ethno film study
Sin Nombre: Arrests along the Mexican border
2000 - 1.6 million 2011 - 340k 2014 - 229k 2020 - 450k
Moonlight: What is the population of Liberty CIty
26,000
Intouchables: What percentage of the France population are immigrants?
9%
Blind Spotting:
A movie of two friends (one white, Miles, one black, Collin) Collin is on his last three days of probation and watches another black person get shot by a cop
Kingdom:
Action film with FBI travels to Saudi Arabia. MA study of conflict arising from government bureaucracy and cultural differences.
Kingdom: 1995
American Zhseten? (couldn't read his handwriting)
Kingdom: 2003
Attack on Foreign compound
Kingdom: 2001
August: Abdullah Letter September Saudi Response
Kingdom: 1996
Bin Laden's war on america
Moonlight:
Chirons journey throughout his life trying to find his place with his sexuality along with having a drug addicted mom
Blind Spotting: Who wrote and produced?
Dandeed Diggs (Collin) and Rafael Casal (Miles) the two stars are the authors
Sin Nombre: Who is the main character?
El Casper "Willy"
Sin Nombre: What makes up the Northern Triangle?
El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
Sin Nombre: Who is the 12 year old joining the gang?
El Smiley
Sin Nombre: Characteristics of members of MS 13
Face tattoos hand gestures/greetings 13 second beat down
Moonlight: What academy award did Moonlight win?
First ALL black cast to win best film academy award Moonlight:
Moonlight: What award did Juan in the movie win?
First Muslim (Ali) to win best supporting actor award
Kingdom: 1990
Gulf wars
Winter's Bones: What is framing theory?
Having an idea about a place without actually going
Sin Nombre: Info about the Northern Triangle
Highest homicide rate 40% of the population live on $3 per day
Kingdom: What happened from 1744-1900?
Holy Alliance -> Mohammed WAHHAB an orthodox Muslim
Kingdom: 1901
Ibh Saud
Sin Nombre: What are the conviction rates in Texas?
Illegal immigrants: 899/100k Legal immigrants: 611/100k Native born: 1,797/100k
Sin Nombre: Why have the arrest along the mexican border fluxuated?
Increased border surveillance Mexican drug cartels Economic downturn in US Smaller families
Kingdom: 1982
Iran/Iraq war
Sin Nombre: How did they fund drug raids?
Kidnapping
Kingdom: 1963
King Fasa's Modernization
Kingdom: 1932
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Moonlight: Where is the first federal public housing in the south?
Liberty City (Miami Florida) commissioned by FDR
Sin Nombre: What gang is feature in the movie?
MS 13 gang made up of Salvadorians formed in US prisons
Crossing Over: What 7 nationalities were shown in the film?
Mexico, Australia, Korea, Bangladesh, England, Iran. Nigeria
Intouchables: what does quadriplegic mean?
No use of arms or legs
Kingdom: 1974
Oil boom
Winter's Bones: Where does this film take place?
Ozarks, MO very patriarchal society with sinkholes and caves
Intouchables: Where do most immigrants in France live?
Paris and they are very poor
Sin Nombre: What is the replacement rate?
People dying to the people being born. The replacement rate is 2.2 kids, US is 1.9
Intouchables: who is the main character?
Phillippe - a very wealthy French man who is quadriplegic
Sin Nombre: Who is the girl in the film?
Sayra
Kingdom: What are the two types of Muslims?
Sunni and Shia
Crossing Over: 1868
US passed the 14th amendment (anyone born in the US is a citizen)
Intouchables: What are friendships based on in France?
Wealth
Intouchables: is this based on a true story?
Yes
Kingdom: 1979
Zohots seize mosque at mecca
Intouchables:
a movie where Phillippee hires Driss to take care of him because he is quadriplegic and they become great friends
Crossing Over: What was homeland security an umbrella organization over?
border enforcement citizen/immigration services immigrant customs enforcement (ICE)
Crossing Over: 1870
congress said African Americans could be naturalized citizens but not Chinese
Crossing Over: 2003
creation of homeland security
Winter's Bones: Who is "Teardrop"?
dangerous uncle
Blind Spotting: What are the causes of gentrification?
demographics (demand for supplies is up), socio culture (change of lifestyle), political economics, community network (people like to interact), social movements, transportation
Crossing Over: 1868-69
each state had its own immigration laws
Crossing Over: What is an alien?
somebody lacking citizenship
Moonlight: what is an ally?
straight person who supports LGBTQ+
Crossing Over: 1877
supreme court ruled immigration was a federal matter
Crossing Over: Why were Chinese not allowed to be naturalized in 1870?
target exclusion of Asians or Chinese because in addition to the booms, railroads were being built and wanted them for that not to take up American jobs
Blind Spotting: What does "gentrification" mean?
the process of renovating housing to conform to middle class taste (example: Kansas city river market and crossroads area)
Sin Nombre: Average amount of kids for mexican families over the years
1970: 6.8 kids 1990: 3.4 kids 2012: 2.2 kids
Crossing Over:
movie about immigrates trying to move to or stay in the US
Moonlight: What percentage of people have a highschool diploma or not and have a bachelors degree?
no highschool diploma: 27% highschool diploma: 42% BA/BS: 6%
Crossing Over: What is deportation?
official removal (felony, fail to register, marriage fraud, national security threat)
Kingdom: 1973
oil embargo - Saudi Arabia stopped the flow of oil
Kingdom: 1942
oil security
Winter's Bones: Who is Ree Dolly?
protagonist, 17 year old, takes care of siblings and mom
Crossing Over: 1790
"free white persons of good moral character are invited in"
Moonlight: What were Chiron's nicknames through life?
"little" young child "chiron" young adult "black" adult
Moonlight: What is the median household income
$33k compared to $59k
Winter's Bones: Who is Thump Milton?
(towards end of film) man who controls populous and drug trades
Winter's Bones: What is the importance of St Francis Mountains?
for economics the lime stone, granite, thin soil, and lead mining is important
Sin Nombre:
gang movie where they are trying to cross over the border
Winter's Bones: what kinds of people are in this movie?
german, scotish, native american, baptist religion
Moonlight: Who is Juan?
juan is an ally, he finds chiron when he is little and becomes his friend
Crossing Over: What is honor killing?
killing a family member for dishonoring the family
Kingdom: 1933***
largest known oil deposit in Saudi Arabia
Winter's Bones: How do people make money in this place?
lead mining, logging, meth, avg income is $27-30,000
Intouchables: who is Driss?
lives in "Banlieue" he is a very poor immigrant from sinagog, Northern Africa
Intouchables: 30 % of Frances Gross domestic product is spent on what?
universal health care, education, maternity leave, pension in old age, and unemployment
Winter's Bones:
weird ozark movie where Ree takes care of her siblings because her mom has mental issues and her dad is not around
Winter's Bones: Who are Sonny and Ashlee?
younger siblings of Ree, ashlee is a non actor
