[Music] the Michigan Central Train Station played a large role in the civil rights movement of 1963 thousands of people from Detroit and other parts of Michigan traveled to Washington DC to participate in the march where Dr martin Luther King Jr delivered his famous I have a dream speech they gathered at the Michigan Central Train Station to board trains for the nation's capital the station was a key departure point for activists and supporters of civil rights well hello scholars i'm media literacy Maddie i'm practicing my script for a film about Michigan Central Train Station as the narrator of the script it's important to impact the audience how do you think I'm doing so far let's check in on Miss Cara she's watching a film about the March on Washington and learning about how to analyze the media makers purpose of the film hello scholars i'm Miss Cara and I'm so glad you're here i love to watch lots of different kinds of movies and films how about you because there are so many kinds of films I always find it helpful to understand what the film's main purpose is first is it to entertain inform or persuade today I'm watching a short documentary film called From Detroit's Walk to Freedom to the March on Washington: 60 Years of Civil Rights Legacy this film was produced by One Detroit for Detroit PBS a documentary is a non-fiction or factual film whose purpose is designed to inform the viewer about real events and people let's watch a segment of the film together to see if we can understand what the producer for this film was hoping to achieve by including this in the film why is it a little known fact that Dr king rehearsed the I have a dream speech here in the city of Detroit first before he took it to Well you know how it is man you you know you getting your you getting your sing on at one place before you go singing it out that's right you working out the kinks and stuff and this ain't no small place detroit if you can do it in Detroit then you can withstand all kinds of critique cuz people here are rigorous about performance about intelligence about oratory and the like when filmmakers edit their films they have to be intentional about the choices they make so their films don't get too long after watching that short segment I'm certain the filmmaker included the quote from Dr dyson because it was convincing in letting the viewer know the purpose of the film is to inform the audience about Detroit's role in the civil rights movement specifically leading up to the March on Washington and Dr martin Luther King Jr.'s I have a dream speech before watching this did you know Dr king had practiced this famous speech in Detroit now it's your turn to practice being a filmmaker do you have a piece of paper and a pencil handy if you were going to write a short film about your home or school what would the purpose of it be thinking back to the purpose of Media Literacy Mattiey's film about Michigan Central Train Station I'm going to write the purpose of the film is to inform the viewer about the history of the Michigan Central Train Station [Music] the next time you watch a film designed to inform entertain or persuade don't forget to think about the media maker's purpose for creating the film as you are viewing thank you for joining us if you want more fun ways to practice literacy skills don't forget to subscribe to the Michigan Learning channel and be sure to check the description below for links to activity guides resources and more [Music] [Applause]