Description
1. This assignment is based on the documentary The Edge of Eachother’s Battles, and you
must cite Audre Lorde’s article—“The Master’s Tool Will Never Dismantle the Master’s
House”—to support your analysis. This assignment enables the development of a critical
engagement to understand visual media’s power, meaning, and significance. You should
be able to interpret the primary purpose of the film. Pause, rewind, and take notes as you
watch to construct a critical viewpoint.
The text needs for this article is:( I uploaded in file)
Audre Lorde, “The Master’s Tool Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House” in This Bridge, 98-101
Mitsuye Yamada, “Asian Pacific American Women and Feminism” in This Bridge, 71-75
Barbara Cameron, “Gee, You Don’t Seem Like an Indian from the Reservation” in This Bridge, 46-52
2. The key to this assignment is NOT to summarize but to engage in critical film analysis. A
summary outlines the main elements: who, what, where, when, why, and how. An
analysis examines the film’s deeper meaning by demonstrating your critical thinking
ability and formulating your opinion on the subject matter. By “critical thinking,”
essay should incorporate an essential level of thoughtfulness and reflection with
which you respond to the ideas, themes, and concepts that the materials (text and
documentary) present to you.
3. The following prompts are meant to center and structure your writing content:
a. Why does Audre Lorde insist on working across differences (gender, sexuality, race,
ethnicity, class, religion/spirituality, etc.) to chip away at systems of power?
b. Why is Audre Lorde’s philosophy and activism cherished by feminists and
indispensable to the feminist movement?
c. What do the narratives of struggles, survival, and recognition in the documentary
teach us about marginalized and minoritized communities?
d. Why is silence considered an instrument of oppression?
e. What did you take away from the documentary?
Incorporate specific examples from the film to support your analysis.
Cite in the following format: (Author’s last name, page #; e.g., Smith, 128). If you mentioned the author’s last name in
your sentence, cite only the page number (there is no need to repeat the author’s name). For
online pieces without page numbers, note the author’s last name and year of publication. Refrain
from citing or including essay titles in your sentences.
Word Count: Essays must be between 800 -1000 words.
Paper Format & File Upload: Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1” margins on all sides,
double-spaced.
