Cross-Cultural Awareness through Films and Interviews

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This 5 page paper discusses the way in which people develop cross-cultural awareness through cinema and interviews. The writer reviews an interview with Mark Mathabane, a South African; and the Spanish film Talk to Her, directed by Pedro Almodovar, and argues that these projects allow viewers and readers to appreciate other cultures. The writer argues that exposure to other cultures helps a person define their own self-identify and enhances their interaction with other groups. Mathabane describes the way in which he perceives race relations in the U.S. and South Africa, which may help readers gain insight into their own thinking on the subject. Almodovar's film, however, is a portrait of contemporary Spanish life that illustrates how some traditions have been maintained while others have been discarded. Bibliography lists 2 sources.