Thursday, May 15, 2008

How we perceive Brazilian women




Which of the female characters presented in class had the strongest impact on you?

Do you feel that the female characters from Brazilian cinema presented in class were shot from a voyeuristic POV?

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Hip Hop & Baile Funk

Comment on:

Brazilian Hip Hop vs USAmerican Hip Hop

Gangster Rap vs Rap Prohibidao

The global journey of beats in the formation of Baile Funk music


Rappin' Hood





Brazilian Graffiti in the streets & sewers & gallery

Friday, April 25, 2008

Purple State of Mind returns!


Encore Screening of Purple State of Mind at the RiverRun Film Festival this Sunday 4/27 at 4PM at the Sawtooth Center. 

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Violence in Brazil


Manda Bala

Which character in this documentary was most sympathetic and why?

Hows does corruption in Brazil and the United States differ?

Your thoughts on the editorial juxtapositions in the film.


Wiki on Funk

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Cidade dos Homens (Film)

Stereotype?

Realistic Portrayal?

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Cidade dos Homens (TV)


Your thoughts on the complexity of the cycle of violence in the favelas of Rio.


 
Comment on the filmmaking techniques in City of Men, The Emperor's Crown.

Discuss the seamless transition between narrative and documentary footage.

Did the narrative realistically portray issues of life in the favelas as presented in the two class handouts?