"Angelina Jolie Pitt Fact Sheet." The UN Refugee Agency. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Web. 29 Oct. 2015. . In this article published by the UNHCR, it describes Angelina Jolie as an incredible humanitarian. Jolie has been the recipient of many awards including the Citizen of the World Award, the Global Humanitarian Award and the Freedom Award. Her humanitarian efforts sparked while she in Cambodia filming an action movie in 2000. By 2001 Jolie was named a UNHCR Goodwill ambassador and since then she has gone through more than 40 missions to “highlight the plight of million or uprooted people and to advocate for their protection”. Her incredible work with the refugee agency earned her a spot as António Guterres’ Special Envoy. …show more content…
WHile confined in an attic with the flu in France (so as not to contaminate her kids) Angelina Jolie began writing a script “from the beginning to the end.” The script sprouted from her anger at world’s poor reaction to man-made disasters that of which the Balkan war represented perfectly. The story took place in Sarajevo in the 1990s during the ethic war that ended the lives of an estimated 100,000 people and left millions terrorized. The plot revolved around an abused movie falling in love with her captor. Jolie described herself as vulnerable throughout the process she “had torn open her chest and shown her bleeding heart.” when writing the script. Zana Marjanovic, the actress who played the female lead, was in awe when she found out Jolie had written the script. AFter she had found her producer and local Bosnians for the cast, Jolie trusted no one but herself to lead the film into fruition. She directed the film she wrote, In the Land of Blood and Honey, her feature directorial …show more content…
Her debut on screen began in 1982, alongside her father in the film “Lookin’ to Get Out.” Not until a decade later did her acting career truly began in the low-budget production of “Cyborg 2”. Her first leading role in a majorfilm was in the film “Hackers” in 1995.In 1998 Jolie won critical accliam for her portrayal of a drug addict in the biogrphical HBO film “Gia”. Her acting in “Girl, Interrupted” earned her the Academy Award for BEst Supporting Actress in 1999. The article also describes her marriage to Billy Bob Thornton after starred alongside one another. In 2001, Jolie was cast as the lead in “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” making her one of Hollywood's highest-paid actresses. During this time she became involved with the UNHCR and adopted her son, Maddox. In 2005, she resumed her acting alongside Brad Pitt who would shortly become her fiance, in the movie “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”. The couple now have three biological and three adopted children after ten years together. Forbes has named her “Highest paid Actress” multiple times and her annual earnings have been estimated as high as 30
The narrator and her lover Peter travel to Sarajevo in Bosnia, Yugoslavia for a holiday to make sure what they have is the real thing. This is the same city where Princip shot the Archduke Ferdinand and the Archduchess, igniting the timber that started World War I. By setting the story in this same historic city, Weldon is drawing parallels between the Princip’s situation and the narrator’s. The narrator is struggling between what is moral and how her actions are going to affect everyone and everything around her. Similarly the Princip also had to decide whether or not to shoot the Archduke. On the other hand, Princip does decide to shoot the Archduke and Archduchess for the love of his country and the results are spending the rest of his life in prison. Through the setting, Weldon places the narrator in geologically in the same place and in the same mindset as Princip makes this huge
Her memoir starts off in Darfur in 2005, where in her late 20’s, she hits rock bottom while managing a refugee camp for 24,000 civilians. It backtracks to her internship in Rwanda, while moving forward to her challenges in Darfur, in addition to her experiences in post- tsunami Indonesia, and post-quake in Haiti. By sharing her story, Alexander gives readers an opportunity to go behind-the-scenes into the devastations that are censored on media outlets. She stresses that these are often the problems that individuals claim they are educated on, but rarely make it their priority to solve. However, that is not the case for Jessica Alexander as she has over 12 years of experience working with different NGO’s and UN operations. As a result, Alexander earns the credibility to critique the multi-billion-dollar humanitarian aid industry. From her painful yet rewarding work experience, Alexander gives an honest and empathetic view of humanitarian aid as an establishment and a
Many times readers lose interest in stories that they feel are not authentic. In addition, readers feel that fictitious novels and stories are for children and lack depth. Tim O’ Brien maintains that keeping readers of fiction entertained is a most daunting task, “The problem with unsuccessful stories is usually simple: they are boring, a consequence of the failure of imagination- to vividly imagine and to vividly render extraordinary human events, or sequences of events, is the hard-lifting, heavy-duty, day-by-day, unending labor of a fiction writer” (Tim O’ Brien 623). Tim O’ Brien’s “How to Tell a True War Story” examines the correlation between the real experiences of war and the art of storytelling. In O’Brien’s attempt to bridge the gap between fiction and non-fiction, the narrator of the story uses language and acts of violence that may be offensive to some.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are one of the most well known celebrity couples in the World. Angelina, an Oscar-winning actress whose parents were both actors, has made over 100 million dollars in her career. Angelina’s fiancé Brad, an equally successful Golden Globe actor, is considered to be one of the world’s most attractive men. Angelina and Brad first met in late 2004 while filming the 2005 movie “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” in which they co-starred. Angelina has publicly denied that she and Brad were involved while Brad was married even though they quickly began a relationship shortly after his divorce in October of 2005. Angelina and Brad currently live together and raise three biological and three adopted children together between their homes in Los Angeles, France and Italy.
...0 Most Influential People in The World” and was awarded Harvard Foundation’s Peter Gomes Humanitarian Award from Harvard University. I truly believe after writing this essay and reading Malala’s book that she deserve every one of these awards and more.
