Watch the film Bring It to the Table (screened on Tuesday during this week). You may stream it online through the library\’s subscription at this link (). Open your essay by considering the questions about advocacy and rhetorical situation in the original assignment, including:
How does \”advocacy\” or \”activism\” play a role in the film? What is being advocated, and why? In other words, what argument does the film construct for you as the audience?
How is the rhetorical situation constructed in this film? What is its purpose? Who is its audience? How does it communicate its purpose to that audience?
From here, please consider the film in light of our discussion of Stowe\’s Uncle Tom\’s Cabin. Questions you may use to frame this discussion include (but are not limited to) the following:
What might filmmaker Julie Winokur\’s reaction be to a novel like Uncle Tom\’s Cabin? What would she think about its purpose and the rhetorical strategies that it uses? Would Winokur feel that there is a place for a novel like this in American democracy today, or would she feel that it is out of place? Use specific examples from the film and novel to support your claims.
What might novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe\’s reaction be to a film like Bring It to the Table? What would she think about its purpose and the rhetorical strategies that it uses? Would Stowe feel that there was a place for a work like this in American democracy in 1851, or would she feel that it is out of place? Use specific examples from the film and novel to support your claims.
How are the messages and purposes of each work similar? How are they different? Why does this matter?
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