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--- 329:question:329--week_12_questions_comments [2016/11/17 07:08] – [2 Things the Movie got right] dhawkins
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 One issues that the movie addressed really well was the uneasiness of wanting to support of the boycott. It was clear in the movie that some knew that it was going to be difficult and something that really didn’t want to do.Another point that was portrayed well was closeted supporters. Miriam, during Christmas, knew that she had to keep her thoughts to herself. She tells Mary Catherine that she cannot tell her dad and she looks at Odessa pleading for her not to tell that she has been giving rides. Supporters who decided to stand with the cause only when it was convenient for them were as much the problem was those who were outright against desegregation.  --- //[[abrooks6@umw.edu|Brooks Anna R.]] 2016/11/16 22:09//
+I thought it was interesting that the film touched on, but didn't really explicitly say, that the Civil Rights movement at this time was very religiously oriented and began with church groups in the South. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a reverend, and many of the early Civil Rights leaders were religious leaders. In one scene we see the Council meeting juxtaposed to the church meeting with a cross hanging above the pulpit in the middle of the screen. But at no point do we see the groups really doing much outside of the church besides waiting for rides at the carpool lot. In the end, we hear the women at the carpool lot sing a hymn. I wasn't sure if the filmmakers felt they adequately addressed this part of history through imagery and the church meetings, or if they wanted to avoid making that aspect of the history too explicit so as not to divide their audiences in 1990.
+ --- //[[dhawkins@umw.edu|Hawkins Daniel C.]] 2016/11/17 01:09//
+What significance did Mary Catherine’s older sister play? Was it stated what college she went to? She made a few negative comments about her hometown not being progressive or it was stuck in the past, or something to that effect. --- //[[khaynes3@umw.edu|Haynes, Kelly E.]] 2016/11/17 01:46//
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 I think the film got right Southern white womens’ place, subordinate to her husband. While I can definitely see the ‘90s intermingling with the plot, mainly the hint of feminism without being directly overt about it. However, I think Miriam’s fear of her husband was very real. Her husband served as the provider of her house and therefore she had to conform to him. She was supposed to be seen as pristine because she’s white and when they raid the carpool place, they equate her as black.
  --- //[[ejames@umw.edu|James, Emily B.]] 2016/11/16 23:32//
+I thought it was interesting that they never showed MLK Jr. I suppose that was to focus on the story at hand and not be another piece of media focusing on MLK. I really liked Miriam finding her place in the struggle for race equality. Seeing the two women, dealing with the same social problem in two different aspects was good from a historical perspective because the story is less one-sided.  --- //[[khaynes3@umw.edu|Haynes, Kelly E.]] 2016/11/17 01:46//