Film makers use many historical events to spark ideas for a movie. One historical event that is commonly used is war. One advantage a filmmaker has when using war as a movie plot is that there is already a lot of drama in war. This may seem like a good advantage for the filmmaker, however focusing on all of the war drama leaves much of the actual info. When watching a war movie, you may feel like you have an understanding of the war, but when you really compare a war movie to an actual war, you find that there is a lot of factual information left out.
The audience knows Angelina Jolie as an excellent actress. She is using her celebrity influence to push for worldwide action toward the Syrian refugee crisis through emotional articles, essays through newspapers, magazines to share her experience with the audience. Angelina Jolie spent time with a Syrian refugee family during a humanitarian trip and said that the conflict in Syria has "created a wave of human suffering." Syrians are suffering from the bombs, chemical weapons, rape and massacres (Jolie, 44). For example, she mentioned a story in her essay “A new level of refugee suffering: Complementary”a family of eight children with no parents, their father had been killed and mother was taken by ISIS (Jolie, 44). Angelina Jolie is very emotional when it comes to the fight against the refugee crisis, in her article “A new level of refugee suffering: Complementary” she recalls the stories which she heard from the Syrian refugees which made her speechless and very emotional toward helping these refugees to raise the issue to the world and helping them to defend the country and resolve the refugee crisis (Jolie, 45). Angelina Jolie evokes – “ How can you speak when a women your own age looks you in the eye and tells you that her whole family was killed in front of her, and that she now lives alone in a tent and has minimal
The difficult association between the occurrence of war and storytelling is told through the eyes of Tim O’Brien; he explains that a true war story has a supreme adherence to offensiveness that provides a sense of pride and courage commonly found in storytelling. “The thing about a story is that you dream it as you tell it, hoping that others might then dream along with you, and in this way memory and im...
The Hurt Locker is a war film that is set in Iraq during the Iraq War and fits in the adventure and action genre. The plot is about a three man bomb defusal team consisting of James, Sanborn, and Elridge finding themselves is extreme, life-threatening situations where they must defuse explosives over the violent conflicts. The director, Kathryn Bigelow, has done a good job with the mise-en-scene, making the setting overall extremely believable, giving a sense of realism in the film. The film’s mise-en-scene creates a believable Iraq War settings with the use costumes, weaponry, and all the grime and dirt present in places which sells the idea. Sounds and symbolism is used to show heavy tension amongst the soldiers .The film also contrasts James’s time in Iraq and his life back in America using the Supermarket scene. The idea portrayed in this film is the addiction to war which can be seen in James.
In “IND AFF, or Out of Love in Sarajevo,” Fay Weldon uses the setting of her story to teach a young woman a lesson in morality, and about life and love. This unnamed young woman narrates the story from the first person point of view, giving the reader a private glimpse into her inner struggle. The young woman is the protagonist in the story, and is a dynamic character; learning and growing in the few pages Weldon gives the reader a chance to get acquainted with her. Setting the story in Sarajevo allows Weldon to use historical events to teach the young woman about life. The largest role that setting plays in “IND AFF” is the historical event, which took place in this small town in Bosnia. An assassin named Princip took the life of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, in Sarajevo. This event is said to have propelled Europe into war, a war that came to be known as World War I. Visiting the town of Sarajevo the young woman ponders Princip’s decision to murder the Archduke and his wife, and these thoughts move her into a different course of action.
Barnett, Michael, and Thomas G. Weiss. Humanitarianism in Question: Politics, Power, Ethics. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 2008.
When the war breaks out, this tranquil little town seems like the last place on earth that could produce a team of vicious, violent soldiers. Soon we see Jim thrown into a completely contrasting `world', full of violence and fighting, and the strong dissimilarity between his hometown and this new war-stricken country is emphasised. The fact that the original setting is so diversely opposite to that if the war setting, the harsh reality of the horror of war is demonstrated.
Malala shared her story at the United Nations to the narrative that directs attention toward equality and rejection of dignity.... ... middle of paper ... ... Retrieved from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving Watts, P. (2013). Analysis of Malala Yousafzai’s speech to the UN General Assembly. The presenters' blog.
Angelina Jolie is an award winning actress that is not only known for her substantial role in Hollywood, but also for her intriguing personal life. She receives frequent criticism for her intriguing life with Brad Pitt and their children and also for her acting. Most importantly, Jolie has had a profound effect on women and men around the world. Jolie began her phenomenal acting career after landing a role in the HBO film Gia. Jolie met her now fiancé, Brad Pitt on the set of their film, Mr. and Mrs. Smith. The couple has six kids together. Jolie is well known for her charity works around the world and for her strength and courage she portrays in challenging situations. Although Jolie is constantly criticized for her decisions, she should be praised for all of her hard, charitable work that she accomplishes and her help of making the world a better place.
Several celebrities like actors, musicians, athletes or comedians establish plenty of positive self-images which can motivate or inspire many young people. Plenty of celebrities’ names have been used for encouraging voting, raising funds for victims from natural disaster and creating a charity, or many campaigns like anti-violence or anti-AIDS. There are many celebrities who give back to society. The positive side of celebrities can inspire people. People may do some charity for giving back, do well at school and avoid many troubles (Muhammad). Many of them turn their fame to work for various organizations that help people such as Angelina Jolie became a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador; she helped many refugees around the world. Moreover, she and her husband, Brad Pitt, have created the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation, which aims to focus on the poverty and provides elementary and secondary education also protect natural resources and wildlife (Celebrities Using Their Fame to Do Good). Additionally, Shakira, a famous singer, has founded the organization “Pies Descalzos Foundation” that provides the education for people in Colombia, South Africa and Haiti (Celebrities Using Their Fame to Do Good). And many celebrities turn their bad experiences to inspire many people. For examples, Martar Steward, who had been in jail for five months, becomes a woman giving a good lesson from her failure and success that can