JACOB KAPUSTIN
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Blog 5
Reflection on the film ideas It is to be noted with absolute certainty that you have ideas worth noting. You are bubbling with content and stories worth telling, and if given an audience, you will thrive. Your stories tackle real-life issues and with a few twists and turns that make it fascinating and all the …
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The Dreamer
Description: you have arrived, welcome. This is where the magic happens. With their capacity to speak to several senses at once, films can portray a wide variety of inner experiences. Plot summary: The dreamer tells the story of a reasonably normal teenage kid who gets to relive his day repeatedly. The boy wakes up to the same …
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It was just a wild imagination –”Groundhog Day.”
How would re-living a day feel like? Ecstatic right? Imagine waking up in the morning and discovering that you are on the same day as yesterday. You get to re-do all your mistakes and make everything right. You know what and when something will happen, and you are now in control. You turn on your …
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Systematic Racism in America
Racism means what makes one see another with suspicion or even attribute the negative characteristics to a whole group of people. It manifests itself in individual thought and the workings of the society. Unaddressed systemic racism happens in America and has been so before the founding of the nation. Slavery was the original sin of …
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A Man and his Best Friend
When times are tough, days are long, and life is dragging, I can always count on him. He always greets me with open arms and shows me that better days are ahead. He always makes me laugh, smile, think, and even cry. I remember spending days and nights with him sharing ice cream, eating leftovers, …
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“This is America” by Childish Gambino (music video)
“This is America” is a song released by Donald Glover under his musical moniker Childish Gambino. Donald is an American actor, comedian, musician, director, producer, screenwriter and even DJ. The music video was directed by a renowned producer known as Hiro Murai and is a jarring work of art that addresses various issues in society …
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