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The drawbacks of ethnic product placement

February 23, 2015 by Alexia Raynal

Or On the Importance of Inclusion To some extent, ethnic art (including film and literature) has been recognized as an empowering tool for minorities. Latino and African-American advocates have consistently pushed for the inclusion of content reflecting the lives and struggles of people of color in art and at school. But while these stories have gradually made it into the market, they have nonetheless preserved their ethnic labels. For example, movies with African-American casts are usually labeled as ethnic films rather […]

Categories: Alexia Raynal, ZiR • Tags: African-Americans, art, books, children, education, film, literature, reading, writing

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Examining White People

February 9, 2015 by fritztucker

Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny by Mark Sandiford, National Film Board of Canada  I just watched a great film, Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny, an anthropological study of White people featuring the Inuit writer Zebedee Nungak. He begins: We Inuit are deeply fascinated by Qallunaat and their ways. The word “Qallunaat” is used universally by Inuit to describe White people. But it doesn’t refer so much to skin color, as a state of mind, a culture that has reached all corners […]

Categories: Fritz Tucker • Tags: anthropology, capitalism, children, colonialism, education, ethics, film, gender, History, immigration, politics, race

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Does Brokeback Mountain need a happy ending?

January 23, 2015 by William Eaton

In a recent interview in The Paris Review, Annie Proulx said that she regretted writing Brokeback Mountain. She said she wished she’d never written the story, and that it had “just been the cause of hassle and problems and irritation since the film came out.” This was because of the way readers — especially male ones — kept hassling her about the ending. It should’ve been a happy ending, they claim. Proulx says: “They all begin the same way – I’m […]

Categories: Catherine Vigier, ZiR • Tags: film, homosexuality, literature, writing

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The Known

December 16, 2014 by fritztucker

The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,The Colbert Report on Facebook,Video Archive   My curiosity piqued by the newly released Senate report on CIA torture, I just watched Errol Morris’ The Unknown Known. The part where Donald Rumsfeld metaphorically chalks up a victory to himself is a pretty good metaphor for the entire documentary (2:46-3:46 above). Morris asks Rumsfeld about torture memos, but not the testimonies of Guantanamo detainees that have been public for nearly a decade, many of which make torture […]

Categories: Fritz Tucker, ZiLL • Tags: crime, death, Donald Rumsfeld, Errol Morris, film, Guantanamo, History, politics, torture, war

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Ronald McDonald and Boy, arms spread, Christ-like

McDonald “inspires” through magic and fun

December 8, 2014 by Alexia Raynal

How the food industry limits children’s healthy choices I first heard about Fed Up—a documentary about obesity in the United States—when a review by The Huffington Post made it to my news feed last week. In the article, Corinna Clendenen addresses the documentary’s stories of children’s struggles to lose weight. She is not entirely convinced about the health facts in it, but she shares concerns about the manipulative strategies of the food industry. For example, Clendenen explains: The film takes a hard look at the post-war food industry and […]

Categories: Alexia Raynal, ZiLL • Tags: capitalism, childhood, children, Erik Ravelo, Fed Up, film, McDonald's, Michelle Obama, politics, The Huffington Post

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Poetry in Film

December 2, 2014 by William Eaton

A good friend recently sent me an article from Flavor Wire titled “10 Famous Poems that Appeared in Film.” The selection is actually surprising. William Blake is prominent on the list. There is mention of Jim Jarmusch’s cult 1955 Western “Dead Man,” which is supposedly based on the visionary poems of William Blake. And, there is mention of the now-classic film “Blade Runner,” also inspired by the poetry of William Blake. Excerpts from the English poet’s book “America, a Prophecy” recur throughout the […]

Categories: Ana Maria Caballero, ZiR • Tags: culture, film, lit, poetry, writing

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Body of War, part two

October 16, 2014 by William Eaton

Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro produced a documentary film, Body of War,  released in 2007, about the life of paralyzed US Army Iraqi- War veteran Tomas Young. The film cuts back and forth between painful scenes of the recovery process for Young and the debate and vote in the Senate, in October 2002, over the Iraq War Resolution that authorized military action against Iraq as requested by President Bush. The film received critical acclaim and won several awards at film […]

Categories: Gayle Rodda Kurtz, ZiR • Tags: Body of War, Chris Hedges, film, Phil Donahue, politics, Tomas Young

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Storytelling

August 8, 2014 by Jennifer Dean

This morning I came across an Indiewire post with a video where “Darren Aronofsky and a Neuroscientist Discuss How Movies Mess With Your Brain.” The title is a little disingenuous because it’s really about the power of narrative. I was drawn to it because of the written introduction: Darren Aronofsky, director of mind-bending films such as “Pi,” “The Fountain” and “Black Swan,” sat down with psychologist and neuroscientist Jeffrey M. Zacks to discuss storytelling, myth and how human brains perceive these […]

Categories: Jennifer Dean, ZiR • Tags: film, mythology, philosophy, storytelling

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Consumed with crowdfunding

August 1, 2014 by Jennifer Dean

I have read a few things this week that pertain to what is actually happening in the world.  You know the whole on going crisis in the Middle East, the Ebola crisis… those slightly larger issues (please note my tone here which is sarcastic in nature and may not come through online)… but I have been consumed with this fundraising campaign and a few issues I’ve had getting it up and running with the Indiegogo platform which is partnered with […]

Categories: Jennifer Dean, ZiR • Tags: ethics, film

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