The vivid and immersive cinematography of this scene from Barry Jenkins’ semi-autobiographical film explores the formative relationship between Juan and Little, while playing with themes of spirituality. New York Times’…
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This excerpt from Jordan Peele’s debut film, a horror movie about racial tensions, micro-aggressions, and fetishization, builds tension through the use of suspenseful editing.
Ava Duvernay’s short film for Miu Miu’s ‘Women’s Tales’ film series is a story of female friendship and support, told without any dialogue.
Dr. Dan Hassler-Forest’s series on films that shed light on the election of Donald Trump in the U.S., including historical, political, socioeconomic, and theoretical perspectives. “I started seeking out films…
Complete list here: https://lauraportwoodstacer.com/confronting-media-privilege/ This exercise could easily be adapted to consider a range of other representations and identities. From Laura Portwood-Stacer: “I recently went looking for a list of markers…
Professor Juliet Davis, University of Tampa Full assignment downloadable below, which includes a variety of options for the types of media authoring students can do to meet the goals of…
“A Chicago teenager decides to reveal their true identity during a spoken word performance.”
Download the assignment at Teaching Media Quarterly here: http://pubs.lib.umn.edu/tmq/vol1/iss3/3/ Professor Tia Tyree, Howard University “This assignment is a critical examination of how rappers and consumers view gender and sexuality representations and…
Stuart Hall lays out the meanings and function of representation (first sections are especially useful to intro undergraduates). Available here: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~noenoe/hall1.pdf Hall, Stuart. Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices. London: Sage…
Chimamanda Adichie’s TED Talk discusses ” how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we…
