Origins of Zombies
The first zombie film, released in 1932
What is White Zombie?
Definition of the Other / othering.
What is creating the self through the definition of something / someone opposite to the core culture?
Years of the cold war, approximately (xxxx-xxxx).
What is 1946 - 1990 ?
(1945-1991 also acceptable)
An unpopular conflict lasting from 1954-1975, with Americans heavily intervening to "stop" the spread of communism.
Name of the main character of I am Legend.
What is Dr. Robert Neville?
The years of American occupation of Haiti: (xxxx-xxxx)
What is 1915-1934?
Definition of fetish.
What is an object that contains magical powers or has a spirit of some kind living inside?
Congress committee founded in the 1930s that, by the 1950s, grew concerned that Hollywood was rife with communists and socialists. Responsible for accusing and trying those believed to be communists.
This film, debuting as a matinee in 1968, was likely shocking to 1960s American audiences due to the casting of a Black lead actor.
What is Night of the Living Dead?
A (usually) young person who rejects the mores of established society (as by dressing unconventionally or favouring communal living) and advocates a nonviolent ethic.
The Indigenous people of Haiti, who disappeared within 25 years of Spanish arrival
Definition of the Monroe Doctine
What is Plan 9 from Outer Space?
This scientific competition between the US and USSR was a manifestation of the intellectual fight for superiority that characterized the cold war.
What is the Space Race?
How does zombie consumption mirror human consumerism (e.g think shopping malls, Neville's car...?)
A variety of answers are acceptable here.
What is consumerism is an insatiable demand for stuff not needed?
Significant event from 1791-1804 in Haiti, which was publicized and terrified America where slavery was still active.
What is the successful slave revolt under Toussaint L'Ouverture?
or
What is the Haitian revolution?
The idea that the United States had a destiny encouraged, supported, and rewarded (divinely) to expand.
Manifest Destiny
The Cold war was a war fought via a stand in / someone else. This is called a...
What is proxy war?
Give 2 examples of 1960s-1970s counter culture.
What is Jesus Christ?
In Omega Man: Survivors will endure because he gave up his blood (e.g sacrament), dies arms out, criss behind, water. Dies to save innocent young people.
What is slowness / shuffling?
If you move slowly, pretend not to hear instructions, are unproductive --> resisting without dying.
A term coined by film critic Robin Wood, who used a Freudian framework. Symbolism is ubiquitous and symbolism can be decoded by audiences via their unconscious or subconscious anxieties and fears that have been culturally tutored.
What is the collective nightmare?
This doctrine caused massive anxiety in the American populace, leading to duck and cover drills, and films such as Plan 9 from Outer Space.
What is the MAD Doctrine: Mutually Assured Destruction?
Name 2 ways Harry Cooper of Night of the Living Dead represents the failed hero?
Something new about I am Legend compared to the previous films we had watched. Hint: setting
What is post-apocalyptic setting?