Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Mongolian Ping Pong 綠草地;


Mongolian Ping Pong (Lü cao di, or 綠草地, ),)a movie from Mongolia, the homeland of Genghis Khan. The movie centers around Bilike and his friends Ergoutou and Dawa. The movie takes place in modern Mongolia and was shot in 2005.
The kids find a mysterious white ball and they come to worship it briefly. They get into to lots of trouble as a result and mischeivious Ergoutou is caught drinking some of his father's beer on a unrelated note, but the main source of Ergoutou's troubles is his unhealthy obsession with the ping pong ball.
The boys hear over the television that the ball is "the national ball" and they travel to reach what they think will be Bejing to return "the national ball" to China.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Flirting

Flirting a 1991 Australian film starring Thandie Newton and Noah Taylor as the main protagonists in a story about overcoming racial and social inequality at an Australian boarding school. Danny Ambling (Taylor) is a slack jawed Australian teenager who becomes enamored with Thandiwe (Newton), a Ugandan student at the all girl counterpart to the all boys boarding school which Ambling attends, who shares the mutual sentiment for him. The two soon discover many obstacles that seek to inhibit their insatiable romance. The conclusion is a real shocker and the couple eventually are able to be together in the end to the dismay of the white Austalian culture which seeks to make their union impossible.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

RabbitProofFence

Rabbit Proof Fence is a reminder of the suffering that characterized the early 20th century for the aboriginal people. The Movie follows and Aboriginal girl Molly and her sisters Daisy and Gracie as they escape the icy grips of an Australian reformatory school. Their attempts to australianize them fail and everyone but Gracie finds their way back home to their aboriginal abode. The film is a lesson to those who were unaware of the conflict that has existed in Australia between Anglo and Aboriginal peoples.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Weeping Camel












The movie Weeping Camel takes place in modern Mongolia. It not only tells the story of a camel and its mother, it also tells the story of a nomadic mongolian family and their culture, focusing on their connection to the camel. It describes the trials of life in the Gobi desert and the process that the family goes through to convince a mother camel to accept her white camel. The film also gives snapshots of Mongolian culture and music and they sing to the camel in the end which somehow coerces the mother to accept her suckling.
This movie gives insight into how other people live and how people still live traditional lives in Mongolia and have not fully modernized, whether for better or worse.




Thursday, February 4, 2010

Rabbit proof fence

Rabbit proof fence is a film about overcoming adversity. The movie is set in 1930's Australia, and deals with an aboriginal family that is sent to a boarding school. It centers around relateable themes of racism and discrimination that still plague our globe to this day.