INI234H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Film Noir, List Of Dead Or Alive Characters, Mccarthyism
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4. what is going on i the films : what is going on in the city of that film, the connection it makes to us. What is happening in society: film noir. Genra that depicts the time period going on in the 40 and 50s. Crime dramas, most of the characters are morally ambiguous. Budding sexuality: space in 1940-1950 in america. Great migration 1910: refers to the movement of black americans from the south to the north. Changing role of women: men at work so women went into the working world. Change of power dynamics, earn money and express themselves. Mccarthyism: rooting out communism, post 1950, threat of atomic war. Zoot suit riots: against latinos and white soldiers: great migration. African american migration moving from the south to the north. Demographic shift of 2 million people from 1910-1930. Reason for the move: ways that society went backwards after the civil war.
