Discuss what you have politically learned from the film and describe the political views of the movie
MOVIE REVIEW FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE /American Government
Directions: Choose any film to review and write a 3-4 page (max.), double-spaced typewritten essay (per film) discussing the political themes of the film. Font 12. Discuss what you have politically learned from the film and describe the political views of the movie. Do NOT discuss/include the actors, directors, and others involved with the film-making process. ONLY discuss the story and the themes of the film!!
Argo
The Promise
Lincoln
The Conspirator
Inside Job
Recount
Frost/Nixon
Syriana
Munich
Good Night and Good Luck
Hotel Rwanda
And the Band Played On
Born on the Fourth of July
JFK
Malcolm X
The Manchurian Candidate (either version)
All the President’s Men
Wag The Dog
Primary Colors
Birth of a Nation (silent film)
Ghosts of Mississippi
Mississippi Burning
A Soldier’s Story
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Burning Season
Missing (1982 film)
All the Kings Men
Antz
Bob Roberts
Bulworth
The Candidate
The China Syndrome
The Missiles of October
Nixon
Reds
V for Vendetta
Rendition
Charlie Wilson’s War
Blood Diamond
Thank You for Smoking
Thirteen Days
Traffic
The Contender
The Quiet American
Milk
American History X
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Dead Man Walking
Gideon’s Trumpet
Breach
Fair Game
An American President
Ides of March
House of Cards
A Bridge Too Far
Trumbo
The Big Short
The Man in the High Castle
Documentaries
Letter to the President
Poverty, Inc.
638 Ways to Kill Castro
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
The War Room
Waco: The Rules of Engagement
Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam
Panama Deception
Coverup: Behind the Iran-Contra Scandal
8: the Mormon Proposition
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Sicko
Shut Up and Sing
Run Granny Run
Hacking Democracy
Outfoxxed
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Man
Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train
The People Speak
In Pot We Trust
Sacco and Vanzetti
A Crude Awakening
The Road to Guantanamo
Uncovered: the War on Iraq
What Would Jesus Buy?
The Peace!
The Fog of War
Fahrenheit 911
Bowling For Columbine
Roger & Me
Capitalism: A Love Story
Cadillac Desert
Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room
Mighty Times: the Legacy of Rosa Parks
Wal Mart: the high cost of low prices
An Inconvenient Truth
The Corporation
With God On Our Side
Unprecedented: the 2000 Presidential Election
Frost/Nixon: the Original Watergate Interview
Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
John Lennon v. the United States
The People v. Larry Flynt
Outrage
The Cove
By the People: the Election of Barack Obama
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
The Corporation
Food, Inc.
Crude
Poverty, Inc.
Requiem for the American Dream
Salam Neighbor
13th (Netflix only)
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