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Updated: April 11, 2018

CH S 306 THE CHICANO/A IN FILMS

PROJECT 3 (100 Points)

Due Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Homework must be submitted on due date (Homework will be reduced by 35 points if not submitted by due date).

YOU MAY NOT SUBMIT YOUR ASSIGNMENT VIA EMAIL.

BE CERTAIN THAT YOUR ASSIGNMENT IS HANDED TO THE INSTRUCTOR IN CLASS ON DUE DATE.

Prior to participating in this assignment, be certain that you have thoroughly read the following required ChS 306 book:

Chicanos And Film: Representation and Resistance

Chon Noriega

University of Minnesota Press

ISBN-10: 0816622183

ISBN-13: 978-0816622184

Description:

Each student is required to view a total of three (3) of the following online films + television programs listed below (details listed below). These films are available on DVD via Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles County Library, Santa Monica Library, Beverly Hills Library, CSUN Oviatt Library, and other public library systems as well as are available for daily rental at and at Videotheque (South Pasadena) as well as other video rental stores. Some films are available on-demand via Netflix and on YouTube. Most listed films are available in DVD format for sale via Amazon or other online retailers.

Each student must view (from start to finish):

Baby Kake

Directed by Harry Gamboa Jr.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYi2V8xR6wQ

Each student must locate any two (2) of the films listed below, then rent, borrow, download, or buy for viewing (from start to finish) the complete films.

CLICK on hyperlink below each work to view film/tv program free online trailers:

Los Olvidados directed by Luis Buñuel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBDgOrB76Rk

Touch of Evil

Directed by

Orson Welles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Oqn2hMp1M

American Me

Directed by

Edward James Olmos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS-kGp0Fjho

Cabeza de Vaca

Directed by

Nicolás Echevarría

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j2-qOregtk

The King

Directed by Milo Addica

Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-lUs84pvbk

Pan’s Labyrinth

Directed by

Guillermo del Toro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Evmr2ZCjWc

Machete

Directed by

Robert Rodriguez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I16020r--oM

Breaking Bad (Entire Six Seasons)

Creator: Vince Gilligan Starring: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ8daibM3AE

End of Watch

Directed by David Ayer

Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Anna Kendrick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K5noYvwdgQ

Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia directed by

Sam Peckinpah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPaUPU9xdgM

You must write a 4-page essay:

The essay must be typed using either Helvetica or Times New Roman fonts, point size 12, double-spaced. Do not include any graphics, drawings, photographs, charts, or sketches. Use only white paper. Use only black ink. Prior to submitting the essay, be certain to place staple on upper left corner (the title page must appear on top of the five-page essay).

Title Page

(title page should include the following centered on page:

Chicana/os/Mexican: Films and TV

Also add the following information at lower right of this page:

Your Name (as it appears on your student I.D. card)

CH S 306 THE CHICANO/A IN FILMS

TuTh 11:00AM-12:15PM

Spring 2018

Gamboa

4-Page essay

Read the following to formulate an effective essay:

Be certain to write a well thought out narrative that fully expresses your film/tv viewing experiences, makes clear connections to the readings, and that also makes the essay a worthwhile read.

It is suggested that each written page should contain two (2) paragraphs each, i.e., your complete essay should consist of eight (8) paragraphs.

When writing your essay, include aspects about your viewing experience in relation to your observations, reactions, and thoughts resulting from the content and style of the films/tv programs viewed for this project.

How are Chicana/os and Mexicans portrayed in the three (3) films/tv programs that you have viewed for this project?

Do you feel that portrayals Chicana/os and Mexicans are subject to stereotypes? If so, in what way? Provide examples from your viewing of selected films.

How are Chicana/os and Mexicans valued culturally in these selected films/tv? Does it appear that other cultural groups are valued at a different level of social status? If so, in what way? Provide examples from your viewing of selected films.

What is your opinion regarding film/tv viewing? Is it an important aspect of you life experience? If so, in what way?

Do you utilize film/tv viewing as a method of acquiring broad social, cultural, informational, economic, and English language usage knowledge? If so, in what way?

How has film/tv viewing affected the way you understand your role in society to be important?

Do you view film/tv viewing only as entertainment? If so, in what way?

How does the format of screen (personal device, computer, television, video monitor, projection screen) of viewing the film/tv program affect your viewing experience?

Explain whether your appreciation of film viewing in relation to the representation of Chicana/os and Mexicans in film media has been enhanced by this project.

How do the three (3) films/tv programs viewed for this assigned project compare with all of the other films/tv programs that you have viewed throughout your lifetime?

Be certain, to include proper spelling for titles of films and the names of directors, actors, writers.