Cultural Studies
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THE KITCHENISTAS2021 American Studies Business Cultural Studies Family Relations Gastronomy Health Latino Studies Latin-American Studies Women's Studies Sociology 2022
What started as a 7-week nutrition program for women seeking healthier diets, has become a Latina-led movement to enact change in their own communities. Known as Kitchenistas, these women are showing how healthy food traditions can lead to physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing as well as big change in the home, at schools, within city hall, and in the healthcare system.
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SWIMMING OUT TILL THE SEA TURNS BLUE2021 Asian Studies Cinema Studies Cultural Studies Education Literature Political Science Sociology From master director Jia Zhang-Ke comes a vital document of Chinese society since 1949. Jia interviews three prominent authors—Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua, and Liang Hong. SWIMMING OUT TILL THE SEA TURNS BLUE is an indispensable account of a changing China from one of the countrys foremost cinematic storytellers. |
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4992021 Cinema Studies Cultural Studies Media Studies Latin-American Studies Sociology Spanish Language Performing Arts Peace & Conflict Mixing fictional and nonfictional elements, 499 is a creative documentary that explores the brutal legacy of colonialism in contemporary Mexico, nearly five-hundred years after Cortez conquered the Aztec Empire. |
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THE TWO SIGHTSAnthropology Cultural Studies Europe Sociology Cinema Studies 2021
The Two Sights (An Dà Shealladh) explores the disappearing tradition of second sight in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. As we listen to locals' accounts of haunting experiences—phantom horses, ghost voices and other supernatural phenomena—Bonnetta connects their testimonies with striking 16mm images and a carefully-curated sonic montage of the physical and aural environment of these enchanted islands.
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TO KID OR NOT TO KID2020 American Studies Cinema Studies Cultural Studies Directed by Women Women's Studies Health
Filmmaker Maxine Trump turns the camera on herself and her close circle of family and friends as she confronts the idea of not having kids, and explores the cultural pressures and harsh criticism childfree women regularly experience.
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RED CHEF REVIVAL2020 Indigenous Studies Cultural Studies Native American Studies Cinema Studies
Red Chef Revival is a unique and intimate documentary that follows three trailblazing chefs on a cross country journey to redefine and reclaim Indigenous cuisine. Using food as their access point, these chefs discover a new path to reconciliation, while working with ingredients you won't find in any cookbooks, like bison heart, beaver tail, moose nose, seal and cougar.
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UN FILM DRAMATIQUECinema Studies Cultural Studies Europe Performing Arts Education 2021
Un Film Dramatique is a lively portrait of the first class to attend the newly constructed Dora Maar middle school, filmed over the course of four years. The group of 21 middle schoolers discuss the drama of their daily lives and experiment with cameras and equipment. They are the film’s subjects, and also its makers.
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DESALAMBRANDO: THE DOCUMENTARY2019 American History Chicano Studies Cultural Studies Latino Studies Political Science Puerto Rican Studies World History
Desalambrando examines the history of Puerto Rico’s squatter movement, also known as rescates de terrenos and its current relevance in a post-Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico.
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THE CALL2019 Cultural Studies Cinema Studies Europe World History Sociology
The Call is an inside look at the turbulent jury selection process in Italy. In Italy, citizens can be summoned at a day’s notice for potential jury duty. 60 common citizens are randomly selected by a computer and notified by the police in person to appear in court—by the end of the day, 6 people are selected to be jurors.
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WHEN PIGS COME2019 Aging / Gerontology Cultural Studies Directed by Women Eastern Europe Women's Studies World History
A retired teacher in Serbian province, devotedly monitors elections believing that all individuals could and should make a difference in building democracy.
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I AM GAGARIN2019 Cinema Studies Cultural Studies Directed by Women Music Russia World History Urban Studies A deeply personal exploration of post-Soviet Russia, I am Gagarin examines the Moscow rave scene, and the influential trendsetters at the forefront of the subculture. |
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HÍBRIDOS, THE SPIRITS OF BRAZIL2019 Anthropology Cultural Studies Cinema Studies Dance Directed by Women Indigenous Studies Latin-American Studies Music Religion & Spirituality
HÍBRIDOS, THE SPIRITS OF BRAZIL is an ethnomusicological journey into the sacred culture of Brazil, from Roman Catholic to Ubanda and candomblé--mixures of African traditions with Catholicism.
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