Essay Proposals

Post essay proposals here.

Regret to Inform (1998)

Directed by Barbara Sonneborn. Post a response to either this documentary or Following Sean. Here's an article I wrote that mentions the documentary.

http://noclexington.com/?p=838

Return of the 60s

Saw this. The title is "UC Berkeley Police Beat Students in Sprowell Plaza."

http://readersupportednews.org/video/4-video/8331-uc-berkeley-police-beat-students-in-sproul-plaza

I'll post (or feel free to post yourselves) other echoes of the decade as I see them in the next couple weeks.

Following Sean (2007)

Directed by Ralph Arlyck. Choose to respond to either this documentary or the following week's selection, Regret to Inform.

Gimme Shelter (1970)

Place posts here. Gimme Shelter is a documentary by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin.

Group 1: By Tuesday morning, post a 3-400 word response on Berkeley in the Sixties, directed by Mark Kitchell.

Group 2: By Thursday at noon, post a 200 wordish response to something or things discussed by Group 1.

Sir! No Sir! (2005)

Place posts here. Sir! No Sir! is a documentary by David Zeiger.

Group 2: By Tuesday morning, post a 3-400 word response on Berkeley in the Sixties, directed by Mark Kitchell.

Group 1: By Thursday at noon, post a 200 wordish response to something or things discussed by Group 1.

Weather Underground (2002)

Place posts here. Weather Underground is a documentary by Sam Green and Bill Seigel.

Group 1: By Tuesday morning, post a 3-400 word response on Berkeley in the Sixties, directed by Mark Kitchell.

Group 2: By Thursday at noon, post a 200 wordish response to something or things discussed by Group 1.

Short Essay

Post your short essays here.

Don't Look Back (1968)

Here's a good interview with the producer, D.A. Pennebaker. He's well known in documentary film circles. We'll talk a little bit about cinema verite this week, a movement for which Pennebaker was a noted practitioner/developer.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/da-pennebaker,55463/

Group 2: By Tuesday morning, post a 3-400 word response on Berkeley in the Sixties, directed by Mark Kitchell.

Group 1: By Thursday at noon, post a 200 wordish response to something or things discussed by Group 1.

Soundtrack for a Revolution (2009)

Group 1: By Tuesday morning, post a 3-400 word response on Berkeley in the Sixties, directed by Mark Kitchell.

Group 2: By Thursday at noon, post a 200 wordish response to something or things discussed by Group 1.

The Freedom Riders (2011)

Only 5 people completed watching Stanley Morgan's The Freedom Riders. That is unacceptable. Please tell bosses, family, friends, etc., that you are paying to enroll in a class from 5:00-7:45 on Thursday nights, and that (amazingly) your instructor requires your attendance at said class.

Group 2: By Tuesday morning, post a 3-400 word response on Berkeley in the Sixties, directed by Mark Kitchell.

Group 1: By Thursday at noon, post a 200 wordish response to something or things discussed by Group 1.

Remember to email responses to me if you are unable to post.

Berkeley in the Sixties

Sorry for the delay in getting this up folks.

Group 1: By Tuesday morning, post a 3-400 word response on Berkeley in the Sixties, directed by Mark Kitchell.

Group 2: By Thursday at noon, post a 200 wordish response to something or things discussed by Group 1.

Here's a piece written in the last 1970s on the Diggers, who operated the free kitchens in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury (and did much of the cooking for Woodstock's 400,000 attendees). I love the inventive playfullness, standard for the Diggers, of the title: Deep Tried Frees:

http://www.diggers.org/kaliflower/dtf.htm

Here's some info on the People's Park today, which is still around. First is it's website:

http://www.peoplespark.org/

Next is a 1999 article from the San Francisco Chronicle (San Fran's largest newspaper):

http://articles.sfgate.com/1999-04-20/news/17686135_1_people-s-park-uc-berkeley-berkeley-campus

Woodstock (1970)

Post a 3-400 word response on Woodstock, directed by Michael Wadleigh. Here's an interview with Wadleigh from 1970, just as Woodstock was being released. It's an interesting take on the concert and the rise of music:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnbxAlQtXYQ

Here's a good short look at what the film doesn't capture directly:



http://themanwhowrotetoomuch.blogspot.com/2009/01/woodstock-michael-wadleigh-1970.html

No blog posts due for Marjoe

Blog postings for Marjoe are canceled. I will put comments on the blog (Paper Proposal Dump) that respond to your essay proposals...unless you've already contacted me via email for comments. Remember that I'm here to meet with you if you so desire. Just set up a time to meet in my office.

