Movies about the Global Community:
Movies about the Global Community:
Extra Learning/Extra Credit Opportunities
Overview: Here’s a chance for you to deepen your understanding of the human condition while also earning extra credit points. All you have to do is watch a movie listed below (or a similar sort of movie that you get approved from me first), then write a page or so (typed, double-spaced) about what you learned. A good one is worth 10 points, for a semester maximum (along with any other extra credit work) of 30 points.
Content should be primarily analytical, not merely your emotional reaction or a plot summary. Your discussion can include any of the following approaches (but don’t feel you have to cover them all).
• Comment on how the movie relates to some issue we’ve discussed in class.
• Discuss how it surprised you or challenged a belief or stereotype you held.
• Analyze the movie as an argument: what statement (if any) did the film seem to be making about the human condition and/or about some contemporary issue(s)? How did the film try to move the audience (e.g. make us care about the plight of street children in Calcutta)? What evidence was given to support a particular claim (e.g. that the climate is changing radically and humans are to blame)? If some of the film’s credibility seems to stem from the writer/filmmaker/famous actor’s own credibility, how does that contribute to (or detract from) the impact?
Note: I encourage you to read what others have said about the movie (the Internet Movie Database is one good site for commentary ), but do NOT include those comments in your own work unless you clearly and properly attribute them. If I see you doing this, you will lose the extra credit privilege for the rest of the semester.
The List: Most of these are movies that I’ve seen and liked, but I should warn you that some are very grim, violent, depressing movies. Read the movie description online and choose carefully, based on what you can take. Most are available on Netflix. Many have subtitles, but don’t let that discourage you. The more of these you watch, the less they will hinder you.
Cultural Crossroads
What’s Cooking?
Babel
Crash
Smoke Signals
Mississippi Masala
Solomon and Gaenor
The Nephew
Double Happiness
Bride and Prejudice
Passage to India
Swades
The Namesake
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
In America
Hester Street
Focus
Economic Impacts/Human Effects
Maria Full of Grace
Blood Diamonds
The Empire in Africa
Lord of War
Syriana
The Constant Gardener
Life and Debt
Trying to Help
Beyond Borders
City of Hope (with Patrick Swayze)
Girl in the Café
Cry Freedom
Born Into Brothels
Gandhi
Gorillas in the Mist
Hotel Rwanda
Sometimes in April
Peace One Day
Not One Less
The Boys of Baraka
Harrison’s Flowers
Fate of the Earth
An Inconvenient Truth
Who Killed the Electric Car?
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
Introducing Hetch-Hetchy
Waterworld
Tank Girl
Gender and Family Issues
Whale Rider
Raise the Red Lantern
Once Were Warriors
Bend it Like Beckham
King of Masks
A Thousand Pieces of Gold
Water
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Like Water for Chocolate
Children of Heaven
Up and Down
Real Women Have Curves
Joy Luck Club
Paradise Road
Education (Note: Some of these aren’t “global,” but many relate to cultural conflicts within our own society that involve negotiating differences)
Not One Less
Finding Forrester
The Emperor’s Club
Dangerous Minds
Stand and Deliver
The Hobart Shakespeareans
Sundry
Central Station
Lagaan
ABC Africa
Tsotsi
Nowhere in Africa
Out of Africa
Little Big Man
Sometimes in April
The Lost Boys of Sudan
The Devil Came on Horseback
Cry the Beloved Country
The Secret Life of Words
The Jewel in the Crown (BBC miniseries)
The Last King of Scotland
Without the King
Amandla: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Iraq in Fragments
Sierra Leone’s Refugee Allstars
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