…the most riveting film about gender I’ve seen in a looooong time.
This Weekend Forget ‘Gatsby,’ and See ‘The World Before Her’ Instead
May 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Why At First I Didn’t Think I Could Write About ‘Citizen Hearst’
May 8, 2013 By 1 Comment
So why am I so on the fence about recommending this well-produced and often engaging film?
When Curriculum is Media: The Important Lessons of ‘The Revisionaries’
April 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Students are provided with curriculum in much the same way that religious adherents are provided with scripture, as something whose source and authorship are not be discussed, much less questioned.
After Earth Day, Who “Speaks” for Nature?
April 24, 2013 By 1 Comment
Aren’t most of our public policy debates about the environment informed by factoids/partial data/dramatic images supplied by media coverage rather than the relevant research?
MTV’s Andrew Jenks on Storytelling, Media Literacy, Baseball’s Bobby V, and His New Book
March 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Teaching media literacy seems almost as important as teaching any other subject because it is one of the main ways that young people learn and develop–and if you don’t know how to navigate the basics of consuming media and using media, you’re in trouble.”
Book Giveaway: ‘My Adventures as a Young Filmmaker’ by Andrew Jenks
March 1, 2013 By 9 Comments
“I want to be a filmmaker that is able to capture what my generation thinks, how they act, and what they ultimately stand for.” -Andrew Jenks
An Oscar-Winning Giveaway: UNDEFEATED on Blu-ray
February 19, 2013 By 5 Comments
The only problem with inspirational movies is that they can be kind of corny. Know what I mean? I’m not talking about message movies, although plenty of those attempt to inspire us–it’s just that their attempts are so transparent that the audience feels like it’s being treated like idiots. (And for some reason we educators, [...]
Black History Month Giveaway: ‘King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis’
February 15, 2013 By 8 Comments
Ely Landau’s King: A Filmed Record received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary more than forty years ago, and strangely enough you could see that scenario repeating if it were released today—it’s that riveting, that smart, that important. (And actually this Sunday, it is being “released” again for a single day at select theaters.) Just [...]
‘Girl Model’ Re-connects Media Literacy to its Beating Heart
February 12, 2013 By 1 Comment
There’s a danger when you spend a long, long time in the media literacy game…
Giveaway: Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack of BULLY
February 12, 2013 By 15 Comments
Young people need to understand the way that media texts position them—even with, or perhaps especially with, those texts whose content they are sympathetic to…
Recent Comments