After the film introduction, Netflix VP of Global Independent Content Erik Barmack stated that the platform
After the film introduction, Netflix VP of Global Independent Content Erik Barmack stated that the platform
There are a lot of things that need to be taken into consideration when making a documentary film. One common issue that arises with documentary filmmaking is ethical issues. When people go to see documentaries, they are usually looking to be informed on some kind of topic, but some filmmakers might not use the most ethical approach to achieve that goal. Documentaries can “stand for or represent the views of individuals, groups, and institutions” (Nichols, 45). This can lead to issues later, because if a filmmaker’s documentary shows a person in a different light then the way they see themselves, they are not going to be too happy.…
This documentary "Dreamworlds- Desire, Sex, and Power in music Videos" tries to explain how the popular culture influences contemporary music video and how this is affecting today’s culture. “Dreamworlds” insists that these narratives and cultural attitudes have shaped these music videos into sexualizing women, and filtering the identities of both men and women into “myths” about sexuality and gender. The subject group in these music videos tended to be mostly about women and how they are misrepresented and used in popular culture. Overall I agree with the film message that these music videos are misleading and only demonstrated with one point of view in which the audience can see through. For instance, the women are sexualized and presented as mere objects of for the video and men as well.…
The documentary film “13th” directed by Ava DuVernay is an interesting look at the prison system, how and why Black and Hispanic people make up the majority of the prison population and how the problems within the interconnected political, judicial, and prison system have grown and changed over time. It discusses topics such as the death penalty, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the dehumanization of prisons and about how labeling individuals and groups and criminals effects perception of these people or groups. The documentary touches on the death penalty at certain points in relation to other issues within the criminal justice system. The pressure for sentencing people under the death penalty was overwhelming for politicians.…
In today’s world, people have the tendency to ignore the real meaning of what the media portrays. Whether a person enjoys what they see does not mean they do not have to analysis the biases that are been broadcasted in front of them. The article, “Reality Pawns: The New Money TV,” by Editor Nick Serpe explore the reality television in the context of a social and economic condition in the United States. Serpe discusses how the shows such as “Repo Games,” reflect worsening economic condition for low-income people in the United State.…
Since these occurrences in our society are targeting young women, it has caused many people to take action like the author, Stephanie Hanes. Hanes stance towards this topic is clear, she is interested in raising awareness toward these support groups and helping to eliminate the sexual effects towards children. For example, in the essay she includes ways in which to eradicate this behavior, mentioning Maya Brown’s comment from the Advisory Board of Hardy Girls Healthy Women “Women should become media critics.” (513) PR groups are specifically targeting the youth, so Hanes also stated that these effects are taking a toll on educational factors like lowered cognitive performance. (512)…
Netflix is a multibillion dollar company, which utilized business analytics to provide customers access to streamed movies via television, cellphones and computers. Netflix started as a company that offered DVD rentals by mail to consumers. Netflix used analytics to determine the success of a particular movie before allowing customers to view the movie. Netflix’s leaders decided to use analytics to determine the viewing habits of its customers.…
Reality TV has been around since the late 1940’s when Allen Funt headlined a show called Candid Camera. This was followed in 1950 with a show named Truth or Consequences. The 1970’s had programs called Real People and That’s Incredible. These shows were, for the most part, considered wholesome entertainment that the entire family could watch and were quite tame in comparison to what is on television today. Reality TV exploded in the 2000’s and it remains one of the most popular genres in television.…
Sex; it’s always been a hot topic. It’s always been the case that humans, in their base nature, are instinctive creatures and often act on animalistic desires, especially those of a sexual nature. As one so often hears, in the media and in the world around us; “sex sells”. The phrase itself came about through the corroboration of sexual acts, both paid or unpaid, private or public. In the world of today, sex is everywhere in the media, yet paid sex, or prostitution, is so often looked down upon.…
Ellen Willis, another feminist philosopher, believes that Longino’s definition of pornography could potentially hurt women psychologically (112). Society has had some history of repressing women’s sexuality. Defining what pornography is appropriate for women supports an idea that women cannot determine what is appropriate and beneficial for themselves. Women who watch pornography should not be shamed for exploring their sexuality (Willis, 113). Anti-pornography feminists, like Longino, claim that porn reduces female porn stars to sex objects, but this claim robs the performers of control over their bodies (Longino, 106).…
The documentary “Very Young Girls (Tween/Teen Sex Work)” by Nina Alvarez, gives us a deep perspective of the prostitution in New York City. It shows us the lives of many adolescents that for misfortune since very young ages have been victims of human trafficking. The documentary points out that the average ages for prostitution in New York are between the ages 13-and-14 years old. The main victims as the documentary shows are African-Americans. These girls are seduced, mistreated, and sold by pimps to men who wants to have sex.…
In Janes Gaines’s, White Privilege and Looking Relations: Race and Gender in Feminist Film Theory, Gaines wanted to show how a theory of the text and its spectator, based on the psychoanalytic concept of sexual difference, is unequipped to deal with a film which is about racial difference and sexuality. “The Diana Ross star vehicle Mahogany (directed by Berry Gordy, 1975) immediately suggests a psychoanalytic approach because the narrative is organized around the connections between voyeurism and photographic acts, because it exemplifies the classical cinema which has been so fully theorized in Lacanian terms” (Gaines, 12). But as Gaines argued, the psychoanalytic model works to block out considerations which assume a different configuration…
Beyonce Knowles sparked controversy with the release of her self-titled album as it features a song that focuses on feminism, “***Flawless”. The song includes a section of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's TED Talk, “We Should All Be Feminists”, in which she talks about the differences in the social structure of a woman's and a man's life. While men are taught they can do or be anything, women must make choices in life “always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important”. Beyonce's mention of feminism throughout the album caused discussion around the issues of gender equality but unfortunately the topic is not treated as seriously as it used to be. While women have gained rights over the last century that has made them more equal to men, invisible restrains in both the workplace and in everyday life still limit women from reaching complete equality.…
In this film showing young girls’ family on process of getting their daughters to be married off or sell them off to begin prostitution career makes me feel desperate to be there to stop families from selling these girls. Knowing how normal it is for some countries to have young girls starting from age nine years old to start prostitution is sickening and terrifying. I just could not relate myself to them, and understand how they would feel because I have never experienced nor seen it in real life of these situations and I bet it would be much painful than how I imagine their lives would be. During the film, I was just surprised how some mothers are encouraging their daughters to begin prostitution, and even when school teacher was telling her that she can have better future earning more money without selling their bodies. Realizing how some countries have their traditional mindset yet to be broken still when it is 2016 worries me for women’s future…
Set in an all-female jungle paradise, Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” music video features dancing, rapping, fruit, skimpy outfits, and endless bum-shaking. According to Billboard, music videos quickly became an integral part of pop culture after their debut on television in the early 1980s. In her article, “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema,” Laura Mulvey explains how “cinema satisfies a primordial wish for pleasurable looking” (17) by focusing “attention on the human form” (17). Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” music video exemplifies Laura Mulvey’s theories of filmic pleasure because of its scopophilic nature and its portrayal of the relationship between men and women.…
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