Tales/The imitation game/Myths and Heroes+ the idea of Progress

 1°http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-18561092

Alan Turing: Inquest's suicide verdict 'not supportable'.Alan Turing, the British mathematical genius and codebreaker born 100 years ago on 23 June, may not have committed suicide, as is widely believed.

2°http://historysheroes.e2bn.org/hero/weretheyahero/91

 

Should Alan Turing be considered a hero?

Thousands of people have come together to demand justice for Alan Turing and recognition of the appalling way he was treated. While Turing was dealt with under the law of the time and we can't put the clock back, his treatment was of course utterly unfair and I am pleased to have the chance to say how deeply sorry I, and we all are for what happened to him. So on behalf of the British Government, and all those who live freely thanks to Alan's work I am very proud to say: we're sorry, you deserved so much better.

Gordon Brown 10 September 2009

Arguments for He was tenacious: he would not turn away from the job he had to do.  His determination to break the German codes, led him to working very long hours. He would not let up until the problem was solved. This probably shortened the war by as much as 2 years. He was an inspirational visionary.  His ideas about the potential of computing were years ahead of his contemporaries and of what was possible at the time. His ideas inspired a whole generation of computer scientists and made our modern computing possible. Alan was ambitious for the furtherance of knowledge for the general good.  His ambition was to advance knowledge, knowledge which could be used for the improvement of understanding and the development of technology to take the world forward. He was brave and patriotic.  Alan could have stayed safely in America, studying Mathematics at Princeton, but chose instead to return to Britain in 1938, wanting to play his part in the impending war effort. He subsequently went to America to share knowledge with their crypotologists, travelling at a time when the Battle of the Atlantic was at its most dangerous. -It was a good thing the authorities hadn't known Turing was a homosexual during the war, because if they had, they would have fired him – and we would have lost. Professor Jack Good, wartime colleague of Alan Turing  3°TS : E.SNOWDEN AND  A.TURING : A COMPARISON http://iupress.typepad.com/blog/2015/02/guest-post-the-human-faces-of-spying-alan-turing-and-edward-snowden-on-the-sliver-screen.html

Arguments against He was always in a safe environment.  Alan Turing, broke codes and cyphers, from the safety of Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire. He did not have to risk his life and was in very little physical danger.

Tales : The Latino Comedy Project's "300"

Another funny Latino Comedy  project that could be linked to "Myths and Superheroes", just for fun  https://youtu.be/5aMujnrHE1I

TS /L The Mexican Dream

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/26/world/americas/mexico-leaving-us/

Mexicans feeling persecuted flee US: CNN 2012

TS : Spanish in Miami

Glory (From the Motion Picture "Selma") - Common & John Legend

The movie soundtrack : “Glory” by John Legend featuring Common
“Glory”

One day, when the glory comes

It will be ours, it will be ours

Oh, one day, when the war is won
We will be sure, we will be here sure
Oh, glory, glory



Oh, glory, glory



Hands to the Heavens, no man, no weapon
Formed against, yes glory is destined

Every day women and men become legends
Sins that go against our skin become blessings
The movement is a rhythm to us



Freedom is like religion to us

Justice is juxtaposition in us

Justice for all just ain’t specific enough

One son died, his spirit is revisitin’ us

True and living living in us, resistance is us

That’s why Rosa sat on the bus

That’s why we walked through Ferguson with our hands up
When it go down we woman and man up

They say, “Stay down” and we stand up

Shots, we on the ground, the camera panned up

King pointed to the mountain top and we ran up

One day, when the glory comes

It will be ours, it will be ours

Oh, one day, when the war is won
We will be sure, we will be here sure
Oh, glory, glory



Oh, glory, glory glory



Now the war is not over
Victory isn’t won

And we’ll fight on to the finish
Then when it’s all done

We’ll cry glory, oh glory

We’ll cry glory, oh glory



Selma is now for every man, woman and child

Even Jesus got his crown in front of a crowd

They marched with the torch, we gon’ run with it now
Never look back, we done gone hundreds of miles
From dark roads he rose, to become a hero

Facin’ the league of justice, his power was the people
Enemy is lethal, a king became regal

Saw the face of Jim Crow under a bald eagle

The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful

We sing, our music is the cuts that we bleed through

Somewhere in the dream we had an epiphany

Now we right the wrongs in history

No one can win the war individually

It takes the wisdom of the elders and young people’s energy
Welcome to the story we call victory



The coming of the Lord, my eyes have seen the glory



One day, when the glory comes

It will be ours, it will be ours

Oh, one day, when the war is won
We will be sure, we will be here sure
Oh, glory, glory



Oh, glory, glory glory



When the war is done, when it’s all said and done
We’ll cry glory, oh glory



“Glory” was written by Stephens, John Roger / Lynn, Lonnie
Rashid.

Which poster do you prefer ? Describe and compare them using notions of comparison.

1. Which elements of the march on Selma are illustrated  in each poster ? (What does each poster focus on ?)

 Analyse the different perspectives  and the effect on the  viewers.

Selma - Extrait 4 HD

Selma - Extrait 5 HD