Movies

  • 2010
    The Codes of Gender

    The Codes of Gender

    The Codes of Gender

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    Arguing that advertising not only sells things, but also ideas about the world, media scholar Sut Jhally offers a blistering analysis of commercial...

    The Codes of Gender
  • 2022
    Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL

    Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL

    Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL

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    Celebrated author and Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin tackles the myth that the NFL was somehow free of politics before Colin Kaepernick and...

    Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
  • 2016
    The Occupation of the American Mind

    The Occupation of the American Mind

    The Occupation of the American Mind

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    Over the past few years, Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a...

    The Occupation of the American Mind
  • 1998
    Edward Said On Orientalism:

    Edward Said On Orientalism: "The Orient" Represented in Mass Media

    Edward Said On Orientalism: "The Orient" Represented in Mass Media

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    Edward Said's book Orientalism has been profoundly influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this engaging and...

    Edward Said On Orientalism:
  • 2004
    Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire

    Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire

    Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire

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    This documentary places the Bush Administration's original justifications for war in Iraq within the larger context of a two-decade struggle by...

    Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire
  • 2007
    Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video

    Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video

    Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video

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    Dreamworlds 3 examines the stories contemporary music videos tell about girls and women, and encourages viewers to consider how these narratives...

    Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video
  • 2009
    Capitalism Hits the Fan

    Capitalism Hits the Fan

    Capitalism Hits the Fan

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    With breathtaking clarity, renowned University of Massachusetts Economics Professor Richard Wolff breaks down the root causes of today's economic...

    Capitalism Hits the Fan
  • 2018
    Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse

    Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse

    Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse

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    In this highly anticipated sequel to his groundbreaking, ADVERTISING AND THE END OF THE WORLD, media scholar Sut Jhally explores the devastating...

    Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse
  • 2013
    Feeding Frenzy: The Food Industry, Obesity and the Creation of a Health Crisis

    Feeding Frenzy: The Food Industry, Obesity and the Creation of a Health Crisis

    Feeding Frenzy: The Food Industry, Obesity and the Creation of a Health Crisis

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    In the past three decades, obesity rates in the US have more than doubled for children and tripled for adolescents, and 70% of adults are now obese...

    Feeding Frenzy: The Food Industry, Obesity and the Creation of a Health Crisis
  • 2020
    The Man Card

    The Man Card

    The Man Card

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    For years, right-wing politicians and pundits have repeatedly criticized the left for playing “the race card” and “the woman...

    The Man Card
  • 2000
    Game Over: Gender, Race & Violence in Video Games

    Game Over: Gender, Race & Violence in Video Games

    Game Over: Gender, Race & Violence in Video Games

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    Video and computer games represent a $6 billion a year industry. One out of every ten households in American owns a Sony Playstation. Children who...

    Game Over: Gender, Race & Violence in Video Games
  • 2003
    Rich Media, Poor Democracy

    Rich Media, Poor Democracy

    Rich Media, Poor Democracy

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    Robert McChesney lays the blame for the US's current state of affairs squarely at the doors of the corporate boardrooms of big media, which far from...

    Rich Media, Poor Democracy
  • 1999
    Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity

    Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity

    Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity

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    Tough Guise systematically examines the relationship between pop-cultural imagery and the social construction of masculine identities in the U.S. at...

    Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
  • 2021
    Stuart Hall: Through the Prism of an Intellectual Life

    Stuart Hall: Through the Prism of an Intellectual Life

    Stuart Hall: Through the Prism of an Intellectual Life

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    In one of Stuart Hall's most famous lectures, Hall speaks with dazzling precision about the responsibilities of intellectuals in the face of...

    Stuart Hall: Through the Prism of an Intellectual Life
  • 1997
    bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation

    bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation

    bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation

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    bell hooks is one of America's most accessible public intellectuals. In this two-part video, extensively illustrated with many of the images under...

    bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation
  • 2003
    Wrestling with Manhood

    Wrestling with Manhood

    Wrestling with Manhood

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    Wrestling with Manhood is the first educational program to pay attention to the enormous popularity of professional wrestling among male youth,...

    Wrestling with Manhood
  • 2004
    Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land

    Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land

    Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land

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    This video shows how the foreign policy interests of American political elites-working in combination with Israeli public relations...

    Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land
  • 2018
    Digital Disconnect

    Digital Disconnect

    Digital Disconnect

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    In this era of Facebook privacy breaches, "fake news" and filter bubbles, this essential film trains its sights on the relationship between the...

    Digital Disconnect
  • 2010
    This Land Is Our Land

    This Land Is Our Land

    This Land Is Our Land

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    For more than three decades, transnational corporations have been busy buying up what used to be known as the commons -- everything from our forests...

    This Land Is Our Land
  • 1998
    On 'Orientalism'

    On 'Orientalism'

    On 'Orientalism'

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    Edward Said's book ORIENTALISM has been profoundly influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this engaging (and...

    On 'Orientalism'