Black_Robe

Black Robe The Black Robe of Colonialism "Black Robe", a story written by novelist Brian Moore, is a film some say is a "story that preludes to nothing", however, I believe that the film did an excellent job of portraying colonialism, racism, and ethnocentrism. Throughout the whole film, constant reminders of the Europeans efforts to persuade everyone to follow their own beliefs and views of religion were being laid out as the Jesuit priests tried to convince a virgin territory of this "new" way of life. "Black Robe" is a story of a Jesuit priest, Father Laforgue, otherwise known as "Blackrobe", and his efforts to reach a Huron settlement with the aid of the Algonquins. Along the way many hardships arise as he is attacked, imprisoned, and left alone on his quest. Throughout his journey many points are brought up about ethnocentrism and colonialism that leave the viewer pondering his own self on what he had formerly thought was just a part of history read about in history books. His journey was a torturous experience but was the most real depiction of Indian life that I have come across; much more so than "Dances with Wolves", which portrays life as a much easier, life, laforgue, way, own, movie, indians, people, view, group, beliefs, europeans, ethnocentrism, different, belief, story, robe, just, huron, french, film, faith, colonialism, after, accept, about, able, whole, ways, wanted, told, time, throughout, rather, out, ones, new, missionaries, look, journey, job, help, god, entire, each, daniel, culture, black, better, being, because