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To The Bone, William L. Blizek

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of To the Bone (2017), directed by Marti Noxon.

Menashe, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Menashe (2017), directed by Joshua Weinstein.

The Hero, William L. Blizek

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of The Hero (2017) directed by Brett Haley.

The Wound, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of The Wound (2016), directed by John Trengove.

Colossal, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Colossal (2017) directed by Nacho Vigalondo.

Cries From Syria, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Cries from Syria (2017), directed by Evgeny Afineevsky.

Winnie, William L. Blizek

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Winnie (2017), directed by Pascale Lamchi.

Before I Fall, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Before I Fall (2017), directed by Ry Russo-Young.

Weather House, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Weather House (2017), directed by Frauke Havemann.

Dave Made A Maze, William L. Blizek

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Dave Made a Maze (2017), directed by Bill Watterson.

The Erlprince, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of The Erlprince (2016), directed by Kuba Czekaj.

Last Men In Aleppo, William L. Blizek

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Last Men in Aleppo (2017), directed by Feras Fayyad and Steen Johannessen.

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017), directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk.

The Underrepresentation Of African Americans And The Role Of Casting Directors, Chantal Suhling

School of Communications Undergraduate Research

Films are cultural products, which reflect the existing ideologies in a culture. In the American culture the two dominant ideologies are white normativity and patriarchy. With the Oscars right around the corner, the world is anticipating this year's nominees and winners. Hopes are high that this year the Academy Award for best actor will go to someone who is diverse. If films are reconstructions of culture, then can we really expect to see change at the Oscars? Through thorough qualitative research and interviews with industry professionals, a detailed picture of the role of casting directors in the casting process for …

Email From The Providence College Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film To Susan Werner: Something To Look Forward To!, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film

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Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Email from the Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film to Susan Werner: Something to Look Forward to! Coming soon to the Smith Center

Monday, January 9, 2017

The Untitled Black Burlesque History Project, Sekiya Dorsett

Theses and Dissertations

The Untitled Black Burlesque History Project is a character driven short documentary featuring Chicava Honeychild, a neo-burlesque1 dancer who is unearthing a hidden Black burlesque history. As Chicava searches for her “stripper grandmas,” she mentors a new generation of burlesque performers who are of women of color. Chicava Honeychild first meeting with Black burlesque Jean Idelle is interwoven with the burlesque journey of Henrietta, Chicava Honeychild’s burlesque student. As Henrietta is honing her burlesque craft in preparation for her first performance, we learn about Jean’s dynamic life as a burlesque dancer in the 1940s and 1950s. Utilizing burlesque as a …

Ageing In Action: Hollywood’S Ageing Ensemble Action Hero Series, Philippa Gates

English and Film Studies Faculty Publications

This paper explores the treatment of ageing in the ensemble action hero series RED (2010 and 2013) starring Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren and The Expendables (2010, 2012, and 2014) starring Sylvester Stallone and other 1980s action stars. These two series combine action with comedy to thematize two sets of issues in relation ageing—first, about competence and usefulness and, second, about meaningful relationships. In the RED series, these two overarching concerns are linked explicitly to ageing whereas, in the Expendables films, these concerns replace those about ageing. In other words, the Expendables series mainly ignores ageing and presents its heroes …

Border Insecurity: Reading Transnational Environments In Jim Lynch’S Border Songs, Jenny Kerber

English and Film Studies Faculty Publications

This article applies an eco-critical approach to contemporary American fiction about the Canada-US border, examining Jim Lynch’s portrayal of the British Columbia-Washington borderlands in his 2009 novel Border Songs. It argues that studying transnational environmental actors in border texts—in this case, marijuana, human migrants, and migratory birds—helps illuminate the contingency of political boundaries, problems of scale, and discourses of risk and security in cross-border regions after 9/11. Further, it suggests that widening the analysis of trans-border activity to include environmental phenomena productively troubles concepts of nature and regional belonging in an era of climate change and economic globalization. Cet …

Negative Affects That Social Media Causes On Body Imaging, Katelyn J. Gaffney

Undergraduate Honors College Theses 2016-

The main purpose of this thesis is to present, discuss and criticize the effect of negative body imagining caused by social media. This will be achieved in part by explaining the history of women and the change of their appearances and Body Mass Index during different times in history. It will also discuss the historical differences of what was considered attractive during those times based on different forms of social media and how it changed from time period to period. Later on in the thesis I will discuss the strong negative influences caused by social media and in the fashion …

Film Review: Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, David B. Levy

Touro University Libraries Publications and Research

The author presents a review of the documentary Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg.