A presentation about The Secret Life of Bees

1. The Secret Life of Bees
Rachel Vicioso
Professor Williams
Intro to Critical Reading, Writing, and Research
14 July 2014

2. Outline
● Thesis
● History
● Racism in film
● Actor’s
● Conclusion

4. Thesis
Racism is very clearly shown through the film,
The Secret Life of Bees.

5. Important History!

7. Racism- Rosaleen

8. Racism- Zach

9. Actors
★ New York Time article “A Golden Dollop of Motherly
Comfort” by A.O Scott
“Queen Latifah's shrewd refusal to play her character
according to stereotype, the film becomes a familiar and
tired fable of black selflessness, in which African-
Americans take time out from their struggle against
oppression to lift the battered self-esteem of white
people who have the good sense not to be snarling
bigots.”.

10. Continued...
“Even Ms. Fanning, weeping on cue and
looking uncomfortable otherwise, seems a
little abashed that the movie, in the end, has
to be all about her.”

11. Conclusion
★ Bythewood did stick to the plot.
★ All character were played just like how I had
imagined.
★ In terms of History, she had stayed true to
things that happened.

12. Works Cited
Brunner, Borgna, and Elissa Haney. "Civil Rights Timeline." Infoplease.
Infoplease, n.d. Web. 10 July 2014.
Scott, A.O. "A Golden Dollop of Motherly Comfort." New York Times 17 Oct.
2008: C10(L). Academic OneFile. Web. 13 July 2014.
The Secret Of Bees. Dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood. Prof. Queen Latifah Dakota Fanning, Jennifer
Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo, and Paul Bettany. Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2009.
DVD.

13. Thank You