Word: themes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...voices opened one's ears, which gave easy access to one's soul. Dressed in an array of African prints the Kuumba singers rocked and swayed, clapped and sang until Memorial Church seemed to move with their rhythm. With shining faces and full voices the choir dramatically presented its theme, "The Light of Unity." The Memorial Church altar, usually an inconspicuous backdrop, complemented the singers' radiant stage presence; it almost seemed to draw out their contagious rhythm and spirit...
...unrestricted palette expresses shape and perspective. But as Kupka notes on one sketch: "here...maybe I am regressing to the post card." And the final result is a very indifferent painting--as the artist evidently felt himself, judging by the number of times he reworked and restudied, the theme...
...became decorative in the late 17th century and positively rococo in the 18th, peering from cartouches, dallying under formalized palms. The ideas of Rousseau transmuted him into a red-skinned Cato or Brutus garbed in instinctive rectitude. And as he began to perish along the white frontier, the theme of racial destruction in a wild, vast landscape evoked lamentations from romantic artists who had never been there-especially from Delacroix, whose Les Natchez, 1824-35, is an American cousin to his Massacre at Chios...
Certain other technical aspects of the film are annoying and combine with Verneuil's confusion to undermine the impact of the camera-work. The score, whose recurring theme features a plodding bass line supposed to convey a sense of impending doom overlaid by a piercing electronic whistle intended to raise us to a pitch of terror, is grating rather than eerie. The actors' voices seem to be dubbed; even though they are mouthing English words, the soundtrack is not synchronized...
Despite the disparity of occupations and life-styles presented by Deitch, we find one prevailing theme throughout all the interviews. Almost all the women complain of feeling limited in the job opportunities and role possibilities open to them. Yet, as Deitch so powerfully shows us, a great deal of the limitations imposed on women are due solely to social constraints. Engrossing footage dating back to WW II is integrated into the film, and with it, Deitch shows us that women, when needed, are capable of doing anything men can do. We see women in long skirts and heels learning...