Paper proposal dump

Post your paper proposals here.

I am trying to break your heart: a film about Wilco

Group 1 Responses (400 word minimum). Focus on themes, or specific scene shots, or some other aspect of the film or its social, cultural, musical context. Due by the end of Tuesday.

Group 2 comments (200 word minimum): Supply a thoughtful comment that expands upon one (or several) of Group 1 responses.

I Know I'm Not Alone (2006)

Group 2 Responses (400 word minimum). Focus on themes, or specific scene shots, or some other aspect of the film or its social, cultural, musical context. Due by the end of Tuesday.

Group 1 comments (200 word minimum): Supply a thoughtful comment that expands upon one (or several) of Group 1 responses.

Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (2008)

Rage Against the Machine: Revolution in the Head and the Art of Protest

Group 2 Responses (400 word minimum). Focus on themes, or specific scene shots, or some other aspect of the film or its social, cultural, musical context. Due by the end of Tuesday.

Group 1 comments (200 word minimum): Supply a thoughtful comment that expands upon one (or several) of Group 1 responses.

Link to documentary:

http://dialogic.blogspot.com/2011/02/rage-against-machine-revolution-in-head.html

The Last Waltz (Martin Scoresese, 1978)

Group 1 Responses (400 word minimum). Focus on themes, or specific scene shots, or some other aspect of the film or its social, cultural, musical context. Due by the end of Tuesday.

Group 2 comments (200 word minimum): Supply a thoughtful comment that expands upon one (or several) of Group 1 responses.

Don't Look Back (DA Pennebaker, 1967)

Group 2 Responses (400 word minimum). Focus on themes, or specific scene shots, or some other aspect of the film or its social, cultural, musical context. Due by the end of Tuesday.

Group 1 comments (200 word minimum): Supply a thoughtful comment that expands upon one (or several) of Group 1 responses.

Gimme Shelter (dir David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin, 1970)

Group 1 Responses (400 word minimum). Focus on themes, or specific scene shots, or some other aspect of the film or its social, cultural, musical context. Due by the end of Tuesday.

Group 2 comments (200 word minimum): Supply a thoughtful comment that expands upon one (or several) of Group 1 responses.

Here's a pretty good article on the Altamont concert that appeared in Gadfly magazine:
http://www.gadflyonline.com/archive/NovDec99/archive-altamont.html

Here's a good review of the film:
http://www.salon.com/entertainment/col/srag/2000/08/10/gimme_shelter

Soundtrack for a Revolution (2009)

Group 2 Responses (400 word minimum). Focus on themes, or specific scene shots, or some other aspect of the film or its social, cultural, musical context. Due by the end of Tuesday.

Group 1 comments (200 word minimum): Supply a thoughtful comment that expands upon one (or several) of Group 1 responses.

Be Here to Love Me (dir Margaret Brown, 2004)

Group 1 Responses (400 word minimum). Focus on themes, or specific scene shots, or some other aspect of the film or its social, cultural, musical context. Due by the end of Tuesday.

Group 2 comments (200 word minimum): Supply a thoughtful comment that expands upon one (or several) of Group 1 responses.

Here's a link to the documentary from hulu: http://www.hulu.com/watch/133829/be-here-to-love-me

Here's a clip of Steve Earle playing a Townes song. This was sung during his recent concert promoting an album full of Townes songs. (The two were close enough that Earle named his son, JT, after Townes (Justin Townes Earle).) It's a nice comment on Townes' traveling lifestyle (the song he plays into at the 5:30 mark is a Van Zandt inspired song written by Steve Earle): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKiVsUwVi1c&feature=related

Woodstock (dir Michael Wadleigh, 1970)

Responses (400 word minimum) to Woodstock. Focus on themes, or specific scene shots, or some other aspect of the film or its social, cultural, musical context. Due by the end of Tuesday.

Fall 2010 Class Entries END HERE.

Spring 2011 Entries begin above.