Critical Thinking at LIAT March 15, 2021

Today we will continue with work left unfinished last week. 

1. We open with a short film for discussion: Backward God, directed by Natalie Cook, writer and producer. The film tells the story of how man made God in his image. The film interweaves elements of ecology and spiritualty to retell the book of Genesis through a womanist lens.

Natalie Cook is a filmmaker, poet, and theater-maker. Natalie’s poetry film, “Backwards God,” received the Best Social Justice Film Award at the New York International Film Awards and was the Grand Prize Winner of the AT&T Film Awards. She is the founder of Atlanta Word Works, as well as an alumna of the First Wave Hip Hop Theatre Ensemble, the BARS Workshop at The Public Theater, and the Gates Millennium Scholarship Program. She received a Bachelor in Arts in English with an Emphasis in Creative Writing and Afro-American Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Master of Arts in Film, Black Studies, and Art Education from the NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study. 

2. Discussion or analysis (chose an Essential Intellectual Trait p. 24-25 in MGCT). What is her argument? Concession? Premises? What analogy is present? What visual clues reinforce the thesis or plot? 

3. Summary -- Let's look at the op ed from last week on Bloody Sunday. 

4.  Share WA 7 with class for discussion.

5 Homework. Read Chapter 5 pp. 94-121. We will look at definitions and how what is certain can change (smile).