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Week 6 Practitioner Assignment Movie List

For your Week 6 Practitioner Assignment, you will need to rent, buy, borrow, or otherwise obtain one of the following movies to watch. Begin planning how and when you will do so. Consider the public library, Netflix, Redbox, Amazon, or iTunes. In addition, you may want to visit www.canistream.it to find out where you can purchase movies for online viewing.

For general information on the movies and access to trailers, please follow this link:

http://www.imdb.com/

If you would like information on how to understand the ratings of the movies, please follow this link: http://www.mpaa.org/ratings/how-to-read-a-rating.

Select one of the following films to view for your Assignment:

1. Bend It Like Beckham

Chadha, G. (Director). (2002). Bend it like Beckham [Motion picture]. United States: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Rating: PG-13

A British-born teenage girl, Jess, lives in London with her Indian parents and dreams of being a football star like the renowned player, David Beckham.

2. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Madden, J. (Director). (2011). The best exotic Marigold Hotel [Motion picture]. United States: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Rating: PG-13

Several British retirees respond to an advertisement to retire at a hotel in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. The hotel turns out to be unfinished and the characters experience various transitional situations as they deal with cultural and life stage changes.

3. Hotel Rwanda

George, T. (Director). (2004). Hotel Rwanda [Motion picture]. United States: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment.

Rating: PG-13

This film is based on a true story of an interethnic couple that gets involved with protecting Tutsi refugees from Hutu militia by hosting them in the luxury hotel that the couple owns.

4. The Gods Must Be Crazy

Uys, J. (Director). (2004). The gods must be crazy [Motion picture]. United States: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment.

Rating: PG

This film is an allegory where ancient civilization meets modern. A tribal man attempts to return a Coke bottle to the gods who he believes have dropped it because it disrupts the village life.

5. Babel

Iñárritu, A. (Director). (2006). Babel [Motion picture]. United States: Paramount Home Entertainment.

Rating: R

Four interrelated intercultural stories are interwoven in a plot that is presented out of sequence. The situations involve the characters being located in Morocco, Mexico, the United States, and Japan.

6. Monsoon Wedding

Nair, M. (Director). (2001). Monsoon wedding [Motion picture]. United States: Universal Studios.

Rating: R

Set in New Delhi, India, the film follows events leading up to an arranged Punjabi/Hindi wedding. Many romantic entanglements and chaotic family situations emerge as the preparations move forward for an elaborate wedding.

7. My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Zwick, J. (Director). (2002). My big fat Greek wedding [Motion picture]. United States: HBO Home Video.

Rating: PG

A single girl from a large Greek family faces pressures to get married. She falls in love with a man that is not Greek and must work through issues with family expectations to marry the man she loves.

8. Under the Tuscan Sun

Wells, A. (Director). (2003). Under the Tuscan sun [Motion picture]. United States: Touchstone Home Entertainment.

Rating: PG-13

A woman in her 40s impulsively buys a home in Tuscany to start over after a losing her husband to a younger woman and to overcome her writer’s block. Her home requires extensive repairs and she hires some Polish immigrants to assist with the work. In spite of setbacks, she finds happiness in new friendships and a new love.

9. The Invention of Lying

Gervais, R. (Director). (2010). The invention of lying [Motion picture]. United States: Warner Home Video.

Rating: PG-13

In this comedy, a struggling writer lives in a world in which people only tell the complete truth. He tells a lie one day and discovers he can get anything he wants except for love.

10. The Book Thief

Percival, B. (Director). (2013). The book thief [Motion picture]. United States: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Rating: PG-13

A young German girl steals books and learns to read to cope with the harsh living conditions during WW II. She adjusts to living with adoptive parents and a Jewish refugee hidden in the basement.

11. Crash

Haggis, P. (Director). (2005). Crash [Motion picture]. United States: Lions Gate Entertainment.

Rating: R

A group of racially diverse people are forced to interact because of a car crash in Los Angeles.

12. Avatar

Cameron, J. (Director). (2010). Avatar [Motion picture]. United States: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Rating: PG-13

A paraplegic marine is given an assignment on a remote moon meant for his scientist identical twin. The assignment involves utilizing an avatar body to infiltrate the native population of the moon and protect mining operations.

13. Empire of the Sun

Spielberg, S. (Director). (2001). Empire of the sun [Motion picture]. United States: Warner Home Video.

Rating: PG

In a screen adaptation of an autobiographic novel, the life of a young boy from a privileged background is suddenly upturned by the Japanese invasion of China in 1941.

14. Slumdog Millionaire

Boyle, D., & Tandan, L. (Directors). (2009). Slumdog millionaire [Motion picture]. United States: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Rating: R

An 18-year old orphan is forced to tell his life story to prove his innocence when he is accused of cheating on a game show to win a million dollars.

15. Lost in Translation

Coppola, S. (Director). (2003). Lost in translation [Motion picture]. United States: Universal Studios Home Video.

Rating: R

A photographer and actor are brought together while working in Tokyo and form an unlikely relationship.

16. Mississippi Massala

Nair, M. (Director). (2003). Mississippi massala [Motion picture]. United States: Columbia TriStar Home Video.

Rating: R

The daughter of an Indian family exiled from Uganda falls in love with an African-American man and causes family tension.

17. The White Masai

Huntgeburth, H. (Director). (2006). The white Masai [Motion picture]. Germany: Hopscotch Entertainment..

Rating: This movie is not rated.

A Swiss businesswoman goes to Kenya for vacation and falls in love with a Masai warrior. They marry and have a daughter, but their differences begin to drive them

apart as a family. The woman and her daughter end up returning to Switzerland because the differences are too difficult to overcome.