Taking place February 7-8th, 2008, this year’s “Making your media matter” conference was quite a success. The Center for Social Media did a wonderful job organizing and executing this forum. I took some notes on the various sessions and have posted them below. Games for social change seminar Suzanne Seggerman (Games for change) Most people […]
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Crazy love – DVD 3679Indie sex – DVD 3677Slasher – DVD 3676How art made the world – DVD 3674Eastern promises – DVD 3665Things you can tell just by looking at her – DVD 3661All the king’s men (2006) – 3662All the king’s men (1949) – DVD 3661I like killing flies – DVD 3658Nine lives – […]
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Working man’s death – DVD 3645The libertine – DVD 3642Waitress – DVD 3641Entourage: season 3 – DVD 3626-3630Entourage: season 2 – DVD 3623-3625Entourage: season 1 – DVD 3621-3622Ezra – DVD 3610Five factories – DVD 3609The debt of dictators – DVD 3608Conversations with other women – DVD 3607Primary colors – DVD 3606
Continue readingCenter 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 […]
Continue readingGreen 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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The West Wing: the complete series – DVD 3561-3605Querelle – DVD 3560Dritte generation = The third generation – DVD 3559Angst vor der angst = Fear of fear – DVD 3558Mutter Kusters fahrt zum Himmel = Mother Kusters goes to heaven – DVD 3557Handler der vier Jahreszeiten = The merchant of four seasons – DVD 3555Warum […]
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10 questions for the Dalai Lama – DVD 3535Diary of a political tourist – DVD 3534Topaz – DVD 3532Marnie – DVD 3531Rope – DVD 3526Sabotage – DVD 3522Der himmel über Berlin = Wings of desire – DVD 3520End of the century: the story of the Ramones – DVD 3519Love actually – DVD 3510The history boys […]
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