| Class, Race and
Gender in the U.S. Economy Econ250/ES250 Extra Credit/Recommended Films |
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Film Comments Credits Modern
Times**
Classic
(1936)
Written by , Directed by
Intentionally semi-Silent &
Starring Charlie Chaplin
The Grapes of
Wrath**
Classic (1940)
Written by John
Steinbeck,
Best Director
Starring Henry Fonda Citizen
Kane
Classic (1941)
Starring
Orson Wells
Best Screenplay, 8
nominations
The Defiant
Ones*
Classic
(1958)
Starring Sidney Poitier
& Tony Curtis
In the Heat of the
Night*
Classic (1967)
Starring
Sidney Poitier
Best Picture, Best Actor
& Rod Steiger
Harlan County
USA**
(1976), Documentary
Norma Rae
(1979), Fictionalized
history Starring Sally Fields
The Life and Times
of
(1980), Documentary
Rosie the Riveter
Zoot
Suit**
(1981), True Story of WWII Starring &
Directed by
Race Riots,
Musical
Luis Valdez
Brother From Another
Planet (1984), Fun Sci-Fi
Written &
Directed by
John
Sayles
Matewan**
(1987), Fictionalized
history Directed by
of 1920’s Miner’s strike John Sayles Do the Right
Thing (1989),
fictionalized history Written
& Directed by
of 1980’s racial tensions Spike Lee Malcolm X* (1992), Biography of Malcolm X Directed by Spike Lee Schindler's List** (1993), True WWII Story Directed by Steven Spielberg Best Picture Wall Street 1994 Best Actor Starring Michael Douglas & Michael J. Fox And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him* Written by Tomas Rivera (1995), Autobiographical Pulitzer Prize Lonestar** (1996), Allegory of the Written & Directed by contemporary state of John Sayles US ethnic relations Get on the Bus (1996) Directed by Spike Lee U.S. History X (1998), The making/unmaking of an American Nazi Snow Falling on Cedars** (1999), WWII - 1950’s Pacific NW Fictionalized History Bamboozled (2000), Satire of film, tv history Written & Directed by Spike Lee Bread and Roses (2000), True Story Philadelphia Tom Hanks & Denzel Washington |