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Essay Instructions: View the film "12 years a Slave" write a 2 page essay on how the film does or does not depict the enslavement of Africans in America as the contradictory result of development where the generation of economic wealth occurs within institutions of class inequality and racial oppression.

Essay Instructions: Watch "12 Years a Slave" and write a 3-4 page essay, Chicago writing style format, 12 font, 1 inch margin, doubled spaced.



The first section of your essay should discuss 3 periods of Mr. Northrup's life (freedom, enslavement and post slavery).

The second section of the essay explains how the movie 1). shed light on the resilience and character of African Americans(free and slaves), Southern plantation owners, the white community, and Northern abolitionists during this time period, 1830-1865.

The third and final section is your personal reflection and the movie's impact on your mental psyche.



*Remember this movie is based on life experience of Mr. Solomon Northrup. Feel free to read his book entitled, "12 Years A Slave."

Essay Instructions: PR ADVERTISING PAPER:

Using the film, 12 Years a Slave, build a public relations profile from that time period. Keeping in mind; how did the slave owners & buyers find out about slave auctions? which were the bests slaves to invest in? You'll also include what PR methods/tactics were used to promote the film, like what talk shows did the actors appear on, posters, advertisements, screenings, etc.

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Essay Instructions: Please answer each of the following questions in a 2-3 page essay.


1. We have seen many films this semester. Ultimately films are directors? attempts to share their vision of the world with us. We have seen Fatat el Masna? (Factory Girl) by Mohamed Khan. After having seen this film, knowing what you now know about the lives of these factory girls and their families, is there anything different about your perception of them and what is it? And how does the director use his mise-en-scene tools to convey his vision to you?


2. Born into Brothels is a particular type of documentary that focuses on human rights issues as well as development of a particular group of people namely the children of prostitutes. To Be and To Have (Etre et Avoir) is also a documentary that focuses on children. What are the differences between the two approaches to documentary filmmaking? Which do you prefer? How does the mise-en-scene speak of different views and visions of the directors?

3. Which film from the ones we were assigned to watch in class?changed your perception of the value and purpose of films? How and why? Knowing what you now know about films and filmmaking?what would you do differently?

4. Which of the following films that we have seen would you fund and why?
- At the Wind?s Mercy by Hisham Saqr (Egypt)
- Ward Number 3 by Aida El Kashef (Egypt)
- Esmi Nidal by Nidal Hassan (Syria)
- Return to the Valley of the Jews by Habib Battah (Lebanon)

The films we were assigned to watch are:
Like Crazy
12 Years a Slave
Wadjda
Blue Jasmine
Paris Je T'aime: Anna, The African Man, The Veiled Girl
Segments from Babel
Silver Linings Playbook
Incendies
Factory Girl
Born Into Brothels
Etre et Avoir