History class has been especially interesting this marking period, as we have been watching plenty of great movies. They are not just movies that have nothing to do with what we are learning - each one is directly related to what we have been going over. Our latest topic we have been learning about is the continent of Africa. I must say that I have thoroughly enjoyed each of the three movies we watched having to do with Africa (although we did watch small clips of the movie District Nine).
Cry Freedom was the first movie we watched. What was unique about this movie is that it showed, in movie form, much of what we read about in the novel Kaffir Boy in our literature class. Both stories (each one being true) took place in South Africa under apartheid. We were able to see the poor ghettos of the blacks, the government genocides on the protests, and the mistreatment and killing of Steve Biko in prison. Before we started watching this movie and reading Kaffir Boy, I had never heard of apartheid and did not even know of the terrible things that happened in South Africa.
The second movie we watched, Hotel Rwanda, was a great movie as well. I had never heard or knew anything about Rwanda, so this movie allowed me to learn of the conflict between the Hutus and the Tutsis. It had a relatively happy ending, which I enjoyed.
Lastly, Invictus was the final movie we watched. I remember seeing trailers for this movie a while back, and knowing little about it and not being a fan of sports, I dismissed it as just a sports movie. However, after watching most of this movie, I was surprised about how interesting and factual this movie was. It taught me much more about what occurred right after Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa and apartheid ended. I look forward to seeing the conclusion on Friday.
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