Selma

was no longer afraid to die. One of the most important added characters is the Witch. She is, in a way, Grendel’s conscience. The part in the movie that supports this is the scene where Grendel and Beowulf are arguing on the side of the hill, and Selma, the witch, translates Grendel’s…

Overview The film Selma, directed by Ava DuVernay, was based on the historical march for equal rights in Selma, Alabama in 1965. It chronicles the efforts of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and local activists of Selma in their fight against systematic imitation tactics to keep African Americans from voting. The film features civil rights activists Martin Luther King Jr, Ralph Abernathy, Andrew Young, James Orange and Diane Nash. The Selma march helped raise awareness of…

for deliberately making critical factual errors in Selma before understanding her background and beliefs as a director. DuVernay is an African American filmmaker who during her college education majored in African American studies. DuVernay not only had a personal connection to the context of the film as an African American woman, but also to the general region of Selma. DuVernay frequently vacationed in Lowndes county, a township next to Selma as child. Hence, she developed a personal…

the fact they were following instructions. Many of the several horrifying atrocities were witnessed by Selma Engel, a young jewish adult. Selma was deported from her home in the Netherlands in 1941 and ultimately was placed in Sobibór in 1943. Selma ironically found her future husband,Chaim, at the camp and later escaped together, but not before they encountered hell on Earth. As observed by Selma, Frenzel ordered everyone who was ill in Selma’s barrack to march outside. They then were all…

In one of the beginning scenes in this film, Queen Wealhtheow travels to visit Selma, (the witch) in order to find out how her husband will die. When Queen Wealhtheow finds Selma, we see that Selma is moving rocks around and placing them in particular areas of the grass. This is an example of a common Pagan ritual. Rituals, like the one depicted in this scene are very common in the pagan…

Theatre has been a long standing way to make people think about issues more than themselves. With the trying times the world is facing today Theatre for Social Change is needed now more than ever. Catherine Fillox’s Selma’65 Confronts Voting Rights Rollbacks, and Eleanor Bishop Steers Steubenvilleto Address Campus Rape are two articles with the most current issues college campuses face today. Filloux’s previous work on binge drinking, as well as her current play about youth being silenced for…

Without Jimmie Lee Jackson the black community would still have injustice today the same as they did on the night of February 1965, when a Alabama state trooper named James Bond Fowler shot Jimmie Lee Jackson in Mack’s Cafe. Jimmie was trying to protect his mother as she was being beaten by another state trooper. Jimmie, his family, and some other blacks had run in the Mack’s Cafe. The were hiding there because the troopers tried to stop the protest that they had been taking part in that night…

This paper is about critical thinking to the movie called “Selma.” This paper will discuss some of my reactions and thoughts about certain scenes. My favorite scene will be mentioned. How I feel racism is getting worse will be explained. This paper will explain the difference between history information coming from books and films. Overall, “Selma” was a great movie to watch. I remember Martin died at a young age but I forgot the exact age. When the movie informed he died at 39 years old,…

on the Road to Freedom”, is an emotional memoir about the 1965 voting rights movement in Selma, Alabama. The book was written by Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley as told by Lynda Blackmon. Miss Blackmon, a black girl who grew up poor during the civil rights era in Selma chronicles her; nine arrests, love for Dr. King, and determination to help blacks win the right to vote. She details how the children in Selma helped to pass the 15th amendment to the United States Constitution, by peacefully…

protesters from Selma to Montgomery (“Selma to Montgomery March”). The movie Selma captured the essence of the struggle African Americans felt when their voting rights were disrespected and the tiresome three day march that a plethora of African Americans walked. The two artists have also performed their song at the famous Edmund Pettus Bridge on January 18, 2015 – the exact place Dr. King and thousands of other protesters marched and were also beaten in an effort to reach Selma, that day most…