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Film Critiques

Film Critiques. Minimum Requirements. The film critique must have the following format Title of the Film Summarize the major points presented in the film and tie to concepts to our class discussion Outline the strengths and weaknesses of the film Typewritten 1 page

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Film Critiques

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  1. Film Critiques

  2. Minimum Requirements The film critique must have the following format • Title of the Film • Summarize the major points presented in the film and tie to concepts to our class discussion • Outline the strengths and weaknesses of the film • Typewritten • 1 page • Must be submitted the next class after the film was viewed

  3. General Requirements • Spelling and grammar • Double spaced, 12 type font • Paper must be separated into more than one paragraph • No run-on sentences; paper must have coherent points of discussion • Paper must be stapled/paper clipped together.

  4. Breaking of the Huddle:Integration of College Football Main Points Main points are divided into four quarters 1st Quarter (1950-1962) • Birmingham, Alabama; football was state game • Bull Connor, Ross Barnett • Bear Bryant • JFK and James Meredith 2nd Quarter (1963 -1966) • MLK, civil rights, dream speech • Darryl Hill and Jerry Fishman “the onlys”, Lee Corso, Stanley Carmichael, H Rap Brown, Clemson • George Wallace, James Hood and Vivian Malone, • Bear Bryant

  5. Breaking of the Huddle:Integration of College Football Main Points Main points are divided into four quarters 3rd Quarter (1966 SMU) • Historically black schools, Willie Lanier, Morgan State, Eddy Robinson, players drafted, bowl game, maturation process • MSU, UT, Bubba Smith, Duffy, culture shock • Jerry Levias, Hayden Fry, SMU 4th Quarter (1967-1971 UK) • UK, Nat Northington, Greg Page, Wilbur Hackett, Houston Hogg, death/quit, game @ ole miss • Thom Gossum, Auburn, voice on campus, not football • Alabama walk on’s, Dr. Percy L James Jr. suit against Bear, Judge Clemson • NCAA schedule, John Mckay, USC, Sam Cunningham, Tody Smith, Bryant’s reaction, reception outside stadium, Wilbur Johnson, John Mitchell, Bryant Quote, • Role of college FB in integration of South, and African Americans standing up to bigotry

  6. Breaking of the Huddle:Integration of College Football Main Points • Bear Bryant/Fry/ Fishman/Duffy/JFK/Corso and their role in helping integrate college FB in south • Barriers to integration including political leaders: Wallace, Barnett, Connor, and white culture. • Violence against African Americans • Black pioneers of the south: (Meredith, Hill, Hood, Malone, Lanier, Smith, Levias, Page, Hackett, Gossum, Johnson, Mitchell) • Struggle of African American Players

  7. Breaking of the Huddle:Integration of College Football Main point Expectations • Understanding of concepts and themes that relate to class • A majority of the main points in the movie • At least 3 main points • Good depth of film

  8. Class Tie-In Discussion topics • Past films with power of illusion (Race, inferiority, testing, DNA home, etc) • Jack Johnson (Superiority/inferiority, race riots, his boxing style, personality, etc.) • Champions Forever (Ali, Foreman, Norton, etc. with their beliefs and religions, starts in boxing like Foreman with Head Start, war of words, etc.) • Shadow Ball (Differences between white and black players, shadow ball invention, heroes and community involvement, baseball as a business, state of economy etc.)

  9. Class Tie-In Discussion topics • Jim Crow Laws • Stacking • Negro Baseball league • Discrimination/integration/separation • Superiority vs. inferiority • Separate but equal • Slaves • Compensation • Prominent African Americans in Sport • Assigned book Readings • Prior Class discussion/lectures, not covered in that film, but relate to film

  10. Class Tie-In Discussion Requirements • At least 4 sentences of in-depth discussion on the films relation to prior classes or film and why • Accurate • Show what you have learned

  11. Strengths and Weaknesses • Film footage (quality and audio) • Speaker/narrator/host • Something that was not covered in the film • Something that you are passionate about that was covered • Bias • Organization of film • Information was strong/weak and why • Be thorough • Multiple strengths and weaknesses • I did not see any or any other weaknesses or strengths for the film • No credit for this response • At least 1-2 paragraphs covering strengths and weaknesses.

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