Thursday, August 4

Good morning! Today we have to finish watching Under the Same Moon. For your assignment today, please complete the following:

Blog Title - Under the Same Moon - Movie Review
Assignment -
*** How did you like this movie? What did you like about it? What do you not like about it? Rate it from 1-5.
*** Rate all the movies from 1-5 with WHY you rated them that way.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Forrest Gump
Under the Same Moon
The Kite Runner

*** The following are the next movies we'll watch. WHich one do you want to watch first?

Boys Don't Cry
Based on actual events, director Kimberly Peirce's powerful, often harrowing drama stars Hilary Swank (in an Oscar-winning performance) as Brandon Teena, a transgender young man searching for love and acceptance in a small Midwestern town. But even as he forges a deep connection with local beauty Lana (Chloë Sevigny), the prejudices of the community threaten to doom the fledgling romance.

Bastards of the Party
Directed and hosted by Cle Sloan, a former member of Los Angeles' notorious gang, the Bloods, this documentary chronicles the history of black street gangs, from their first appearances in the 1940s to their present-day incarnations. Inspired by Mike Davis's book, City of Quartz, Sloan examines the culture from all sides, drawing on interviews with active and inactive gang members, former FBI agents and prominent community figures.

The Great Debators
When African American poet Mel Tolson (Denzel Washington, who also directs) creates a debate team at historically black Wiley College in the 1930s, he pushes the team to a level of excellence that allows them to take on Harvard University. But despite public success, personal clashes foment as the father (Forest Whitaker) of one of Tolson's students (Denzel Whitaker) begins to resent his son's loyalty to his coach.