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The Moogai, Dereck Daschke
The Moogai, Dereck Daschke
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of The Moogai (2024), directed by John Bell.
Run Sweetheart Run, Jodi Mcdavid
Run Sweetheart Run, Jodi Mcdavid
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Run Sweetheart Run (2020) directed by Shana Feste.
Myth And Monstrosity: Teaching Indigenous Films, Ken Derry
Myth And Monstrosity: Teaching Indigenous Films, Ken Derry
Journal of Religion & Film
The past few times that I have taught my course on religion and film I have included a number of Indigenous movies. The response from students has been entirely positive, in part because most of them have rarely encountered Indigenous cultural products of any kind, especially contemporary ones. Students also respond well to the way in which many of these films use notions of the monstrous to explore, and explode, colonial myths. Goldstone, for example, by Kamilaroi filmmaker Ivan Sen, draws on noir tropes to peel back the smiling masks of the people responsible for the mining town’s success, …