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New Approaches To Islam In Film, Sophia Rose Arjana Apr 2022

New Approaches To Islam In Film, Sophia Rose Arjana

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This is a book review of Kristian Petersen, ed., New Approaches to Islam in Film (New York: Routledge, 2021).

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Deities & Devotees: Cinema, Religion, And Politics In South India, Rebecca Peters Apr 2022

Deities & Devotees: Cinema, Religion, And Politics In South India, Rebecca Peters

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This is a book review of Uma Maheswari Bhrugubanda, Deities & Devotees: Cinema, Religion, and Politics in South India (Oxford University Press, 2019).

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Bollywood Horrors: Religion, Violence And Cinematic Fears In India, Sen Meheli Apr 2022

Bollywood Horrors: Religion, Violence And Cinematic Fears In India, Sen Meheli

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This is a book review of Ellen Goldberg, Aditi Sen, and Brian Collins, eds., Bollywood Horrors: Religion, Violence and Cinematic Fears in India (Bloomsbury Academic, 2021).

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Gender, Race, And Religion In An African Enlightenment, Jonathan D. Lyonhart Apr 2022

Gender, Race, And Religion In An African Enlightenment, Jonathan D. Lyonhart

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Black Panther (2018) not only heralded a new future for representation in big-budget films but also gave an alternative vision of the past, one which recasts the Enlightenment within an African context. By going through its technological enlightenment in isolation from Western ideals and dominance, Wakanda opens a space for reflecting on alternate ways progress can—and still might—unfold. More specifically, this alternative history creates room for reimagining how modernity—with its myriad social, scientific, and religious paradigm shifts—could have negotiated questions of race, and, in turn, how race could have informed and redirected some of the lesser impulses of modernity. Similar …

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Huella, William L. Blizek Apr 2022

Huella, William L. Blizek

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This is a film review of Huella (2022), directed by Gabriela Ortega.

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Alice, Sheila J. Nayar Apr 2022

Alice, Sheila J. Nayar

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This is a film review of Alice (2022), directed by Krystin Ver Linden.

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You Won't Be Alone, Sheila J. Nayar Apr 2022

You Won't Be Alone, Sheila J. Nayar

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This is a film review of You Won't Be Alone (2022), directed by Goran Stolevski.

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Maidenhood, William L. Blizek Apr 2022

Maidenhood, William L. Blizek

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This is a film review of Maidenhood (2022) directed by Xóchitl Enríquez Mendoza.

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Nothing Compares, John C. Lyden Apr 2022

Nothing Compares, John C. Lyden

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This is a film review of Nothing Compares (2022), directed by Kathryn Ferguson.

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Long Line Of Ladies, William L. Blizek Apr 2022

Long Line Of Ladies, William L. Blizek

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This is a film review of Long Line of Ladies (2022), directed by Rayka Zehtabchi and Shaandiin Tome.

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Maria Chapdelaine, Sherry Coman Oct 2021

Maria Chapdelaine, Sherry Coman

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This is a film review of Maria Chapdelaine (2021), directed by Sébastien Pilote.

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The Mad Women’S Ball, Kyle Derkson Oct 2021

The Mad Women’S Ball, Kyle Derkson

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This is a film review of The Mad Women’s Ball (2021), directed by Mélanie Laurent.

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Arab Americans In Film: From Hollywood And Egyptian Stereotypes To Self-Representation, Danielle Haque Oct 2021

Arab Americans In Film: From Hollywood And Egyptian Stereotypes To Self-Representation, Danielle Haque

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This is a book review of Waleed Mahdi, Arab Americans in Film: From Hollywood and Egyptian Stereotypes to Self-Representation (Syracuse University Press, 2020).

