Political Themes of World Cinema Films

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Mind Map on Political Themes of World Cinema Films, created by Craig Gambell on 04/30/2014.
Craig Gambell
Mind Map by Craig Gambell, updated more than 1 year ago
Craig Gambell
Created by Craig Gambell almost 11 years ago
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Political Themes of World Cinema Films
  1. Tsotsi
    1. Themes Relating To South Africa
      1. Apartheid/Post Apartheid
        1. Racial segregation due to the national party (1948 to 1994)
          1. Ended in 1991 (under Nelson Mandela)
            1. Black Africans couldn't vote, and were made to mine the natural resources in local caves/quarries
              1. Morris- crippled as a result of mining- now homeless- poverty in the slums
      2. La Zona
        1. Themes Relating To Mexico
          1. Crime and corruption
            1. The Assembly (vigilante group in The Zone)
        2. Sin Nombre
          1. Themes Relating To Mexico
          2. District 9
            1. Themes Relating To South Africa
              1. HIV/Disease/Death
                1. Tsotsi- His mother died of HIV
                  1. Lots of posters around the train station "HIV affects us all"
              2. Prawns represent coloured citizens during the Apartheid
                1. Use of Aliens because the racial tension led to the local black communities losing their human rights
                  1. Parktown Prawn- A pest in South Africa
                  2. Racism/Xenophobia represented through speciesism
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