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#1 Learning outcome: Identify, compare, and differentiate critical issues related to Latin American history and culture.

I chose to enroll in this class because I needed an art distributive course. I have been exposed to and enjoy many latino cultures, the Latin American film component sparked my interest. This course opened my eyes to critical issues that I had not been previously aware of. We were pushed to analyze events in political and social context which was sometimes difficult for me, but I am grateful for the eye opening challenge. I was not previously aware of the "disappeared" in Argentina and enjoyed learning about it  and viewing the film Cautiva. After taking this course, I will continue to research other important critical issues in Latin America and view films in a different, more educated manner.

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Learning Outcome: Identify, compare, and differentiate critical issues related to Latin American history and culture.

I chose to enroll in this class because I needed a culture cluster for a major requirement and I saw the word "film" in the title and thought I would passively be viewing Spanish films. This class turned out be surprisingly challenging, but in the most beneficial way possible. Dr. Pagan brought to my attention tragic, historical events that occurred in Latin America that I had never even heard of. We were encouraged to analyze these events in a social and political context  and come to our own individual understandings about the various impacts that each of these events had on the Latin American community. The film that struck me the most was Captive, and just learning about the disappeared in general because there are still people today who do not know their true identity. I learned that these films were made to show the sides of these historical events that were oppressed by those in power--the side of the people who usually suffered the most.

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1.) Identify, compare, and differentiate critical issues related to Latin American history and culture.

Before this class I had previously taken a few culture classes about Latin America. These courses really sparked my interest in the topic and I wanted to learn more and I still want to further my knowledge. After taking Latin America on Film, I can truly say that I have learned a lot. I believe that I will go back and watch them again because I really enjoyed them. I liked Motorcycle Diaries and Captive the most. Motorcycle Diaries really opened the door of Che for me. I had always heard of him but never knew much and whether that movie was biased or not it was still very cool. Most importantly, when comparing American film to Latin American film, it seems that Latin America does not hesitate to show exactly what went on. It's an enlightening movement that I found extremely interesting. My sister is currently working in Brazil and this class got me one step closer to purchasing that plane ticket!

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1. Identify, compare, and differentiate critical issues related to Latin American history and culture.

When I enrolled in this class I did not expect to learn about the issues related to Latin America. But as time went on I learned about some issues that I never even knew about, and I became better informed on issues I already had knowledge about. A huge eye opener was the movie Captive, I never in all my years of schooling learned about the disappeared and the military dictatorship of Argentina. Up until last year I never knew about the water wars. After taking this class, I decided to start reading up on some issues that other countries face, and not just the stories you read in the newspaper, but the deeper more intimate issues that people in different countries face.

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Identify, compare, and differentiate critical issues related to Latin American history and culture.

This is one class that I can actually say I learned something valuable in. I came in this class expecting to simply watch a few historically based Latin American films and write summaries about them. I had no clue about the societal issues that the Latin American population faced until watching these movies. I think the issue that most surprised me was learning about the disappeared parents in Argentina, by watching the film Cuativa (Gaston Biraben) and how there were thousands of lost children who were illegal adopted. As an African American male growing up in America, I was already bothered by the fact that I don’t learn enough about the struggles my culture has faced in this country. But they could at least educate us about huge injustices that other countries face. That is why I am so thankful for this class.

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Employ media literacy and textual analysis skills to interpret ideas and messages in film and audiovisual media.

I will never blindly watch another movie again. This is also one of the first times I was actually taught about media literacy. We were taught how to thoroughly analyze films in the following elements: visual elements, sound, rhythm, discourse, tone, perspective, empathy.  While taking film notes, we were taught to not focus so much on the plot, but to focus more on things like why the director used a specific angle, or the lighting and other elements. All of these things, taught me to appreciate the effort of directors and film writers a lot more.

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I've learned so much about Latin American culture that I hadn't previously been fortunate enough to learn prior. Every film that we've watched this semester dealt with various inequalities that the Latin people have faced since the beginning of time. Up until this semester I'd never known about Hatuey or the Water Wars, or the Missing people, Sexiling or even Che which is hard to believe because all of these things are very significant. I say all that to say, what I took out of this class experience more than anything is how hidden the United States keeps a lot of things that happened in other countries secret but that's and because it's important to educate everyone about everything that goes on whether it's in the U.S or not. This class made me want to do more research about other countries for this reason because I don't want to be ignorant about any other culture when I know I don't have to be. I'm happy that films like this are made and not just f;ashy ones like the majority of the ones that come from Hollywood studios.

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Kerri Rickards
Question # 6:
I chose this scene from the film "Even the Rain" directed by Iciar Bollain, and applied some of the active film-viewing proficiencies we learned in class.
Right away, I noticed the sound element in this scene. While the government and film crew are comfortably indoors drinking champagne, you can hear the chants and protests of the Indigenous protestors in the background, which represents their fight to be heard. I also noticed the the tone which was non-fiction. The way the government talks about their reasoning for increasing water prices is very similar to how they dealt with the issue in real life in 2000. I think one of the most important elements I noticed in this scene was the discourse. It shows the complete irony of the director and film crew. When Sebastian calls out the government for increasing the price of water by 300% for people who make $2 a day, he is then reminded that $2 is what he pays the same people for his movie.

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Even the Rain Clip: "If the Price of Water Increases 300% How Can People Making $2 a Day Afford It"

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Sebastian (Gael Garcia Bernal) and Costa (Luis Tosar) go to a reception for the film crew at a government office in Cochabamba. Outside the water protests are brewing. They question the 300% water cost increase and the official they question turns the tables on them. Directed by Iciar Bollain.

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