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Film Review of Cry Freedom

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1. Who was your favorite character from the film? Why? From the beginning, when Doctor Ramphele came out on scene I thought she was going to be one of my favorite characters. She doesn't allow any person to despise her or "look at less" simply because she has black skin color, she imposes herself in front of whites and I love that. And, obviously Steve Biko and Donald Woods for the fight that each one does, and the relationship that they come to form 2. What was your favorite scene from the film? Why? There were several parts of the movie that I liked a lot, like when Donald Woods says "don't blame all the whites for apartheid" or when Biko confronts the judge and he says that they use violence, but Steve tells him that they are now in a confrontation but there is no violence applied. Also small details like when Woods's children embrace the maid to celebrate the new year. However, one of the scenes that I liked the most was Biko's...

Film Review of Catch a Fire

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1. In general, what did you like and dislike about the film? This movie was very different from the previous ones mainly because it's about normal people, and that's one of the things I liked the most.  We can observe a black man having a normal life, where it's shows that he is being educated next to white men (even if he's sitting at the end of the room). The scenography or setting was also something that I liked and I noticed too much. There was a big difference between the dwellings of the whites and the blacks, since in the first one you see everything green and with water to spare, while that of the others is completely dry and brown. In addition, whenever the whites did an outdoor activity, we see industries, or the plant actually, in the background. And, finally, the scene that I liked the most was when they made a comparison of the singing. The whites sang celebrating the genocide they had committed and gave them recognition medals, while the blacks sang...