Alyssa Beckam - Fruitvale Station

 Fruitvale Station is a american biographical drama film written and directed by Ryan Coogler This movie was based off of a young African american man name Oscar Grant ( played by Micheael B. Jordan ) who is trying very hard to support his girlfriend Sophina and daughter Tatianna . In his last days Oscar and his friends took the train to San Francisco to watch the fireworks on New Years Eve and as Oscar and his friend was headed back home An old inmate he knew try to assault him on the train and when that happen that started a whole disturbance. When they got off the train the police searched everyone. While trying to obtain Grant with him laying face down the officer has him in his possession and threatens him with his gun to the back of his head , While arguing the officer finger slipped and he fired a shot into his back. Grant was rushed to the hospital , but later died .   

Alyssa Beckam - Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Directed by: Spike Lee

Performers: Denzel Washington(Malcolm X/Little), Spike Lee (Shorty), Angela Bassett (Betty), Delroy Lindo 

(West Indian Archie), et al with appearances by Reverend So Sharpton and Nelson Mandela.

40 acres and a Mule/Warner Bros, 1992

Macom X Citation

Dir Spik Lee.

Performers. Denzel Washington ( Malcolm Little ) Spike Lee ( Shorty ), Angela Basset ( Betty ) Delroy Lindo ( West Indian Archie) et al with appearances by Rev Al Sharpton and  Nelson Mandela
40 acres and mute/ Warner Bros, 1992

Malcolm X Laszlo

Malcolm X

Directed by: Spike Lee

Performers: Denzel Washington(Malcolm X/Little), Spike Lee (Shorty), Angela Bassett (Betty), Delroy Lindo (West Indian Archie), et al with appearances by Reverend So Sharpton and Nelson Mandela.

40 acres and a Mule/Warner Bros, 1992

Instead of sitting around and preaching about going back to the land of your origin, get up and leave. If that's how you feel. By all means, no one is going to stop you.

Fruitvale Station - Kameron

Directed and written by Ryan Coogler. This film is based on the events leading to the death of Oscar Grant, a young man who was killed in 2009 by BART police officer Johannes Mehserie at the Fruitvale Bay Area Rapid Transit Station in Oakland California. Oscar Grant, which was played by Michael B. Jordan, was a 22 year old who has been very unsuccessful with obtaining a job. Him and Sophia, which was played by Melonie Diaz, had started to have numerous arguments dealing with their child Tatiana Grant, which was played by Ariana Neal, and also Oscar's infidelities. In the film, it shows Oscar traveling up to San Francisco to indulge in the New Year’s festivities, mainly to see the fireworks. Most people do enjoy going places on special occasions to have a goodles time. While taking the train Grant sees a customer from the grocery store, the store that he once worked at, and they start having a conversation. Throughout the conversation, a former inmate, from when Grant was in prison, calls out his name. The former inmate tries to assault him, which lead to a huge disturbance and resulted into the cops being called. The police searched individuals and used their authority in the wrong way. While trying to obtain Grant, with him laying face down on the platform of the train station, the officer who has Grant in his possession threatens him with a gun to his back. While they were arguing, the police officer’s finger slipped and he fired a shot into Grant’s back. Grant was rushed to the hospital, but then later died. This part in the movie was so sad seeing everyone in complete silence in addition outside of the train station. In the result to this very incident, there were a number of riots and protests based on the death of Oscar Granat.

In my opinion, this film has brought a great amount of exposure to the people as a whole. I think that there should be other ways how police interact with individuals, and also how they handle their gun; everything does not need to be solved with a gun being thrown around. It mostly affected those individuals that are of color; and some individuals that are not of color may have been affected as well. I feel as if this film has helped bring awareness to the world.

Bowfinger- Implications

In the 1999 comedy/ parody, Bowfinger, directed by Frank Oz, stars Steve Martin as Bobby Bowfinger a low grade film producer and con artist who is eager to direct a film of his own and receive FedEx directly like all the other important people.

Bowfinger has a script called “Chubby Rain” written by an accountant Afrim and a friend Dave who is a camera operator and has access to equipment, all he needs is big name Kit Ramsey, portrayed by Eddie Murphy, to star in his movie. One problem, Kit refuses after Bowfinger lies to him about being apart of MindHead. MindHead is used as a reference to the Church of Scientology in the sense of their beliefs and practices such as Dianetics and auditing.

In the film, Bowfinger then tells his “crew” consisting of immigrants, some desperate for work actors, Dave, and Afrim that Ramsey agreed to do the film, only he won’t interact with them as he is method acting. They then start filming him without his knowledge. This can be inferred to mean something about the film industry, is it possibly corrupt?

One of the actors that stands out prominently in the film is Daisy. She is portrayed by Heather Graham. Her character engages in many relationships with different cast and crew, inferring she is a starlet sleeping to get ahead in her career.

Over the course of this film there have many references all surrounding the industry and people who work in the industry, creating many implications about the writer of the film, who happens to be Steve Martin himself is trying to address.

All in all, this is a comedy/ parody or spoof that consists of many comedic devices to create enjoyment amongst viewers. I know I certainly had a great laugh while watching this film and can affirm that I wouldn’t mind watching another Steve Martin vehicle where he writes and stars.

Brittney Bowfinger

 Bowfinger is an 1999 American comedy film directed by Frank Oz, produced by Brian Grazer, the film was written by Steve Martin.

On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger ( Steve Martin) concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue ( Heather Graham), has- been diva ( Christine Baranki) and film goefer ( Jamie Kennedy), he sets out to shoot a blockbuster featuring the biggest star in Hollywood, Kit Ramsey ( Eddie Murphy) -- only without letting Ramsey know he's in the picture.