Reference no: EM133327804
Assignment:
Film Choice 1- Drag the Red
Topic - Murdered and Missing Aboriginal Women
Background and Book Pages - 22-29; 152-156; 198-200
Review - "Drag the Red" is based on a movement started in 2014 with the goal of helping solve cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women by searching this Winnipeg River for remains, bodies, or clues. Drag the Red volunteers search the Red River by dropping homemade detecting equipment - metal bars with hooks and chains - into the water to pull up possible evidence. There is strong grassroots support for this initiative and deep commitment to help find the whereabouts and bodies of loved ones gone missing. The people did not believe that law enforcement were invested in these cases of missing Indigenous women or this cause, so they developed their own plan.
Additional Film Info - There are various sites connected to the Drag the Red movement that address oppression, marginalization, and racism concerns. Drag the Red is considered an empowering advocacy action.
Answer these questions and use them as a guide for further discussion of your topic.
1. Please make a summary of the film's topic and story and explain why you chose this film for your assignment.
2. In your opinion, what was the most important social justice message of the film? Explain your answer.
3. What main oppression factors were central to the film's story - (exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, and violence)? How were those concepts shown in the film? Explain with examples.
4. In your own words, describe how variables like stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination, racism, sexism, genocide, marginalizing, homophobia, patriarchy, colonialism, power, ageism, etc. affected the characters in the story (not every factor will be present in each story. Select and describe the most relevant issues from the film topic that you selected.)
5. What did you learn about the roles of government, institutions, and culture (macro, mezzo factors) and oppression? What stood out for you? Were there any surprises?
6. Did you gain any new information, understandings, insights, etc. from the film and if so, about who and what? If not, explain what you previously knew about this subject.
7. What action would you recommend, or support being taken - to acknowledge, prevent, change, and help heal the trauma and social justice/human rights concerns that the story identifies?