Today we watched a film: Who is Angela Davis, directed by Angela Carroll. The response was varied. Note the works strengths in a cyber-response.
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Patrick Schmidt
Professor Sabir
English 1A
25 October 2010
Who is Angela Davis?
The film did a good job of emphasizing that Angela Davis emphasized scholarly activism and critical thinking, and encouraged all of the people she worked with not to judge based on socioeconomic status or assumed level of education. Overall people who knew her responded extremely well, although the film did not actually address anyone who opposed her. At one point one of the interview subjects mentioned that the only opposition to her values was the intellectual conservative view, but I would be interested to hear what that actual view is.
Overall the quality of the movie was poor, but the message was informative.
Frena Zamudio
Professor Sabir
English 1A
25 August 2010
Who is Angela Davis?
Angela Davis is an African American political activist, educator and also an author from Alabama. She was associated with the Communist Party USA, the Civil Rights Movement and Black Panther Party. She also used to work at UC Santa Cruz as a professor.She was once arrested as a suspected conspirator in the attempt to free George Jackson from a courtroom in Marin Country. She writes and speaks incredibly, she believes that thinking creatively and coming up with strategies will create a better community.
Denise Martinez
English 1A
Professor Sabir
25 October 2010
Who is Angela Davis?
Directed by Angela Carroll
This movie was filmed in a creative yet risky way of answering the question "Who is Angela Davis?". I'd say risky because of the audio, the static noise was too loud, I think they could've used another way to liven the viewers up. It was creative how Carroll used the clay to personify Angela Davis and it would give snippets of her talking, but then again with the audio I couldn't hear it that well. I also liked that they chose to interview not just one or two people. Even though they were mostly giving their opinion, you can hear and almost feel the emotion people were giving you when they talked about her, it was genuine.I particularly liked how the gentleman who worked with her talked about her movement.It was fascinating to see how real of a person she is that she doesn't shut someone down because of their circumstances.
Linh Tran
Professor Sabir
English 1A
25 October 2010
"Who is Angela Davis?"
The movie was formatted differently from other interview documentaries. Brightly flashing screens accompanied by loud static interspersed the short, interwoven clips of interviewees expressing their views. I think this definitely added to the attentiveness of the audience, though this technique can come off as a little too overwhelming when done in excess. The speakers presented a lot of information on Angela Davis and her work, but (like a classmate mentioned in class) a small overlay showing a little background information about them would have added more credibility to the whole film.
Ji Won Park
English 1A
Professor Sabir
26 October 2010
Who is Angela Davis?
Angela Davis is an activist who wanted for the communities to overcome the conflicts of domination, whether it being of race or gender; she is also a professor at UC Santa Cruz.
Personally, I would have liked the film better if it was more informative on the actions and background of Angela Davis more than the opinions the interviewees had to say. I felt like I was viewing Angela Davis in the eyes of those who praised her and was subject to like her, not knowing much of her completions as an activist but how amazing she was because people said so.
Also, the tactics used to create the interview was not only a distraction (although it did bring attention immediately) but had horrible sound quality where everyone seemed to mumble the greatness of the activist.
And as an addition, I would have liked to see her students from UC Santa Cruz to have participated as interviewees rather than asking random people from the streets.
Rochelle Predovic
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
26 October 2010
Who is Angela Davis? By director Angela Carroll
Angela Davis is a role model, a teacher, and a thinker. Her influences on followers are an encouragement to embrace a broad range of knowledge. In fact she avoids talking about specialized knowledge. Also many of her followers think she is significant in the freedom movements of the 60s and 70s. It is a shame that not everyone knows who Angela Davis is; however, those that do know can feel her presence when they are reading about civil rights.
Although it was hard to hear the video, Angela Davis is involved with a non-profit organization called Critical Resistance. She was/is also part of a communist party and a professor at the University of California Santa Cruz in the Philosophy department. Furthermore, as she writes for a wider audience, she suggests that people engage in the pursuit of knowledge. Her encouragements send a message to her followers that their activism needs to be more scholarly. Her priorities involved reading a lot of her students works. As a result of her involvements, priorities, and encouragements, her followers believe that she deserves a retirement.
Quan Lin
Professor Sabir
English 1A
27 October 2010
Who is Angela Davis?
Angela Davis was a well known activist who was part of the Civil Rights Movement, Black Panther Party and the Communist Party. She was a part of many different socialist groups also as she calls herself a "democratic socialist. Angela Davis currently resides and teaches History of Consciousness in UC Santa Barbara. She formed a group called the "Critical Resistance" and because of her Communistic ideas, was prohibited from teaching by president Reagan.
Diallo Ibrehima
Professor Sabir
English 1A
25 October 2010
Who is Angela Davis
The film did a great job on articulating that Angela Davis is leader , visionary on education system and critical thinking and give hope to those people who are not unfortunate enough on socioeconomic status.The people who knew her story answer very well.Even though the film didn't address every one who oppose her.She values self knowledge and high education and she wanted better her community.
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