CODA (dir. Sian Heder)
Reel Review
CODA is a film that doesn't take a lot chances, it's familiar tropes don't stray from tested formula. A remake of a 2014 French film, it's a coming of age film about a teenage girl breaking away from her family. Audiences get a teen romance or two, an inspiring teacher, & an uplifting ending.
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Moxie (dir. Amy Poehler)
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Netflix's film Moxie brings riot grrrl punk feminism to a whole new generation: music, zines, and voices coming together to make the world a bit better.
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Student Perspectives: Judas and the Black Messiah (dir. Shaka King)
Reel Review
During our recent episode on Judas and the Black Messiah, Professor Bill Resh spoke about using the film as part of his course on citizenship.
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Judas and the Black Messiah (dir. Shaka King)
Reel Review
Under the threat of prison, Bill O'Neal infiltrated the Black Panther Party in Chicago.
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Hillbilly Elegy & Between the World and Me
Reel Review
We’re looking at two memoirs made into films in 2020:
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The Queen's Gambit (Netflix, created by Scott Frank and Allan Scott)
Reel Review
Odds are that you know someone raving about the new Netflix coming of age limited series, The Queen's Gambit. Lifted from the novel of the same title, the series is a seven episode tale of a little orphan girl entering the competitive, very masculine, and very adult world of chess.
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On the Rocks (dir. Sophia Coppola)
Reel Review
On the Rocks, the latest film from Sophia Coppola, like many of the director's films, relies on dialogue and character interaction. This time the central relationship is between father and daughter, played by Bill Murray and Rashida Jones.
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Lovecraft Country (HBO, Created by Misha Green)
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Episode one of Lovecraft Country lets viewers know for sure that the question of reality and truth is at the heart of the series. The series turns the world of Lovecraft on its head and gives a new generation a ring-side seat to revisiting history from the reality overlooked by textbooks.
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Mulan (dir. Niki Caro)
Reel Review
For our September film discussion, we decided on Disney's streaming release of the live-action remake, "Mulan." It's a film that is surrounded by controversy both domestically and abroad.
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Starship Troopers (1997 - dir. Paul Verhoeven)
Reel Review
When democracy fails, what replaces it?
info_outlineAs follow up to our discussion of the film, Wind River, we are joined by partners in the Native Women in Film & Television organization. Native Women in Film & Television is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting equal opportunities for American Indian & Indigenous women, encouraging the creative narrative by native women, exploring and empowering portrayals of women in all forms of global media, expanding empowerment initiatives for native women and girls, in the arts, media, social justice, civic engagement, economic empowerment, research, training and international relations.
We discuss why some organizations supporting Native Women find their struggle portrayed in Taylor Sheridan’s film. Why it resonates with many native women and how it might support the #WhyWeWearRed, #TimesUp, and #MeToo online movements to recognize trauma affecting millions of women.
If you haven't seen the movie, beware, this podcast has spoilers.
Host Jonathan Schwartz is joined by Chris Finley, Joanelle Romero, Michelle D. Schenandoah, and Lucy Simpson
Find us on Twitter: @BedrosianCenter, @NDNCinema, @jonHLYP, @niwrc @MichelleSchena1 @USCDornsife
For links and more, see the showpage.
The opinions of activists on this podcast are expressed as those of the speakers individually, and do not necessarily reflect those of USC, the USC Bedrosian Center, or Price Video Services.
This podcast is part of a series on Indigenous films in partnership with the Red Nation Celebration Institute, and the Red Nation Film Festival. It is brought to you by Price Video Services and USC Bedrosian Center, and continues ongoing efforts to bring policy and its impact into the public discourse.
Sound supervision by the Brothers Hedden.