Documentary Film Response Paper

Drawing from the pool of documentary films assigned in class. You will select Two Films to analyze and compare. I’ve already selected the films ill provide the link below. Write a 3-4 page paper comparing and contrasting the films, with a particular effort to identify intersectionality in the content.

Regardless of cultural artifact, it has social meaning beyond the obvious.  For example, a news article focused on politics will almost certainly also “say” things (explicit and/or implicit) about issues such as gender, economy, work, religion, etc.  This paper asks you to engage your two selected films with a sociological lens, highlighting how they intersect and relate to each other.  Rather than summarizing these films, you should be examining them sociologically to highlight how they speak to intersectional social issues.  In your analysis, you should incorporate and appropriately use at least four sociological key terms/concepts from our course (from two or more chapters). As no one artifact can tell a complete social story, you should also identify limitations/critiques of the content of your films.

Outside sources are not required for this assignment, but may be used (with appropriate attribution) if you wish.  When incorporating course terms/concepts, please identify a page/page range in lieu of full internal citation (ie. concept (p.49)… term (p.77).