Has anyone see the movie "Golden Door"? A student mentioned it when I was giving a brief history of intelligence testing in the U.S. Here's a link to the full review from the LA Times: http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-golden1jun01,0,7266557.story
>From the review: The gradual courtship of Salvatore and Lucy, therefore, is not only improbable, it takes on a magical dimension, transpiring almost wordlessly. Amato and Gainsbourg give remarkably emotive performances, made more emotional by their relative wordlessness. Their discovery of each other exists in contrast to the white-coated, modern barbarism at Ellis Island, where families were separated and immigrants denied entry on the advice of eugenicists like the infamous Henry Goddard. Perhaps more than any medium, film has cemented the legend of the island as a welcoming place of refuge for the world's castoffs. Crialese, who researched the island extensively, gives us an alternate, infinitely fascinating view of a place where, at a specific time, scientists labored to prove the supposed genetic inferiority of Jews, Italians, Russians, Hungarians and other ethnic groups and passed their research along to Congress, resulting in quotas for immigrants from different countries. -- Sue Frantz Highline Community College Psychology Des Moines, WA 206.878.3710 x3404 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/ -- Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology Assistant Director Project Syllabus http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
