Civil Rights powerpoint (2009) by Brandon Baldwin of the Civil Rights Team Project of the state of Maine

1. Media Matters

2. Different forms of media: Television Movies Music Internet Video games Print media (books, newspapers, magazines)

3. Different forms of media: Television Movies Music Internet Video games Print media (books, newspapers, magazines)

4. But it’s just a movie…

5. But it’s just a movie… 1.3 billion movie tickets were sold in America last year We don’t even have numbers for movie rentals on online viewing… How many movies do you think you have seen in your lifetime?

6. STAND UP IF…

7. STAND UP IF… You have ever been moved to tears by a movie.

8. STAND UP IF… You have ever been moved to tears by a movie. You have ever blown off your family or friends for a movie or something that was on tv.

9. STAND UP IF… You have ever been moved to tears by a movie. You have ever blown off your family or friends for a movie or something that was on tv. You have felt angry over the ending of a movie that just didn’t get it right.

10. STAND UP IF… You have ever been moved to tears by a movie. You have ever blown off your family or friends for a movie or something that was on tv. You have felt angry over the ending of a movie that just didn’t get it right. You have ever repeated quotes from a favorite movie with your friends.

11. Power/Influence

12. Advertising Dollars

13. Advertising Dollars

14. 1956 study on violent cartoons

15. 2007 study on fashion magazines

16. Uncle Tom’s Cabin and slavery

17. “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.”-ABE LINCOLN TO HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

18. Birth of a Nation and the KKK

19. It’s not “JUST a movie.”

20. Several Things to Consider: You can be aware of a movie’s flaws and still like it. You can change your opinion on a movie over time. You can probably come up with examples to contradict what you’ll see today.

21. What You Don’t See

22. Challenge Question: Come up with a movie where a woman is the main character and her main problem/issue is not a guy.

23. Where are the Women?

26. In the top 100 money-making G-rated films from 1990-2004, over 75% of the 4000 characters are male

27. Of the top 20 grossing films in 2008, only three had female leads. The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Hancock, WALL-E, Kung Fu Panda, Twilight, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Quantum of Solace, Horton Hears a Who!, Sex and the City, Gran Torino, Mamma Mia!, Marley and Me, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Slumdog Millionaire, The Incredible Hulk, Wanted, Get Smart, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

28. And that was a good year…

29. For 2007, only two had female leads. Spider Man 3, Shrek the Third, Transformers, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I Am Legend, The Bourne Ultimatum, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Alvin and the Chipmunks, 300, Ratatouille, The Simpsons Movie, Wild Hogs, Knocked Up, Juno, Rush Hour 3, Live Free or Die Hard, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, American Gangster, Enchanted

30. And 2009 is more of the same… Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Up, The Hangover, Star Trek, Monsters vs. Aliens, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, The Proposal, Fast and Furious, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Taken, Angels & Demons, Terminator Salvation, G-Force, InglouriousBasterds, District 9, Watchmen

31. And the movies with women… The Proposal Twilight Sex and the City Mamma Mia! Juno Enchanted

32. And the movies with women… The Proposal Twilight Sex and the City Mamma Mia! Juno Enchanted

33. And the movies with women… The Proposal Twilight Sex and the City Mamma Mia! Juno Enchanted

34. Women and weddings…

35. And the movies with women… The Proposal Twilight Sex and the City Mamma Mia! Juno Enchanted

36. Women kicking butt?

37. Let’s compare salaries for acting: Will Smith, $80 million Johnny Depp, $72 million Eddie Murphy, $55 million Mike Myers, $55 million Leonardo DiCaprio, $45 million Bruce Willis, $41 million Ben Stiller, $40 million Nicolas Cage, $31 million Will Ferrell, $31 million Adam Sandler, $30 million Angelina Jolie, $27 million Jennifer Aniston, $25 million Meryl Streep, $24 million Sarah Jessica Parker, $23 million Cameron Diaz, $20 million Sandra Bullock, $15 million Reese Witherspoon, $15 million Nicole Kidman, $12 million Drew Barrymore, $12 million Renee Zellweger, $10 million

38. Did you know? That a woman has never won the Academy Award for Best Director? Only three have been nominated. That’s three out of 398 nominations.

39. Hope for 2009?

40. Now playing! A comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation.

42. Even worse in England…