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Blindspotting And Covid: The Gentrification Of Racism, Ashley Starr-Morris Oct 2021

Blindspotting And Covid: The Gentrification Of Racism, Ashley Starr-Morris

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The novel Coronavirus is not only exposing old patterns of racism and systemic inequalities, but deepening them as well. The notion of blindspotting, as described in the film by the same name, is used to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the “spiritual emergency” or crisis of racism in America. "Blindspotting" is an image or situation that can be interpreted in two ways but is understood by some in only one way, thereby producing a blind spot. In 2020 and 2021, we see segments of American society, from politics to white Christian nationalism, upholding a sacred canopy of exceptionalism by …

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Sensuous Cinema: The Body In Contemporary Maghrebi Film, Shreya Parikh Oct 2021

Sensuous Cinema: The Body In Contemporary Maghrebi Film, Shreya Parikh

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This is a book review of Kaya Davies Hayon, Sensuous Cinema: The Body in Contemporary Maghrebi Film (New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018).

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In France, Michelle Is A Man's Name, John Lyden Apr 2021

In France, Michelle Is A Man's Name, John Lyden

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This is a review of the short film, In France, Michelle is a Man's Name (2021), directed by Em Weinstein.

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Temporary Marriage In Iran: Gender And Body Politics In Modern Iranian Film And Literature, Alicia Izharuddin Mar 2021

Temporary Marriage In Iran: Gender And Body Politics In Modern Iranian Film And Literature, Alicia Izharuddin

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This is a book review of Claudia Yaghoobi, Temporary Marriage in Iran: Gender and Body Politics in Modern Iranian Film and Literature (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020).

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Silver Screen, Hasidic Jews: The Story Of An Image, Eric Michael Mazur Mar 2021

Silver Screen, Hasidic Jews: The Story Of An Image, Eric Michael Mazur

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This is a book review of Shaina Hammerman, Silver Screen, Hasidic Jews: The Story of An Image (Indiana University Press, 2018).

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Flee, John C. Lyden Feb 2021

Flee, John C. Lyden

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This is a film review of Flee (2021), directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen.

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Rebel Hearts, John C. Lyden Feb 2021

Rebel Hearts, John C. Lyden

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This is a film review of Rebel Hearts (2021), directed by Pedro Kos.

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Queer Muslim Diasporas In Contemporary Literature And Film, Hina Muneeruddin Oct 2020

Queer Muslim Diasporas In Contemporary Literature And Film, Hina Muneeruddin

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This is a book review of Alberto Fernández Carbajal's Queer Muslim Diasporas in Contemporary Literature and Film.

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Abortion Helpline, This Is Lisa, William L. Blizek Feb 2020

Abortion Helpline, This Is Lisa, William L. Blizek

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This is a film review of Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa (2019) directed by Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater, and Mike Attie.

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Queen Of The Capital, William L. Blizek Feb 2020

Queen Of The Capital, William L. Blizek

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This is a film review of Queen of the Capital (2020) directed by Josh Davidsburg.

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Saudi Runaway, John C. Lyden Jan 2020

Saudi Runaway, John C. Lyden

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This is a film review of Saudi Runaway (2020) directed by Susanne Regina Meures.

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Yalda, A Night For Forgiveness, John C. Lyden Jan 2020

Yalda, A Night For Forgiveness, John C. Lyden

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This is a film review of Yalda, A Night for Forgiveness (2019) directed by Massoud Bakhshi.

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Into The Deep, Jodi Mcdavid Jan 2020

Into The Deep, Jodi Mcdavid

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This is a film review of Into the Deep (2020) directed by Emma Sullivan.

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On The Record, Jodi Mcdavid Jan 2020

On The Record, Jodi Mcdavid

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This is a film review of On the Record (2020) directed by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering.

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Run Sweetheart Run, Jodi Mcdavid Jan 2020

Run Sweetheart Run, Jodi Mcdavid

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This is a film review of Run Sweetheart Run (2020) directed by Shana Feste.

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The Assistant, John C. Lyden Jan 2020

The Assistant, John C. Lyden

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This is a film review of The Assistant (2020), directed by Kitty Green.

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Uncle Frank, John C. Lyden Jan 2020

Uncle Frank, John C. Lyden

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This is a film review of Uncle Frank (2020), directed by Alan Ball.

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