5 questions...
1. Was it common for only white children to attend school at the time
of
the movie?
2. Why was Corrina's sister Geneva able to read and was educated while
Corrina was not educated? What did women have to do to become
educated
during the time frame of the movie?
3. What was the most common job for African-American women during the
time
frame of the movie?
4. Was being a housekeeper/nanny a prestigious job for African-American
women during the time frame of the movie?
5. Why did you choose to have an interracial couple in the movie?
You
could have chosen a plot with an African-American couple or Caucasian
couple?
Submitted by Jaimers Alspach.
I chose the movie, Corrina
Corrina, because I was told that it was
a good movie to watch if looking for multicultural issues. It
is
definitely that. The movie is about a father and his little girl,
Molly,
who recently lost her mother. The father interviews people looking
for a
nanny for Molly. The person they hire is Corrina (Whoopi Goldberg).
Corrina and Molly get along very well, and Corrina helps Molly accept
her
mother's death.
There are many multicultural
issues in this movie. Corrina takes
Molly to her family's house to play with her nieces and nephew.
At first,
the children don't quite know what to do. But they become the
best of
friends and while at Corrina's church, Molly leans over to one of the
nieces and says, "I am a nigger lover!" and seems very proud of herself.
The niece first gets upset, but then realizes that she didn't mean
it in a
mean way and explains to her that that is not a nice thing to say.
Molly
doesn't understand why though. She had overheard it at a restaurant
and
thought it was okay to say. During the movie, one of the nieces
asks
Molly, "Do you taste like vanilla?" and Molly asks her, "Do you taste
like
chocolate?". They end up giggling and licking each other.
Molly's father and Corrina
begin to have feelings for each other
that are stronger than just friends. But the neighbors and his
parents do
not approve of this. The neighbors watch way too closely and
report back
to the father's parents. Corrina's family doesn't approve of
her liking
him either. But by showing everyone that they are serious about
each
other, both families end up being okay with it.
Five Questions
1. Why was it that Molly's neighbors,
family members and friends all
had problems with the fact
that her father was in love with an
African American, but it
didn't have any affect on Molly?
(You would think that her
family would rub off on her more.)
2. Why did Corrina not make Molly go to school at all?
3. Why didn't Molly have more of a difficult
time with her father
dating another woman so
soon after her mother died?
4. Why didn't the teacher at school explain
that it was okay what
Molly drew (the picture
of her family, including Corrina)?
5. How did the director select the actors?
Submitted by Kathryn Giustina.