Social Justice Films Formal Analysis
In the short film “ A Young Immigrant Struggles for a College Education ” the artist/director Mimi Schiffman uses good audio show the emotion and frustration an immigrant feels about trying to save for college. Frisly Soberanis struggles to pay for college because he is an immigrant. A stereotype that immigrants around the world have is that they do not finish their education and so they don’t deserve it. I believe that anyone, no matter what race/ethnicity you are, deserves an education.
In the short film “THE LASTING FEAR OF FLINT’S WATER CRISIS ” the artist/director Zackary Canepari and Jessica Dimmock uses sound effects of the flowing and dripping of water and close up shots of peoples faces to show how the water crisis is affecting the people. The people in this short film talks about the pros and cons of water and how they do not trust the water. It also shows how most people do not have basic rights for water. Their emotions and issues about the importance of water makes it clear that water is needed and can’t go to waster. Water needs to be clean with no bacteria.
In the short film “Mo’Ne Davis: Throw Like a Girl” the artist/director ,uses history and stereotypes to show that males can only play sports and that woman can’t do what males do. Spike Lee does a blog about Mo’Ne Davis who is a pitcher for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The film shows and explains the typical stereotypes of males vs females and that males are better in sports than females.