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Select a popular film (i.e. a film for the mass market, not a documentary, even if it is for mass consumptionNO programs found on the A&E Channel or the like) whose base is an event, personage, time period, or issue grounded in Immigration History. There is a wide variety of these–some old but others new releases. SOME SUGGESTIONS BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE ONLY ONES:
POPULAR MOVIES
IRISH
Brooklyn 2016 [Irish immigration to 1950s NYC]
The Brothers McMullen 1995 [Irish in Long Island, NY]
Far and Away: 1992 (Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman). [Immigration through NYC and into Western Lands]
In America 2002 [Irish in 1950s NYC]
The Molly McGuires 1970 [Pennsylvania Coal Miners; Secret Society of militant coal miners battle exploitation.
ITALIANS
The Black Hand 1973 [1950s Extortion in NYC]
The Godfather II 1974 [Sicilian with Immigration Backstory]
Nuovomondo 2006 [Italian Immigrationto US through Ellis Island]
Sacco and Vanzetti 1971 [Two Italian Anarchists in the 1920s]
Southie 1999 [Irish in Boston]
Tarentella 1995 [Italian-American in NJ]
The Untouchables 1987 (Kevin Costner) [Italian Mob in the US]
Vendetta 1999 (Christopher Walken) { 19th Century Italian-Americans]
JEWISH
Avalon 1990 [Early 20th Century Russian Jewish Immigrants in Baltimore} You Tube
Brighton Beach 1986 (Bette Midler) [Jews/Russians]
My Yiddishe Momme McCoy 1991 [Jewish marries Irish in the US]
EUROPEAN SINCE 1800s
America America 1963 {Greek/Turkish Immigration]
“An American Rhapsody” 2001 (Communist Hungarians to the US)
Dancer in the Dark 2000 [Czechoslovakian in the Western US]
Green Card 1990 {Marriage for a Green Card to stay in the US from France]
Heavens Gate 1980 [Wyoming in the 1890s where Eastern European Immigrants fight for free land a fictionalized account of the Johnson County Wars]
The Immigrant 2013 [Polish Ellis Island 1921]
Moscow on the Hudson 1984
My Big Fat Greek Wedding2002
The New Land 1972 [Swedish in Minnesota in the mid-19th century]
O Pioneers 1992 [Swedish in Nebraska in the early 20th Century]
ASIAN/SOUTH ASIAN/SOUTHEAST ASIAN
Alamo Bay 1985 [Vietnamese Immigrants move to Alamo Bay, Texas Conflict with Vietnam Veteran]
Gran Torino: 2008 [Hmong Ethnic group China/Vietnam, Laos, Thailand] You Tube
The Joy Luck Club 1993 [Chinese]
Lingua Franca 2019 [Undocumented Filipina Trans Woman working for Russians in Brighton Beach in search of a Green Card]
Minari 2020 [Koreans in Arkansas]
A Mothers Story 2011 [Filipino]
Namesake 2006 [East Indian] You Tube
Pushing Hands 1991 [Taiwanese Culture in NYC]
Warrior Series HBO MAX, 2 Seasons 2019 [Episode Itchy Onion on You Tube)
LATIN AMERICAN (Mexico to Argentina)
Balseros 2002 [Cuba] eVideo
A Better Life 2011 You Tube [Mexican Illegal in Los Angeles]
Born in East L.A. 1987 [Cheech Marin)
A Day Without Mexicans 2004
El Nort
e 1983 [Mayans from Central America to the US]
Made in L..A.2015 [Latina Women} FSU Library eVideo through Kanopy
McFarland, USA 2015 (Kevin Costner) [Hispanics in New Mexico]
The Perez Family 1995 [Cuban Refugees come together to create a family]
Popi 1969 [Puerto Rican}
Sugar 2008 [Dominican drafted to Play Baseball in the US]
Wasp Network 2019 [Cubans in the 1990s US]
Westside Story 1961 [Puerto Ricans vs. Whites]
AFRICA
Anchor Baby 2010 [Nigerian Illegals]
The Good Lie 2003 (Reese Witherspoon) [Relation to the US of the Lost Boys from what will become South Sudan]
MIDDLE EAST/MUSLIM
Amreeka 2009 [Palestinians from the West Bank move to Post 9/11 suburbs of Chicago]
The Big Sick 2017
The House of Sand and Fog 2003 [Iranian; Traditional Bonds in the family; Honor of Successful Immigrants]
Man Push Cart 2005 [Pakistani man goes from being a rock star to selling coffee from a push cart]
The Visitor 2007 [Illegal from Syria with Senegalese girlfriend in Post 9/11 NYC]
INTRODUCTION: Why did you choose this film. What is your interest in the Ethnic Group? History, Immigration Experience, Or Culture? Check the Rubric – 15 pts.
Assess the HISTORIC CONTEXT. Gather historical information about the Ethnic Group, History and Culture that it brought to the US . Begin with your textbook by reading only the pages dealing with the topic. Choose books in the library by historians on the topic–may include biographies, autobiographies. Check the Rubric = Historical Context Comparison 20 pts.
Using THREE sources other than your textbook, gather the historical perspective about your topic. TAKE NOTES CREATE A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES THREE HISTORICAL AND ONE FILM REVIEW.
Bibliography: If you are using INTERNET SOURCES, the CITATION FORM is AUTHOR (if there is one), Title, (in quotes), the URL, AND the Date you accessed it. LOSE 20 POINTS IF THERE IS NO BIBLIOGRAPHY Check the Rubric = 20 pts.
MUST HAVE CITATIONS/FOOT NOTES/END NOTES: Choose your Citation Format that goes with your major. Check the Rubric = 15 pts.
5. See the film
6. Write your PERSONAL EVALUATION OF THE CONTENT “The Immigrant Experience”
A brief summary of the HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THIS ETHNIC GROUP And its arrival to the US that gives you the basis for critical review of the film (PUSH-PULL Factors) Check the Rubric = 20 pts.
How is this history and culture used as the historical context by the film (not necessarily the plot)?
Pick FIVE ITEMS that are present in both the historical and cultural record and portrayed by the film. Discuss them in COMPARATIVE FORM WITH A CITATION. Check the Rubric = 25 pts.
Please note any glaring errors in the presentation of the film from period costumes to omissions of vital facts or other historical gaffs.
Give YOUR PERSONAL evaluation of the film AS A VEHICLE FOR ACCURATE HISTORICAL PORTRAYAL OR A VEHICLE FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF THE HISTORY OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE US. Does the film portray the events and society so that someone who had not done the research clearly and accurately understand the period
7. CONCLUSION