These are essay questions and CANNOT be answered in a few sentences. Develop your argument by providing specific examples from the films themselves and from your readings to underscore your own perceptions. You MUST QUOTE from minimum SIX (6) DIFFERENT readings for questions 1 & 2, using significant theoretical and analytical (NOT descriptive) passages. Answer ALL parts of the questions.If you need to see the film again, DO absence is NO excuse. Remember to be detailed, specific and analytical (dont describe the plot!) Provide extensive examples from the films to support all of your points. Make sure to include discussion of form: lighting, music & sound, editing, etc. as well as content analysis & support with evidence from film & readings. DUE NO LATER THAN Tuesday, December 15! I will not read anything received after that.ESSAY QUESTIONS1. Childhood is the time in which we learn the codes, the roles, what is expected of us, what behavior is acceptable and what is not. This ideological training starts early. Compare and contrast the depiction of childhood/young girlhood in, The Day I Became A Woman, Lore, Su Friedrichs Sink or Swim OR The Ties That Bind, (both on Kanopy), Pariah, and Moolade. How are they similar and/or different? What are the specific conditions of each girl (country, historical time, ideology, etc.) and how do these conditions determine their actions? How and why are specific limitations imposed upon them? Are (and how are) class and race as well as gender determining? Examine issues of power and powerlessness. All of these films are critical of the status quo in one way or anotherhow do you understand this criticality in each film? How is the family implicated? What strategies do these girls employ to understand and/or struggle against their position? Be detailed and provide specific examples to support your points. Quote from your readingsparticularly in relationship to feminist cinema.2. Many of the films that we watched, made by women, employed aspects of autobiography. Why might this be so? Do these stories take on different subject matter? In what way? What about how they tell their stories? What strategies do they employ to challenge or critique gender stereotypes? How are women displayed? How is the gaze addressed or subverted? What values are encouraged and what behavior is critiqued? How is power asserted and/or questioned? How do we come to understand the point of view in each of these films and the visual, script, acting, & sound choices that the director has made? The Ties That Bind, Sadie Bennings Jollies, (https://ubu.com/film/benning_s.html,) InchAllah Dimanche, & Meshes of the Afternoon are all somewhat autobiographical. Be specific in your discussion & employ quotes from readings to support your analysis.3. How do aspects of race, sex, gender, sexuality, religion, and place intersect and operate in the films, Pariah and Moolade? Be very specific!! Quote from 3 readings relating to the films as well as The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectators, by bell hooks in Movies & Mass Culture.
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