The document discusses the film 'The Butler', directed by Lee Daniels, which is based on the true story of Eugene Allen, a black butler serving in the White House over 50 years of presidential history. It highlights themes such as white supremacy, peaceful resistance, and the conflict between differing approaches to advocating for civil rights as depicted through the characters Cecil and his son Luis. Notable presidents featured in the narrative include Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Reagan, each representing significant moments in American history.

1. THE BUTLER
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2. DIRECTED BY LEE DANIELS
RELEASE DATES AUGUST 16, 2013
COUNTRY UNITED STATES
MUSIC BY RODRIGO LEAO
INTERPRETERS Oprah Winfrey,
Forest Whitaker, Michael Rainey
Jr,Mariah Carey
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3. A TRUE STORY
It is based on the life of Eugene Allen, a black butler in the
White House whose human-interest story was recounted in the
papers to cover Obama’s victory in 2008.
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4. 50 YEARS OF PRESIDENTIAL
HISTORY
1) Dwight D. Eisenhower:
was the 34th President of the
United States from 1953
until 1961.
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5. 2) John Fitzgerald Kennedy:
was the 35th President of the United States, serving from January
1961 until he was assassinated in November 1963.”Our most basic
common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the
same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.”
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6. 3) Lyndon B Johnson:was the 36th President of the United
States. “Until justice is blind to color, until education is
unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the
color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but
not a fact.”
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7. 4) Richard Nixon: was the 37th President of United
States, serving from 1969 to 1974.
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8. Nixon is known for making quite a few anti-Semitic
remarks during his term
In one of the conversations released in the recordings,
Nixon mused about global anti-Semitism. "This antiSemitism is stronger than we think, ya know," he said in
a conversation to Evangelist Billy Graham shortly after
Israel shot down a Libyan passenger plane in Sinai, and
on the eve of then-Israeli Prime Minister Gold Meir's visit
to Washington. "It's unfortunate, but this has happened
to the Jews, happened in Spain, it happened in
Germany, it's happening, and now it's gonna happen in
America if these people don't start behaving. "It may be
they have a death wish, that's been the problem with our
Jewish friends for centuries," said Nixon.

9. 5) Ronald Reagan: was the 40th President of the
United States.
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10. THEMES
White supremacy
White power entailed
the hegemony of the
«white race» over the
«black one». In the
USA this
manifestation of
unfounded superiority
was the KU KLUX
KLAN
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11. Peaceful resistance
The Blacks tried to
recover their rights
peacefully, resisting the
physical and moral
violence of the whites.
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12. Conflict between father and son
In the Butler there are
two conflicting ideas:
that of Cecil’s and that
of his son Luis. The
combination of the two
approaches is what
brings about change.
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13. DIGNITY
Cecil is proud of his job
because he thinks that
thanks to it he will be able
to give a better future to
his family.
Luis, instead, resorts to
«non-violet fights» to
improve the present
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14. WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU?
Cecil’s? Luis’s? What would you do if
your rights were crushed? Would you
accept this passively or would you
«fight» for your own freedom?
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