films
Enjoying Bolshevik films and hoping for socialism
March 7, 2017Out here in rural western Wisconsin, the work of People’s World keeps the flame alive in my heart that we can move beyond the current ultra-right, so-called “populist” regime.
Read more“Get Out”: New film shows the horror of white liberals’ racism
February 27, 2017"Get Out" directly confronts the violence of white liberalism, allowing us to fully experience the sweeping pervasiveness of racism beyond ultra-right fascist tropes.
Read moreTen films that shook the world: The Russian Revolution centennial
February 22, 2017The programmer and co-presenter of “Ten Films That Shook the World” is film historian and critic Ed Rampell.
Read moreTotem and Taboo and Tanna: A Melanesian Romeo and Juliet
February 13, 2017"Tanna" dispels the simplistic notion that “primitive” people living in a state of nature inhabited problem-free paradises.
Read moreTwo “All Power”-ful Panther docs at Pan African Film Festival
February 13, 2017The PAFF's exec. director, Ayuko Babu, was a member of the Black Panther Party and imbues the filmfest with its high level of political consciousness.
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