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I am going to write my next paper on Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained". For me, it was very difficult to find a movie to write about, due to lack of information. For instance, my original idea was to write about "American History X", but I found NO articles about the so-called "Black Negro" in that film. I also tried to find information regarding the subject of "Black Negroes and White Saviors" to "The New World", "Laurence of Arabia" and "The Matrix"... without avail. Finally, I settled on Django Unchained, because I saw it mentioned in an article on the database. Therefore, I decided to use it. I've never seen the film before, but my expectations for watching it-- based on the trailer and what other people have said-- is that it will be VERY violent, very long, and, according to Spike Lee, a very bad representation of African-American history. From what I have read so far, Django, although very capable, cannot have reached his potential without a white man. So, the white man, even though he's the "slaveowner", also becomes the "white savior". Also, in my paper (and I don't know how side-tracked this is) I want to address the reasons why Tarantino made a movie set in the time of slavery in the USA. Because, as was discussed in lecture after screening "NightJohn", filmmakers always have a reason for their setting, especially when they are set during very turmoiled times like slavery. So, why did Tarantino make a movie during this time about that time?

By the way, here's the trailer, if you want to check it out: