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The Illusionist as Myth

The God of the Waning Year is associated with the sacrificial victim, whose death was believed necessary in order for the earth to...

Hitchcock/Psycho & Shadow of a Doubt

the nature of good and evil. In "Shadow," there are the two "Charlies," Uncle Charlie and his niece, Charlotte, who is known as "C...

When A Man Loves A Woman

love for their children. However, it quickly becomes evident that there is trouble in this paradise, as Alice has a problem, as sh...

Passion of the Christ v. The Bible

"the Son of Your handmaid" (Longhenry, 2004). Additionally, John and Peter address Mary as "mother" numerous times during the film...

Film Reviews and Business History

In eighteen pages film reviews consisting of seven reactions and summaries of approximately two and a half pages each consider suc...

Life and Works of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King

In three pages this paper that is based upon documentaries compares and contrasts Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. in terms of...

Analysis of 1976 Documentary The Kawelka Ongka's Big Moka

In two pages this documentary on the Papua, New Guinea tribe known as the Kawelka is discussed in terms of what an uncivilized cul...

Analysis of 1987 Documentary Cannibal Tours

In two pages Dennis O'Rourke's 1987 documentary is analyzed especially in terms of its effective employment of both irony and humo...

Analysis of 1964 Dead Birds Documentary

In two pages this ethnographic documentary that focuses on Western New Guinea's primitive tribe known as Dani is examined in terms...

Social Theory and Michael Moore's 1989 Documentary Roger and Me

In five pages this paper applies symbolic interactionism and conflict social theories to Michael Moore's documentary of onetime Ge...

Ebola A Documentary Novel of Its First Explosion by William Close

personnel and nuns are left behind waiting and praying for help from the outside world while trying to deal with the overpowering ...

Documentaries on the Caribbean and Its Problems Reviewed

drug trade. When the United States finally "came" to Haiti for the purpose of intervention, there was quite a bit of controve...

Robert Drew and the Development of Cinema Vérité (Direct Cinema) in America by P.J. O'Connell

In five pages this paper provides a textual overview of Robert Drew's life and career as a documentary filmmaker with his influenc...

Overview of Documentary Television

to make it irrelevant whether or not the details are portrayed correctly. The distinction between narrative and fiction is that n...

A Review of the Television Presentation The Real Malcolm X

This five page paper analyzes the CBS television program. The documentary reviews the Nation of Islam alongside Malcolm X's belie...

Cuba of Fidel Castro

Castro's Cuba is examined in terms of the book and subsequent documentary about Castro's 1959 Cuban Revolution and discusses the f...

Characteristics of Mexican Cinema

(Mexican Film Institute) and the British Film Institute, a major two-month season of Mexican Cinema presented at the National Fil...

California History/Santa Barbara

("Santa Barbara County History"). The founding of Santa Barbara and its original characteristics The next stage of Santa Barbara...

'Colored Journalism' in Michael Moore's 1989 Docudrama Roger and Me

a powerful and effective piece of cinematography, for in its subtlety and simplicity it displays the mark of excellence in tastefu...

Summary of the PBS Documentary Myths and the Moundbuilders (1980)

this historical puzzle dating back to the novice citizen investigations to the more scientific and sophisticated Illinois River Va...

Reaction Paper on Michael Moore’s 2004 Film, Fahrenheit 9/11

narrative of Fahrenheit 9/11, then-Texas Governor George W. Bush was able to steal the 2000 presidential election with the help of...

Robert McNamara/An Ethical Analysis

film, McNamara discusses several of the primary lessons to be learned from wartime experience, which are covered in detail in his ...

Social Reality and Documentaries

documentaries ever made. Chronicling the 1934 session of Nazi Party Congress, Triumph of the Will has long been interpreted as pr...

Documentary Paradise Lost The Child Murders At Robin Hood Hills

more than the rest: mental illness. Indeed, an adolescent individual who is suffering from any one of many forms of mentally inst...

'Nightmare of History'

In three pages this paper examines the observation by J. Baldwin that James Joyce 'is right about history being a nightmare--But i...

What I’ve Learned About Foreign Policy by Dorrel

former U.S. Attorney General and is in Segment 9, illustrates how Kissinger, in relationship to the Iran/Iraq War claimed that the...

Bowling for Columbine

emotions and sympathy for the Columbine victims and families. For example, it is difficult not to agree with Moore that the decisi...

Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke

Lee, what the victims share is that they had little before Katrina and now have nothing (Samuels 94). It should be noted, howeve...

McWhorter/Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

Another feature that is unique to English is the way in which English uses the that "-ing thing" (McWhorter 2). In English, the pr...

Truth and Documentary Theater

call to action. Bruskin explains that "The essence of the period is that we were galvanized to do something." (32). While docume...