Essential Questions
Globalization
- What economic, social and political processes are involved in globalization, immigration and migration? What is the role of the global city in these processes?
- What form of the economy — post -industrial, service, finance — is evident in the films?
- How do immigrants connect to this economy?
- What gender differences are evident?
- How is the border represented?
- What local and regional differences are there between the global cities of Los Angeles and London?
Film Analysis
- Whose voices do we hear in the film? What film effects are utilized to convey the film's position on immigration?
- To what extent do these films reflect social reality? Are they representative of a particular ideology?
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