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Amigo is showing at [QUEZON CITY] SM NORTH, TRINOMA, GATEWAY [MANILA] SM MANILA, ROBINSONS ERMITA [ORTIGAS] ROBINSONS GALLERIA, SM MEGAMALL [MAKATI] GLORIETTA 4 [PASAY] SM MALL OF ASIA [CAVITE] SM BACOOR [VISAYAS] SM CEBU [MINDANAO] SM DAVAO
For more inquiries, email amigothemovie@yahoo.com
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Watch the film "AMIGO" by John Sayles. It will be shown commercially starting Wednesday, 6 July 2011 (according to Sayles, "in time for the Philippine-American Friendship Day"). Reflect on the movie and think about the community depicted in the film, particularly on the following themes:
1) Social organization
- Social or class structure, gender roles, formal and informal links between and among the people such as extended familial ties, ritualized kinship (i.e., godparent-godchild), etc.
2) Economic conditions
- Everyday economic activities (people's livelihood, or what people do to survive everyday), economically dominant/subordinate social forces
3) Political conditions
- Power relationships within the community, relationship of the community with the agents of the state(s), political role of the locality's leader, everyday politics
4) Religious life
- Role of the primary religious functionary (Spanish friar) in the community, the people's everyday experience with Catholicism, the influence of religion in the social life of the people
5) Cultural life
- The fiesta in the middle of the film, games, forms of recreation and entertainment, lifestyle
While it's advisable to comment on all of these themes, for brevity's sake focus only on those you find interesting and reflect on them.
The OPTIONAL reaction paper is comprised of 1,500 - 3,000 words, and has to comply with the conventions of essay writing: it must be assigned with a title, bibliography should be provided, and it should follow the system of citation agreed in class (Parenthetical Style and Chicago Manual of Style). Do not forget to write your name, section, and class hour.
Affix a proof that you saw the film (i.e., movie ticket).
Use letter sized paper (8.5" X 11"), Times New Roman, 12 font size, double spacing, 1" margins at all sides.
The deadline is July 25 (Monday), and has to be submitted to the Department of History, before 5PM.
