Bus Ride Movies

To add to Ms. Griffin and Emma's earlier posts about yesterday, we also watched two movies on the bus ride to Seneca Falls: A Quiet Passion and Miss Representation. 


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A Quiet Passion was a biographical movie about the life of Emily Dickinson. The movie challenged my previous view of Emily Dickinson as a quiet or reserved woman. She was actually very opinionated and assertive in the film, and it seemed like she was judged by the society around her for her outspokenness.



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Miss Representation was a documentary about the "miss-representation" of women in the media. The film also connected portrayals of women in the media to the lack of women in American politics. It was an interesting counterpoint to the Emily Dickinson movie because it explored how, much like Dickinson in her day, modern women are still judged and misrepresented in the media for being outspoken and voicing their opinions.

Tomorrow there will be more updates on our trip!