My Recommendation Identify two films not presented in class(1. Milk, Gus Van Sant 2.Gus Van Sant ,My Own Private Idaho 3.  Do The Right Thing, Spike Lee)  that you believe have the potential to transform one’s political sensibilities pertaining to deep differences. In addition to your recommendations, be sure to give a full citation and a short abstract for each of the two films you suggest. . Example1)  i have chosen film, cinema, in my work in order to theorize difficult questions regarding democracy and difference.  There are, however, many points of caution in choosing to use film.  Films often can reinforce and affirm stereotyped and demeaning images of others; that is, film is as effective a tool for installing as it is for challenging and overcoming oppression.  However, as I write in Chapter One, the fictionalized realism of film can allow for a sharing of the different experiences that individuals live through and can serve as a helpful tool to uncover the raw materials that make up our various social or cultural identities.  In other words, and more specifically, film and film criticism facilitate the search for a location from which to envision a democratic politics in ways that are respectful of difference and that quite possibly can contribute to the transformation of one’s sensibilities by providing an opportunity to theorize and imagine a new or emerging politics from a position of eyewitness .

1. My Recommendation
Identify two films not presented in class(1.
Milk, Gus Van Sant 2.Gus Van Sant ,My Own Private Idaho 3.
Do The Right Thing, Spike Lee)
that you believe have the potential to transform one’s political
sensibilities pertaining to deep differences. In addition to your
recommendations, be sure to give a full citation and a short
abstract for each of the two films you suggest. .
Example1) i have chosen film, cinema, in my work in order to
theorize difficult questions regarding democracy and
difference. There are, however, many points of caution in
choosing to use film. Films often can reinforce and affirm
stereotyped and demeaning images of others; that is, film is as
effective a tool for installing as it is for challenging and
overcoming oppression. However, as I write in Chapter One,
the fictionalized realism of film can allow for a sharing of the
different experiences that individuals live through and can serve
as a helpful tool to uncover the raw materials that make up our
various social or cultural identities. In other words, and more
specifically, film and film criticism facilitate the search for a
location from which to envision a democratic politics in ways
that are respectful of difference and that quite possibly can
contribute to the transformation of one’s sensibilities by
providing an opportunity to theorize and imagine a new or
emerging politics from a position of eyewitness