Movie Project Assignment - Movie Project

							 Multi-cultural Perspectives Quarter Movie Assignment
Please watch one of the following movies for each quarter:

The Greatest- 1977                                Shaft- 1971                           Important
The Soul of Nigger Charley- 1973                  The Color Purple- 1985
                                                                                        Some of these movies have
The Wiz- 1978                                     Malcolm X- 1992
Superfly- 1972                                    Mahogany- 1972                    content that is inappropriate for
The Joy Luck Club- 1993                           Soul Food- 1997                   all audiences. There are movies
Frida- 2002                                       Lean on Me- 1989                   from G ratings to R ratings on
Brokeback Mountain- 2005                          Memoirs of a Geisha- 2005           this list. You are not, in any
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle- 2004         Rush Hour 2- 2001                    way, encouraged to watch a
House of Flying Daggers- 2005                     Paris is Burning- 1998             movie that is rated R. These
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner- 1967                Barbershop- 2002                  are merely options and should be
Boyz in the Hood- 1991                            Scary Movie- 2000                   considered in consultation with
Menace II Society- 1993                           Big Momma’s House- 2000
                                                                                          your parents and their
But I'm a Cheerleader-1999                        Boys Don't Cry- 1999
Ma Vie en Rose (My Life in Pink)- 1997            Monsoon Wedding- 2001
                                                                                         expectations for what is
Anna and the King- 1999                           The Longest Yard- 2005                        appropriate.
Dolemite- 1975                                    Falling Down- 1993
Spanglish- 2004                                   Do the Right Thing- 1989
My Family- 1995                                   How Stella Got Her Groove Back- 1998
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While          Porgy and Bess- 1959
         Drinking Your Juice in the Hood- 1996    La Bamba- 1987
Transamerica- 2005                                Maria Full of Grace- 2004
Selena- 1997                                      Charlie’s Angels- 2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon- 2000              My America (…or honk if you love Buddha)- 1996
Mulan—1998                                        Pocahontas- 1995
Dreamgirls- 2006                                  Pursuit of Happiness- 2006
Hairspray- 2007                                   Crash- 2004
Finding Forrester- 2000                           Secret Life of Bees- 2008
The Great Debaters- 2007

After watching the movie you should write a one-page paper that provides a short, paragraph synopsis and
addresses one or more of the following issues. Your paper should be ¼ summary ¾ issues:
     Is the depiction of minorities in this film positive or negative?
     What stereotypes are reaffirmed and/or challenged?
     What issues of masculinity and femininity are presented for minority men and women in these films?
     How do you think your attitude and/or perception of this movie has changed compared to if you had seen
       it prior to taking this class?
     What examples of the 5 degrees of Prejudice and 5 Types of People do you notice in the film?


   ***Please make sure you clearly indicate what movie you
                         watched***