Video Content

NOTE: This assignment is optional and will not affect your grade if you choose not to complete it. Additionally, late work will not be accepted for this assignment so please keep this in mind.

Directions: View one of the movies listed below and submit a 2-page double-spaced reflection (use the reflection paper rubric as a guide, no citations are necessary) in attempt to earn extra credit points. Please demonstrate critical thinking (i.e. use your social oppression matrix) about the film as opposed to providing a summary of the movie. Points will not be awarded if it is clear you did not watch the movie or are not critically applying the content of the movie to course content.

Video Choices

oLifting the Veil

oWhen the Levees Broke

• Council on Foreign Relations – The Power Behind Big News
  • Met paper requirements/presentation of paper (pages, spelling, grammar, flow of ideas, depth of ideas, references, etc.)

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o13th (on Netflix)

o Money Talks: Profits Before Patient Safety

Paper will be graded based on critical analysis and format given the following criteria:

Critical Analysis (8 points)

oConnecting specific examples from the documentaries to the social oppression matrix (Cube) (3 points)

§What unconscious/conscious behaviors and attitudes are represented by the selected examples?

§How might these behaviors/attitudes affect individual interactions, institutional practices, and/or social norms?

oConveying complete understanding of video content (2 points)

§Student communicates overarching themes in the video through carefully selected examples to unpack

oIdentifying implications for your experiences or the experiences of impacted identity groups (3 points)

§How might the oppression identified in the video affect you or others according to race, gender, class, ability status, religion, etc.?

§Feel free to discuss examples from your personal communities (Mizzou and/or hometown, if applicable)

Format (2 points)