietnamese people. This caused the Vietnamese to view the…

She didn’t understand her husband's interest in books and poetry that he discovered. Mildred was a lost cause to a society that really wasn’t living. Many mistakes have been made throughout history and through those mistakes people learn better ways to confront things. Books can teach about the history of mistakes and having knowledge of things that have happened has helped to prevent the amount of mistakes made in the present. Not having the knowledge that is provided from books that give us…

machines increased and as a result, factories owners started competing against each other in order to grow their business without taking into consideration the poor condition of laborers and without paying them extra money for their extra hours. In the film Modern Times there is an example on how laborers were enslaved by factory owners. The owner decided to try a new machine discovery that built in order to decrease the lunch time as much as possible as Charles Chaplin was ordered by his to…

12 Culminating Activity Checkpoint #2 Sissi Zheng Source 1: News, BBC. "Looking into the Massacres of Indonesia's past." BBC News. BBC, 02 June 2016. Web. 04 Dec. 2016 Summary This article investigates one of the darkest chapters of Indonesian history in 1965, the anti-communist purge, based on the reports' interviews with the locals. As many as 1 million civilians were slaughtered, and the killers were never prosecuted. Instead, they ascended to the highest positions in government and lorded…

Teachers use many methods to teach their students, it’s a way to enable students learning, but these particular teachers have a unique way to educate their students. In the book “The Wave” by Todd Strasser, the readers meet a placid history teacher named Mr. Ross. In the article “ Freedom Writers: Truly no child left behind” by Joanne Lourier, the readers encounter a teacher named Erin Gruwell who works with the “unteachable”. In the last article, “Ex-Marine” by Sue Chastain, the readers, come…

Modern life can be described to originate from the process of modernity. In its broader aspect, modernity arises as a topic in both humanities and natural sciences. Modern era, as well as some socio-cultural norms and practices that took place during early Renaissance, are some of the ideas surrounding modernity. The term defines a generation with its unique technological innovation, political structures, and socioeconomics. The society advances in knowledge to surpass its predecessors.…

Canada’s identity has always been considered to be a cultural mosaic of many international elements. On the surface, it may seem difficult to describe what exactly is the culture of this vast country. However, if one examines the history of Canadian art and compares it to the development of Canadian identity, one can easily discern their correlation. The rise of Canadian artistic expression in the 20th century greatly contributed to the Canadian identity by illustrating the growing nationalism…

with time (Gerber, 2015). Previously, many had attempted to develop machines that captured life but these developments were less advanced. Over time, the camera developed in many ways shapes and forms technologically. In 1885, Kodak developed paper film, which revolutionized the photography business (Gerber, 2015). People dedicate time to make advancements towards photography, which lead up to digital and virtual photography…

to this day. He is best known for long exposure, artistic, black and white, landscape photos. In fact he has been known to shoot long exposures for over 10 hours at a time. Michael used a Hasselblad medium format and hola cameras with large format film to shoot his landscape photos. His work has been premiered at many galleries across the globe, some of which include Paris, Washington DC, Prague, and London. His…