Friday, September 29, 2017

Friday, September 29

SCREENING: 13th



Answer or take notes on the following questions at the bottom of your prep document:

13th Film Analysis Questions
  1. What is the central perspective of 13th?  As a piece of rhetorical discourse, what does it want us to do/change/think about differently?
  2. According to the film, how have the rhetoric of “law and order” and the “war on crime” become racially charged?  
  3. How does the film use logos/pathos/ethos to modify your perspective?

LOGOS
PATHOS
ETHOS




  1. What most surprised, disturbed, enlightened you about this film? Did it effectively modify your perspective on the topic?  Why or why not?
  2. What perspectives does this film leave out?  How might one push back on some of its points?
  3. What is a question that this film raised for you that you feel would be good to address in our seminar?