What is the significance of the opening scene (first 10 min). (3-5 sentences)
What type of plantation are they on? What is its purpose? (2-3 sentences)
Why do you think the soldier that seemed gentle, turned violent and attacked the woman? (3-4 sentences)
How did you feel when you saw the scene of the male slave sent to clean the ashes of the woman he loved? (3-4 sentences)
There are 3 pieces of wall art, not photographs, that are in Veronica’s house. One is in her room above her bed, one in her hallway, and one in her living room near her kitchen, what are they depicting? What do they symbolize? (3-5 sentences)
What can you infer from the interesting conversation Veronica has with Elizabeth? What do you notice about how each woman behaved. (4-5 sentences)
What do you think about Veronica’s friend Dawn ( the one we meet when she is finishing yoga…and she is in the dinner scene)? Wait until you have seen her in both scenes to answer. Does she bother you? If so why? What about her bothers you? Would you feel differently if she were white? Skinnier? If you aren’t put off by her, what do you like/appreciate about this character? (5-7 sentences)
What is the name of the suite Veronica is staying in? What is the significance of this name?? (3-4 sentences)
What do you make of the scene with the little girl in the elevator? (3-4 sentences)
Look up micro aggression. What is it and how is the scene in the restaurant an example of this? (3-4 sentences)
How is the quote presented at the beginning of the movie significant? (3-4 sentences)
How is this film and The Village similar? (6-8 sentences)
Why did the white people do this? How did the plantation owner/staff get away with this for so long? How can we apply this same question to police brutality? Even after numerous recordings, it continues to happen and very few are prosecuted. (6-8 sentences)
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