Institutes, Museums, Research Groups and More!
Brave New Films
Local So Cal group creates powerful social justice videos and documentaries for educators to start a dialogue with students at their colleges and high schools. Freely available, all films are accompanied by a discussion guide.
Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
The only research-based organization working collaboratively in the entertainment industry to create gender balance, foster inclusion and reduce negative stereotyping in family entertainment media; founded in 2004 by actress, Geena Davis.
The Movies
Movie Analysis
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Innuendo Studios movie analysis by Ian Danskin
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Mad Max Fury Road & Female Archetypes (8 parts)
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Lindsay Ellis movie analysis
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La'Ron Readus (Readus 101) movie analysis
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React video series, from Corridor Crew (YouTube)
Movie Review: Don't Look Up (Nathan J. Robinson)
- Video Game Analysis: Does Call of Duty Believe in Anything? (Jacob Geller)
Publications of All Kinds
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The Hollywood Diversity Report 2021, Part 1: Film (UCLA's College of Social Sciences). Annual reports that analyze media representations. To view archived Hollywood Diversity Reports, click here.
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Motion Pictures/Film Study (Frank Baker, Media Educator, 2006)
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Good Energy: A Playbook for Screenwriting in the Age of Climate Change (An open-source digital guide to portraying climate change on-screen, including story inspiration, cheat sheets, character profiles, solutions, and projections into the future)
Remix & Recut Videos
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Elf Recut as a Thriller (CineFix, Dec. 24, 2016, 2:14 mins)
Everything is a Remix
(Kirby Ferguson). Video series.
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Finding Dory Recut as a Thriller (Dec. 17, 2016, 2:05 mins.)
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The Martian Recut as a Musical Comedy (Feb. 22, 2016, 2:40 mins.)
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Mrs. Doubtfire Recut as a Horror Film (Wikkidprawn, June 7, 2012, 2:13 mins.)
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Scary 'Mary Poppins' Recut Trailer (Moviemker, Oct 8, 2006, 1:06 mins.)
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The Shining Recut as a Romantic Comedy (June 11, 2007, 1:24 mins.)
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Stephen King's IT Trailer Recut as a Family Film (June 10, 2010, 2:50 mins.)
Short Videos
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Beeban Kidron: The shared wonder of film (May 2012, 12:56 mins.)
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story (July 2009, 18:34 mins.)
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (abridged) Part 1 (Dir/prod: Wendy Apple; author: Mark Jonathan Harris, June 12, 2008, 9:13 mins.)
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Diane Feinberg: The magic ingredient that brings Pixar movies to life (Nov 2015, 11:54 mins.)
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Diego Prilusky: How volumetric video brings a new dimension to filmmaking (July 2019, 11:36 mins.)
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Eight-Year-Old Girl Calls Tesco Out Over 'Sexist' Kids Clothes (SWNS, Sept 29, 2016, 2:36 mins.)
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Empire-The Network Revolution (Al Jazeera, Feb 23, 2011, 5:29 mins.)
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EPIC 2015 (Museum of Media History, Nov 30 2007, 8:56 mins.)
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Honest Trailers - The LEGO Movie (feat. Epic Rap Battles of History - Nice Peter & EpicLLOYD) (Screen Junkies, Feb 3, 2015, 4:13 mins.)
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How Not to Write about Africa - Binyavanga Wainaina (Jan 3, 2009, 3:16 mins.)
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How to Write about Africa (B.C. Villalona, Nov 9, 2018, 3:36 mins.)
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How to Write about Africa: Africa, Media and Perception (Mizizi Archives, Nov 7, 2020, 2:00 mins.)
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Inside Amy Schumer - Last F**kable Day (Comedy Central, April 22, 2015, 4:57 mins.)
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Jornaleros Americanos (March 27, 2010, 1:28 mins.). Spoof video.
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LITERAL Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Trailer (Tobuscus, Sept 2, 2010, 2:55 mins.)
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Logorama (Marc Altshuler, 16:02 mins.)
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NRA TV (John Oliver, HBO: Last Week Tonight, March 4, 2018, 20 mins.)
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The Tower (Feb 19, 2008, 3:01 mins.)
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Villy Wang: A business against racism (Nov 2016, 11:29 mins.)
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The Yes Men Fix the World (yesmenfixtheworld, July 25, 2010, 9:50 mins.)
Films
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The Century of the Self (ICH, April 8, 2006, approx 60 mins. ea, 4 parts). Historical documentary of PR and advertising in the USA.
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Digital Nation (Rachel Dretzin & Douglas Rushkoff, PBS: Frontline, Feb 2, 2010. 1:25:37 hrs.)
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Generation Like (Frank Koughan & Douglas Rushkoff, PBS: Frontline, Feb 18, 2014, 53 mins.)
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Hollywood and the War Machine (Al Jazeera, Aug 9, 2012, 46:57 mins.)