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The Representation of Race and Ethnicity in Film

Description: This quiz will test your knowledge about the representation of race and ethnicity in film.
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Which film is considered a landmark in the representation of African Americans in Hollywood?

  1. The Birth of a Nation

  2. Gone with the Wind

  3. 12 Years a Slave

  4. Black Panther


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

12 Years a Slave is a 2013 historical drama film that tells the story of Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York who is abducted and sold into slavery in the South.

Which film is considered a groundbreaking representation of the Asian American experience in Hollywood?

  1. The Joy Luck Club

  2. Crazy Rich Asians

  3. The Farewell

  4. Minari


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Joy Luck Club is a 1993 drama film that tells the story of four Chinese American families living in San Francisco.

Which film is considered a landmark in the representation of Native Americans in Hollywood?

  1. Dances with Wolves

  2. The Last of the Mohicans

  3. Little Big Man

  4. Wind River


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Dances with Wolves is a 1990 Western film that tells the story of a white Union soldier who befriends a Lakota Sioux tribe during the American Civil War.

Which film is considered a groundbreaking representation of the Latino experience in Hollywood?

  1. West Side Story

  2. Selena

  3. Coco

  4. Encanto


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

West Side Story is a 1961 musical film that tells the story of two young lovers from different ethnic backgrounds who fall in love in New York City.

Which film is considered a landmark in the representation of LGBTQ+ people in Hollywood?

  1. The Birdcage

  2. Brokeback Mountain

  3. Moonlight

  4. The Danish Girl


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Moonlight is a 2016 drama film that tells the story of a young African American man growing up in a poor neighborhood in Miami.

Which film is considered a groundbreaking representation of disability in Hollywood?

  1. My Left Foot

  2. The Theory of Everything

  3. The Peanut Butter Falcon

  4. CODA


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

CODA is a 2021 drama film that tells the story of a young woman who is the only hearing member of her deaf family.

Which film is considered a landmark in the representation of mental illness in Hollywood?

  1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

  2. A Beautiful Mind

  3. Silver Linings Playbook

  4. Joker


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 drama film that tells the story of a rebellious inmate who is sent to a mental institution.

Which film is considered a groundbreaking representation of addiction in Hollywood?

  1. The Lost Weekend

  2. Trainspotting

  3. Requiem for a Dream

  4. Beautiful Boy


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Lost Weekend is a 1945 drama film that tells the story of a writer who struggles with alcoholism.

Which film is considered a landmark in the representation of poverty in Hollywood?

  1. The Grapes of Wrath

  2. Slumdog Millionaire

  3. Parasite

  4. Nomadland


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Grapes of Wrath is a 1940 drama film that tells the story of a poor family who is forced to leave their home during the Great Depression.

Which film is considered a groundbreaking representation of war in Hollywood?

  1. All Quiet on the Western Front

  2. Apocalypse Now

  3. Saving Private Ryan

  4. 1917


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

All Quiet on the Western Front is a 1930 war film that tells the story of a group of young German soldiers who are sent to fight in World War I.

Which film is considered a landmark in the representation of the Holocaust in Hollywood?

  1. Schindler's List

  2. Life Is Beautiful

  3. The Pianist

  4. Son of Saul


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Schindler's List is a 1993 historical drama film that tells the story of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand Jews during the Holocaust.

Which film is considered a groundbreaking representation of the Rwandan genocide in Hollywood?

  1. Hotel Rwanda

  2. Sometimes in April

  3. Shake Hands with the Devil

  4. The Man Who Never Cried


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 historical drama film that tells the story of Paul Rusesabagina, a Rwandan hotel manager who saved the lives of more than a thousand people during the Rwandan genocide.

Which film is considered a landmark in the representation of the Bosnian War in Hollywood?

  1. No Man's Land

  2. Pretty Village, Pretty Flame

  3. Grbavica

  4. Quo Vadis, Aida?


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

No Man's Land is a 2001 war film that tells the story of two soldiers from opposing sides who are trapped in a trench together during the Bosnian War.

Which film is considered a groundbreaking representation of the Syrian Civil War in Hollywood?

  1. The White Helmets

  2. For Sama

  3. The Cave

  4. The Last Men in Aleppo


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The White Helmets is a 2016 documentary film that tells the story of the Syrian Civil Defense, a volunteer organization that rescues people from the rubble of buildings that have been destroyed by airstrikes.

Which film is considered a landmark in the representation of the Rohingya refugee crisis in Hollywood?

  1. The Rohingya: A Genocide in Four Acts

  2. Exodus

  3. The Lady in Number 6

  4. A Thousand Cuts


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Rohingya: A Genocide in Four Acts is a 2018 documentary film that tells the story of the Rohingya people, a Muslim minority group who have been persecuted and forced to flee their homes in Myanmar.

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