BASF Screening Assignment: Selena (1997) v.s. Tejano (2018) Essay

Overview

1. Select one of the required movies( Those films are, West Side Story 1961, Scarface1983, and Selena1997) you can choose any one out of these 3 films
   1. List the details of the film: (Director, date, title, etc.)
   2. Analyze the film's depiction of the cultural minority group represented. How do the images represented in the film influence the way society views the cultural group?
2. Select one recent full-length feature film [2010- Present] which portrays the same cultural minority group( you can choose any film to compare to^).
   1. List the details of the film: (Director, date, title, etc.)
   2. Analyze the film's depiction of the cultural minority group represented. How do the images represented in the film influence the way society views the cultural group?
3. Compare and contrast the way both films portray the same cultural minority group. How have representations of the group changed? How have the social positions of the group changed in society?