Film and Political Identity

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Which film is known for its powerful depiction of the struggles faced by African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement?

  1. Selma

  2. 12 Years a Slave

  3. The Help

  4. To Kill a Mockingbird


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Selma is a 2014 historical drama film that chronicles the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches led by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Which film explores the political and social implications of the Vietnam War through the eyes of a young American soldier?

  1. Apocalypse Now

  2. Full Metal Jacket

  3. Platoon

  4. The Deer Hunter


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Apocalypse Now is a 1979 epic war film that follows a U.S. Army captain on a mission to assassinate a rogue Green Beret colonel in Cambodia during the Vietnam War.

Which film satirizes the political and economic corruption in the United States during the 1980s?

  1. Wall Street

  2. The Wolf of Wall Street

  3. American Psycho

  4. Glengarry Glen Ross


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Wall Street is a 1987 drama film that follows a young stockbroker who becomes involved in insider trading and corporate greed on Wall Street.

Which film examines the political and social tensions in Northern Ireland during the Troubles?

  1. In the Name of the Father

  2. Bloody Sunday

  3. The Crying Game

  4. Belfast


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In the Name of the Father is a 1993 drama film that tells the true story of Gerry Conlon, who was wrongly convicted of a terrorist attack in England and spent 15 years in prison.

Which film depicts the political and social struggles of the working class in England during the 1980s?

  1. The Full Monty

  2. Brassed Off

  3. Billy Elliot

  4. Kes


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Full Monty is a 1997 comedy-drama film that follows a group of unemployed steelworkers in Sheffield, England, who decide to form a male striptease act.

Which film explores the political and social implications of the AIDS crisis in the United States during the 1980s?

  1. Philadelphia

  2. Dallas Buyers Club

  3. The Normal Heart

  4. Rent


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Philadelphia is a 1993 drama film that follows a gay lawyer who is fired from his firm after being diagnosed with AIDS.

Which film examines the political and social tensions in South Africa during the apartheid era?

  1. Cry Freedom

  2. Sarafina!

  3. Tsotsi

  4. District 9


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cry Freedom is a 1987 drama film that tells the true story of Steve Biko, a South African anti-apartheid activist who was killed in police custody.

Which film explores the political and social implications of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

  1. Paradise Now

  2. The Band's Visit

  3. Omar

  4. The Gatekeepers


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Paradise Now is a 2005 drama film that follows two Palestinian suicide bombers in the West Bank.

Which film examines the political and social tensions in China during the Cultural Revolution?

  1. Farewell My Concubine

  2. To Live

  3. Raise the Red Lantern

  4. The Story of Qiu Ju


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Farewell My Concubine is a 1993 drama film that follows the lives of two Peking Opera performers during the Cultural Revolution.

Which film explores the political and social implications of the Iranian Revolution?

  1. The Color of Paradise

  2. Children of Heaven

  3. The Circle

  4. A Separation


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Color of Paradise is a 1999 drama film that follows a blind boy who lives in a remote Iranian village.

Which film examines the political and social tensions in India during the partition of the country in 1947?

  1. Lagaan

  2. Devdas

  3. Rang De Basanti

  4. 3 Idiots


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Lagaan is a 2001 sports drama film that follows a group of Indian villagers who challenge their British rulers to a cricket match in order to avoid paying taxes.

Which film explores the political and social implications of the Korean War?

  1. Joint Security Area

  2. Taegukgi

  3. The Host

  4. Snowpiercer


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Joint Security Area is a 2000 war drama film that follows the investigation into the killing of two North Korean soldiers in the Joint Security Area of the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

Which film examines the political and social tensions in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution?

  1. Viva Zapata!

  2. The Wild Bunch

  3. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

  4. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Viva Zapata! is a 1952 biographical drama film that follows the life of Emiliano Zapata, a Mexican revolutionary leader who fought for land reform and social justice.

Which film explores the political and social implications of the Cuban Revolution?

  1. Memories of Underdevelopment

  2. Strawberry and Chocolate

  3. Guantanamera

  4. The Death of a Bureaucrat


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Memories of Underdevelopment is a 1968 drama film that follows the life of a young Cuban intellectual who is disillusioned with the Cuban Revolution.

Which film examines the political and social tensions in Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship?

  1. Missing

  2. The Battle of Chile

  3. Machuca

  4. No


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Missing is a 1982 drama film that follows the story of an American father who searches for his son, who has disappeared in Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship.

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