The Cameraman

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, commonly known as ISIS, has created turmoil throughout the already war torn areas of the Middle East. They have captured multiple towns from central Iraq to the southern border of Turkey. ISIS is a terrorist organization that has carved out land in order to create a new state based on the ideological stance that state and church should be intertwined, also known as a caliphate or “the rank or reign of a caliph,” where the laws of the state are directly…

Dante Dawson Class Date Domestic Terrorism in the United States Today the United Nations does not have one specific definition of terrorism. every country has its own definition of terrorism. In the United States, terrorism is defined under the Code of Federal Regulations as the “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.”…

Jesus Camp is a documentary film released in 2006 where directors Hedi Ewing and Rachel Grady document the events of an Evangelical children 's camp located near Devils Lake, North Dakota. The documentary focuses on the camp its self and the Evangelical Movement, but also on its leader, Becky Fischer, and three of the children in the documentary, Levi, Rachel, and Tory. This film is meant to provide a supposed un-biased look into the camp, and also the Evangelical faith its self. Clearly however…

The film 12 Angry Men by Sidney Lumet, is a courtroom drama with, well: twelve angry men trapped inside a steaming hot room, keen to deliver a verdict about a minority teen convicted of murdering his father. According to IMDb, the film made it’s debut in April of 1957, this film tested the boundaries between race relations and the effect of an all-white jury during the high peaks of the civil rights movement. The film revolves around a young man, most likely Puerto Rican although his ethnicity…

Everything’s dark, the only thing which helps you to see anything is the night vision mode of the camera and suddenly, there’s this emaciated and terrifying looking figure. It comes closer and closer and when it recognizes you, there’s no escape. - People undergo exactly this scene when they are watching the Spanish horror movie “[●REC]“, directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza (Lazaro-Reboll 2012, p. 273). There’s a lot of tension, especially in this part, you feel tingly and you can…

In this paper, the author will address Benjamin’s (1993) theory of the aura, relating it to the changes in our technology and perception throughout time. In particular, it focuses on the rise of film and the reproducible image as a pivotal point in our history, so far as the aura is concerned anyway. Thus, this essay will address the key concepts of the aura, bearing in mind that what it entails is complex and extensive, extending beyond the scope of the paper. After that, the author will aim to…

On July 20, 1969, NASA successfully sent three men, Neil Armstrong, “Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins, to the Moon for its Apollo 11 mission, one of the many missions in the Apollo program. About seven years after the landings, in 1976, a man named Bill Kaysing released a book title We Never Went to the Moon: America’s Thirty Billion Dollar Swindle, in which he claimed that the entire landing was simply a hoax. Since then, many people have read this book (or similar books) or heard about the…

acquitted of all charges after a murder in which he was driving the vehicle the gunshot from. Mark Wahlberg only served 45 days of a two year sentence for assault and attempted murder. All charges were dropped against Mick Jagger when he assaulted a cameraman and then resisted arrest. R. Kelly was charged with child pornography and sex with a minor and was acquitted of all charges as said previously. Don King got away with killing someone who broke into his gambling home, they said it was…

At 4:15 detention gets out, but the problem is I wasn’t in detention. Swiftly, I dash down the hallways evading shelves and bookcases, and then again I made the mistake of looking back at the slim menacing figures of Principal Barrage’s deputies chasing after me. “Biffy!” I called out, trying to locate the presence of my friend. I diligently slide myself into a nearby air vent, making sure the deputies didn't see me and sure enough they ran right past the vent without hesitating. The murky vent…

Introduction to Maya Deren Maya Deren is one of the prominent figures in American experimental filmmaking, who is celebrated as a ‘legend’ and the “Mother of Avant-Garde” (Hornung 2005, p. 280; Pramaggiore 1997, p. 17). Maya Deren was born Eleanora Derenkowsky into a family of prominent educated Russian Jews in 1917, in Kiev, during the birth of the Revolution (Doneson n.d., p. 327; Fabe 1996, p. 146; McPherson 2005, p. 8). She was the only child of Solomon David Derenkowsky, a psychiatrist…