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The movie Gangs of New York takes place in New York City (1862-63) and illustrates the life of an immigrant named Amsterdam Vallon. The theme of the movie is that it is difficult to survive in an area of immense poverty without engaging in illicit activity. The movie starts in lower Manhattan in 1846 with an Irish Catholic Immigrant group facing off in a bloody battle natives (traditional Americans) who despise the newcomer. The leaders of each group, Bill Cutting of the Natives and Priest…

The movie, Traffic, directed by Steven Soderbergh, is a story that follows the lives of people involved in the drug trade, including dealers, abusers and the law enforcement officials who pursue those involved in these situations. The movie itself follows the lives of two drug enforcement officers in Mexico, two DEA agents from San Diego, a man who takes drugs to and from Mexico, a Supreme Court judge who is unaware of his daughter’s life decisions, and a millionaire family. We follow each…

California is known for having some of the most extravagant tourist attractions in the U.S. What most people think about are locations such as the beach or Disneyland, but there is one place that some of them consider "California's best kept secret." The place itself only attracts 130,000 visitors year round ting when in comparison to Yosemite National Park's 4 million. Although it may sound like a bleak place to go , it is full of natural wonders and geological secrets. This place is no other…

Currently, one looks to the award winning films when looking for entertainment. Recently, a controversial film topped the charts. According to Los Angeles Times, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri received 43 major nominations for the 2018 awards season, winning 20 awards.” While attempting to get audience members root for the underdog, which in this case was a racist cop, the movie has made several headlines. Many want to compare the movie to current events with police brutality or even…

So, you have a film degree in your possession, you’ve garnered experience and credibility working on numerous small productions and you feel that you are finally ready to make a name for yourself and establish a career in film; but where do you go? It is very likely that your first choice would be Hollywood, California because it is the self-proclaimed “entertainment capital of the world.” But depending on where you live and what your projected cost-of-living budget, coupled with troubling…

Everything has a lifespan; the difference comes in with the number of years it will last. A building made of brick has its own lifespan. With time the bricks and mortar become weak and this leads to the building collapsing. Chicago residents have an advantage since they can go to tuckpointing Chicago. They use tuckpointing method which is the ideal option for preserving home structures. The high-rise buildings have walls which are heavy and exert pressure downward cracking the bricks slowly.…

The current population of SPA 6 / South Los Angeles is 1,307,402 including homeless residents (Los Angeles County. Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology, 2017), and although small, measuring 71.3 square miles, SPA 6 is the most densely populated area in LA County (TCCSC, 2017). In terms of gender, it is about equally divided, with 51% females and 49% males. The ethnicity breakdown is, 68.2% Latino, 27.4% African American, 2.4% Caucasian, 1.7% Asian, 0.2% Asian Pacific Islander (API)…

Background Info. Santa barbara is a city on the central California coast. The population in Santa Barbara from 2013 was 90,412. Santa Barbara is known for many things, but one in particular is its arts, and how it has aspired artist for generations. It all started approximately 13,000 years ago, when the first native americans arrived. With this there were many impacted events of Santa Barbara, the Mission period, The rancho period, The victorian period (SARC), The Earthquake of 1925, and the…

"What is food to some, for others it is bitter poison", Lucretius, Roman poet (99 BC-55AC) If California were a country, with its population of nearly 40 million, it would be among the 30 most populous countries. The economic, political and cultural impact of the rest of California in the United States is enormous. It is for this reason that citizens' initiatives that are submitted to a referendum there and state legislation, for that matter, are so important. Of the 11 initiatives presented to…

During the mid 1800’s, Westward Expansion dramatically increased and permanently shaped the United States of America. The Gold Rush, trade with Japan, and the end of the Mexican War lead people to travel to the west coast. Many people gained freedom and opportunity by coming to America in the mid 1800’s; however, others encountered misfortunes along the way. The Donner Party traveled to the West Coast in hopes of creating a better life. The Mormons Pioneers traveled west to join the Church of…