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2. Several comprehension questions from the readings. You will have seen
the film before doing the readings, and afterwards too, so you’ll know what
kind of information students would need a background explanation for.
4. A presentation of the film that you would present to the class. This may
be in PowerPoint form, a narrative, etc., and can cover historical, cultural or
biographic materials, depending on the slide.
6. An essay question AND your essay, combining the film, readings and blog
questions.
The Night of the Iguana:
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3668181273/
http://crackle.com/c/El_Mariachi/El_Mariachi/2448560#ml=fcmt%3d82%26fp
[The 2nd link is to the film itself]
Antonieta:
A French psychologist investigates about famous suicidal women. She
finds the case of Antonieta Rivas Mercado, a Mexican writer who died
inside Paris' Notre Dame in 1931. To follow the investigation she
travels to Mexico to reveal her life.
Apocalypto:
As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the
key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human
sacrifices. Jaguar Paw, a young man captured for sacrifice,
flees to avoid his fate.
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1843462937/
Cuento de hadas para dormir cocordrilos/A Fairy Tale to Put Crocodiles to
Sleep:
After being abandoned by his wife and informed that his father is ill, a
young Mexican man returns to his ancestral home and confronts the
ghosts of his family's past.
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=mS9TL2fdOrA&feature=PlayList&p=95F4269
Flama and Moko are fourteen years old; they have been best friends since
they were kids. They have everything they need to survive yet another
boring Sunday: an apartment without parents, videogames, porn magazines,
soft drinks and pizza delivery. The electricity company, Rita, the neighbor,
Ulises, a pizza deliveryman, eleven seconds, the Real Madrid-Manchester
game, some chocolate brownies and a horrible painting of ducks, all combine
to break the harmony of what promised to be a placid Sunday, and reveal
issues such as the parents' divorce, loneliness, the confusion between
El espejo de la bruja / The Witch’s Mirror:
A husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a
witch's mirror to take her revenge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbRH7sKnog0
An explorer in the New World braves the wrath of man and the fury of
nature to transcend time and become legend in an epic adventure
detailing the remarkable achievements of Eusebio Francisco Kino, better
known to history scholars as Padre Kino. Despite the many obstacles in his
way, Padre Kino's passion for exploration drove him to accomplish what
few dared to even attempt in the New World. With Native Americans,
Spanish soldiers, the Catholic Church, and even nature itself challenging
him, Padre Kino's remarkable endurance and unbreakable will would
eventually earn him a place in the history books and inspire future
generations of explorers to take their fate into their own hands no matter
what the cost.
Su Excelencia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9EFkTKx0So
The Passion of Berenice/La pasion según Berenice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAMlwcJchoQ
Two siblings rival each other inside the world of
professional soccer