February 16, 2013

Black History Month Giveaway: ‘King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis’

Ely Landau’s King: A Filmed Record received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary more than forty years ago, and strangely enough you could see that scenario repeating if it were released today—it’s that riveting, that smart, that important. (And actually this Sunday, it is being “released” again for a single day at select theaters.) Just [...]

‘Girl Model’ Re-connects Media Literacy to its Beating Heart

There’s a danger when you spend a long, long time in the media literacy game…

Giveaway: Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack of BULLY

Giveaway: Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack of BULLY

Young people need to understand the way that media texts position them—even with, or perhaps especially with, those texts whose content they are sympathetic to…

Building a Castle in Brooklyn: Director Dellamaggiore Talks About Her Award-Winning Documentary

Brooklyn Castle

Katie and Nelson Dellamaggiore’s award-winning documentary Brooklyn Castle tells the story of five young chess players at I.S. 318, the impoverished Brooklyn school that has won more national chess titles than any other junior high in the United States.

‘Tales of the Night,’ ‘The Dark Knight Returns,’ and the Problem of Animation for Teens

What animation exists out there that’s regularly screened in schools or shelved in libraries that’s the equivalent of MG or YA lit—feature films (not TV shows) that speak to young people but not to “children”?

For Your Consideration: ‘Life of Pi,’ the Oscars, and How to Persuade the Media

Why is the case so strenuously made for a potential Best Picture win for ‘Life of Pi’?

Free Media Literacy Resources from the Folks Who Just Brought You the Oscar Nominations

A program that’s basic in a lot of ways, but also very, very solid…