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The Butler The movie “The Butler” is directed and produced by Lee Daniel’s and written by Danny Strong, it is based upon a true story between the years 1920 – 2008 (2013). The story takes you through a time of the civil and human rights movement (including Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Freedom Riders, Malcolm X and the Black Panthers), the Vietnam war and ending with the election of the first black president of the United States of America, an era of the great black oppression, segregation and the fight for equal rights and opportunity and sometimes your life. The movie surrounds a conflict of determination between a father and son that also represents a generational change of the old and young. The main character is the butler named Cecil Gaines (father), which is determined to live a dignified and purposeful life while supporting his family and keeping them safe. The son, Louis Gaines is determined to bring change to a nation’s consciousness and lift the 200 years of oppression laid upon the black people of America and end white privilege that prohibited equal rights and opportunities. Louis was labeled a criminal and was …show more content…

O., Ziskin, L., Patrick, B., & Elwes, C. (Producers), Daniels, L. (Director) & Strong, D. (Writer). (2013). The butler [Motion picture]. United States: The Weinstein Company.
Koppelman, K. L. (2017). Understanding human differences: Multicultural education for a diverse America (5th ed.). Boston: Pearson.
Noguera, P., & Cohen, R. (2011, February 11). Remembering Reagan’s record on civil rights and the South African freedom struggle. Retrieved June 5, 2018, from The Nation website: https://www.thenation.com/article/ remembering-reagans-record-civil-rights-and-south-african-freedom-struggle/
Victory for nonviolence. (n.d.). Retrieved June 5, 2018, from PBS website: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/

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