The theme of La Mission is centered on the topic of homosexuality and how a man comes to terms with his son’s sexuality. La Mission is about a bus driver named Che played by Benjamin Brat. He’s a recovering alcoholic and ex-convict. He loves his son very much but struggles with the realization that his son is gay. This is in complete conflict with his beliefs, culture and the community at large. His son is constantly harassed by other kids in his neighborhood. A slur was written across the front
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El Mariachi with an amateur cast and being filmed on location gave this film a realistic effect. Having this film shot at a small town in Mexico it added more to having it seem realistic because of the background fitting so well with the actors and the plot of the film, but what put the film over the top was the acting. A scene in which the acting seem real was when El Mariachi just arrived to town and went into a bar to look for work. The actors in the bar looked exactly how a bar in a small town
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During the last half of the 18th century, many early European settlers started moving on lands past the Appalachian Mountains, which was a violation of the Proclamation of 1763. The proclamation stated that the land west of the Appalachian Mountains belonged to the Cherokees and no British settlers were legally supposed to move onto that land. However, like many of the deals and promises made by Europeans to the Indians, it wasn’t kept. Settlers moved into the area past the Appalachian Mountains
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The city of Los Angeles is the gang capital of the world. As of today, there are more than 450 active gangs in the city of Los Angeles with a combined membership of over 45,000 individuals. Also, throughout the last three years there were over 16,398 confirmed gang offenses in SoCal. More than half of the homicides reported in Los Angeles, are elated to gang violence (LAPD). In the article, “Stop Gangs” it implies gangs are transforming, increasing, and settling themselves in our inner cities, or
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California is very diverse, it has all kinds of landscapes, climates, and people. In some places, it snows and is mountainous, in other places it’s a desert, and is flat, there’s even the in-between, with mild winters, hot summers, and rolling hills. The diversity of California makes it exciting, there’s always so many interesting places to visit without having to go too far from home. The mild winters in Danville are great, it never gets too cold, and the rain keeps everything lush and green. Also
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Ever since the ability to create films, film has been a great way to express ideas and dreams for film makers. One of these examples is the creation of the Disney princess genre and their evolution through the generations. Throughout the years, Disney princess films and their subjective princesses have been staples in all girls and even boys, childhoods. Since as early as the 1930’s, children have connected with the Disney characters and have been influenced by them through The three generations
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The New York Riots, July 13 to 16, 1863, was an incident where large mobs caused havoc on the streets of New York due to a draft in the city reported only a day after the Battle of Gettysburg, which had caused a large number of casualties. Two articles attempted to create an accurate depiction of the riots through an eyewitness testimony. “The New York Riots of Monday” published by the Chicago Tribune, the author an unknown eyewitness, and “The Riotous Outbreak in New York” by Noyes Wheeler, both
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Los Angeles is often called the “City of Angels,” but it does not live up to its name. There are many reasons why we would not refer to L.A. as the “City of Angels,” but the most significant reason is homelessness. As of May 2017, the percentage of homeless people in the Los Angeles County rose to 23 percent which means that 920,000 of the 4,000,000 people are out on the streets- daily looking for shelter and a place to sleep (US News, 2017). The rise of homelessness is a problem and continues to
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sunlight, which made it possible to shoot open-air films all year round, picturesque and varied landscapes, and remoteness from New York and Edison, almost all filmmakers rushed to Los Angeles. There was a new kind of enterprise producing film production - a film studio. American cinema has developed a lot. It arose in 1908 in Los Angeles as a result of the patent war, although before that, various films were already produced in New York and Chicago by Edison. Away from the MKPK ( Motion Pictures Company)
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One of the most prominent food and beverage companies in the Philippines is the Republic Flour Mills (RFM) Corporation, established in 1958 by aspiring Filipinos. Dr. Salvador Araneta pursued and succeeded his dream of making a way to save foreign exchange and create local jobs by starting out a local flour mill. Along with his wife, Victoria Lopez de Araneta, son-in-law, Joe Con and associates, Jose Concepcion, Sr., BJ Server, Pete Grimm, Albino Sycip, Zoilo Alberto, Leonardo Eugenio, Francisco
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