Center for Social Media Screening, Wed. Feb. 6, 2008, 5:30pm – Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes

Wechsler Theater, 3rd Fl. Mary Graydon Center, American University It’s Free! HIP-HOP: Beyond Beats and Rhymes takes an in-depth look at representations of manhood, sexism and homophobia in hip-hop culture. This groundbreaking documentary is a “loving critique” of certain disturbing developments in rap music culture from the point of view of a fan who challenges […]

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Green on the Screen Tomorrow, Thurs. 12:30-1:30pm – Global Banquet: Politics of Food

Global banquet: Politics of food. 2001. 50 min. This film exposes globalization’s damaging effect on our food system in terms that are understandable to the non-specialist. It debunks several underlying myths about global hunger. Green on the Screen videos will be shown every Thursday @ 12:30pm throughout the Spring Semester in the Media Services Classroom […]

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Robert Bresson article on BFI Sight & Sound

Taken from the BFI: Robert Bresson: Alias Grace Robert Bresson’s films are so singular an achievement they have inspired legions of fine directors. Here Olivier Assayas, Bruno Dumont, Paul Schrader, Eugène Green and Aki Kaurismäki pledge their allegiance, while Michael Brooke introduces his work http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/49407 Robert Bresson titles available at AU Library Media Services: Diary […]

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