please while you write the paper be in favor of womens rights
HERSTORY:
1) View the film: Iron Jawed Angels (with Hilary Swank) (Must go beyond the
forced feeding we viewed in class)
2) View the film: The Graduate (with Anne Bancroft & Dustin Hoffman) (Focus
on Mrs. Robinson & Elaine in the film and the social/psychological position of
women in the late 1950s and the early 1960s)
3) View the film: Pleasantville, (with Tobey Maguire & Joan Allen)
4) View the film: Mona Lisa Smile (with Julia Roberts)
5) View the film: Revolutionary Road
DIVERSITY:
6) View the film: For Colored Girls (Produced and Directed by Tyler Perry)
7) View the film: The Color Purple (Based on Alice Walker’s novel)
8) View the film: The Joy Luck Club (Based on Amy Tan’s novel)
9) View the film: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
10) View the film: Real Women Have Curves
THE BODY:
11) View: America The Beautiful
SET # 2:
ANY TIME AFTER MARCH 18, 2013, BUT BEFORE, AND NO
LATER THAN WEEK 15 — TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2014
(NO EXCEPTIONS)
HETERONORMATIVITY, FEMALE SEXUALITY & VIOLENCE:
12) View the film: Fried Green Tomatoes (with Kathy Bates)
VIOLENCE:
13) View the film: The Accuse (with Jodie Froster)
14) View the film: The Burning Bed (with Farrah Fawcett)
15) View the film: The Date Rape Backlash: Media and the Denial of Rape
(Posted on Blackboard)
16) View the film: The Invisible War (2011) (Various Actors,
From Oscar® and Emmy®-nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick (This Film Is Not Yet
Rated; Twist of Faith) comes THE INVISIBLE WAR, a groundbreaking investigative
documentary about one of America’s most shameful and best-kept secrets: the
Director: Kirby Dick
epidemic of rape within the U.S. military. The film paints a startling picture of the
extent of the problem – today, a female soldier in combat zones is more likely to be
raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. Twenty percent of all active-duty
female servicewomen are sexually assaulted.
Profoundly moving, the film follows the stories of several idealistic young
servicewomen who were raped and then betrayed by their own officers when
they courageously came forward to report. Both a rallying cry for the hundreds of
thousands of men and women who’ve been assaulted and a hopeful road map for
change, THE INVISIBLE WAR is one of those rare films so powerful it has already
helped change military policy.
WORK:
16) View the film: Norma Rae (with Sally Fields)
STATE & POLITICS:
17) View the film: Iron Lady (with Meryl Streep – This is a film about the life of
Margaret Thatcher)
18) View the film: half the sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women
Worldwide — (Posted on Blackboard)
19) View the film: 14 Women: They’re Women. They’re Powerful. They’re
Senators. — (Posted on Blackboard)
20) Other films possible upon approval from instructor.
WRITING THE ANALYSIS
Write a brief discussion (2 ½ — 3 typed, double-spaced pages) exploring your
analysis of the text you have chosen. Do not focus your discussion on your
individual/personal feelings about your choice. Instead, focus on an analysis of the
women’s issues addressed in your text/event. (A film is considered a “text”)
RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
(Be specific. Generalizations are not sufficient)
1) What are the Women’s issues addressed in this text/event?
2) What does the film/text/event seem to being saying about the women’s issues
addressed?
3) How did the text/etc. relate to our course material? Once again, BE
SPECIFIC. Use at least two (2) quotes altogether from at least two texts from
any of our course texts (including MS. Magazine).
DO NOT TELL THE STORY — ANALYIZE ISSUES