Cultural Studies
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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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ALSO KNOWN AS JIHADI2019 Cinema Studies Cultural Studies Flaherty Collection Middle Eastern Studies World History Urban Studies Terrorism Studies
Pulling from real events and court documents in the wake of the 2015 Paris terror attacks, Also Known As Jihadi follows a young man's journey to radicalism not through his actions, but through his surroundings.
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LAILA AT THE BRIDGEAsian Studies Cultural Studies Directed by Women Health Middle Eastern Studies Cinema Studies Women's Studies 2018 2019 Laila at the Bridge takes the viewer on a harrowing journey to Kabul’s dark underpass, following a woman who attempts to save as many drug addicts as she can. |
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OWNED: A TALE OF TWO AMERICAS2018 Sociology American History Urban Studies Cultural Studies African-American Studies 2019
Owned: A Tale of Two Americas is a fever dream vision into the dark history behind the US housing economy. Tracking its overtly racist beginnings to its unbridled commoditization, the film exposes a foundational story few Americans understand as their own.
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I'VE GOT A LITTLE PROBLEM2018 Art History Cultural Studies LGBTQ Asian Studies Cinema Studies Short Films Human Sexuality
I’ve Got a Little Problem chronicles internationally renowned photographer and poet Ren Hang’s struggle with Chinese censorship, painful public scrutiny, and manic depression, that eventually sent his life spiraling out of control.
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NEIL GAIMAN: DREAM DANGEROUSLY2018 Performing Arts Cultural Studies Follow Neil Gaiman, author of Sandman, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book, on his final signing
tour. Featuring interviews with Amanda Palmer, George RR Martin, Bill Hader, and
Michael Sheen, Neil Gaiman: Dream
Dangerously chronicles the author’s journey from myth-loving child to one
of the most popular writers in the world. |
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KEEP TALKING2018 Native American Studies American Studies Kartemquin Films Cultural Studies Indigenous Studies
Keep Talking follows four Alaska Native women fighting to save Kodiak Alutiiq, an endangered language now spoken by less than 40 remaining fluent Native Elders.
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SPIRITS OF REBELLION: Black Independent Cinema from Los AngelesAfrican-American Studies Directed by Women American Studies Cinema Studies Media Studies Cultural Studies American History 2018
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema from UCLA documents the lives and work of a small critically acclaimed group of black filmmakers and media artists known as the Los Angeles Rebellion, the first collective of minority filmmakers that aimed to reimagine the production process to represent, reflect on, and enrich the day to day lives of people in their own communities.
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SURVIVORS ROWE2017 Indigenous Studies Cinema Studies Cultural Studies Religion & Spirituality Loud Roar Productions
Survivors Rowe documents the tragic stories of three men who were victims of Ralph Rowe, an Anglican priest who molested over 500 children, and the courageous journey they undertake to arrive at a place of healing and forgiveness.
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BASHIR'S VISIONCultural Studies African Studies Disabilities Loud Roar Productions 2017 Short Films
Bashir Ramathan worked as a laborer until losing his sight. Destitute and depressed, boxing saved Bashir, now an advocate for the rights of people living with disabilities around Uganda. This uplifting short documentary will remind audiences that if theres something you want to achieve in life, nothing should stop you.
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RESOLUTE2017 Cultural Studies Environmental Studies Family Relations Indigenous Studies Loud Roar Productions Political Science World History Short Films
Zipporah was a girl when her family was among the eighty Inuit to be sent to the high arctic by the Canadian government.
Through haunting interviews, archival footage and experimental animation, Resolute tells a story familiar to thousands of indigenous families in Canada and beyond.
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RAT FILM2017 Urban Studies Environmental Studies Political Science Sociology Cultural Studies Cinema Studies Anthropology American Studies Architecture African-American Studies
A documentary that uses the rat to explore the complicated history of Baltimore and how racial segregation, redlining, and environmental racism built the American city we see today.
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LA LAGUNA2016 Latin-American Studies Environmental Studies Indigenous Studies Anthropology Children & Young Adult Family Relations Short Films Cultural Studies Spanish Language
An immersive, visually stunning portrait of a childhood on the margins of society by Emmy-nominated director Aaron Schock, La Laguna documents the remarkable journey undertaken by a Mayan adolescent as he tries to navigates the changing world around him in the endangered rainforests of southern Mexico.
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YOUTH BEHIND BARS: The Iran TrilogyMiddle Eastern Studies Criminal & Law Cinema Studies Sociology Cultural Studies Family Relations Children & Young Adult Peace & Conflict 2017
A groundbreaking documentary trilogy directed by Iran's most prominent documentary filmmaker Mehrdad Oskouei, Youth Behind Bars: The Iran Trilogy, with incredible humanity, captures the lives, dreams and hopes of Iran's imprisoned youth.
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HERE COME THE VIDEOFREEXCinema Studies Women's Studies 2016 Cultural Studies American Studies Media Studies American History Directed by Women
Here Come the Videofreex tells the enthralling story of a pioneering collective of video journalists known as the Videofreex who in the 60s and 70s became the forerunners of public access television and the modern internet news era as they deployed the first handheld video cameras to report and observe the world around them.
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HANDMADE WITH LOVE IN FRANCE2016 Art History Cultural Studies Europe Business Directed by Women
An elegantly crafted peek into the secret world of the master craftsmen behind the dazzling designs of Dior, Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. A touching reflection on the disappearance of crafts, Handmade with Love in France examines the challenges these ateliers face as couture and luxury evolves, the pace of fashion and its impact on handcraft, and the continuing rise of technology and succession.
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FROM IRAN: A SEPARATION2015 Cinema Studies Middle Eastern Studies Media Studies Cultural Studies Directed by Women
A gripping and moving story that illustrates the impact cosmopolitan recognition has on an isolated population, From Iran: A Separation details the reception of the speech Asghar Farhadi (About Elly) gave when his film A Separation won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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MANAKAMANAAsian Studies Cinema Studies Anthropology Cultural Studies 2014 Sensory Ethnography Lab Directed by Women
Produced by the directors of Sweetgrass and Leviathan, Manakamana is an exhilarating, one-of-a-kind documentary experience. Filmed entirely inside the narrow confines of a cable car, high above a jungle in Nepal, that transports villagers to an ancient mountaintop temple, it is an acute ethnographic investigation into culture, religion, technology and modernity.
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PEOPLE'S PARKAnthropology Asian Studies Cinema Studies Cultural Studies 2014 Sensory Ethnography Lab Directed by Women
Produced at Harvard's groundbreaking Sensory Ethnography Lab (Sweetgrass, Leviathan, the upcoming Manakamana), People's Park is an exhilarating single shot documentary that immerses viewers in an unbroken journey through an urban park in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, offering a fresh gaze on public interaction, leisure and self-expression in China.
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AS GOES JANESVILLEAmerican Studies Labor Studies Political Science Sociology Economics American History Business Cultural Studies Kartemquin Films 2013
With efforts to recall newly elected Governor Scott Walker making national news, As Goes Janesville provides an in-depth account of the struggles and hopes of union workers, business leaders and elected officials in Janesville, WI to rebuild their town's economy following the closure of the local General Motors plant.
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