by Brynn Artley | May 14, 2019 | Criticism, Left
Spike Lee’s 2018 Academy Award for the BlacKkKlansman Adapted Screenplay was a long-awaited triumph for the provocateur. What makes Lee’s voice as provocative as it is, prompting such a strong and public discourse? Perhaps it is the fact that Lee is unafraid...
by Joe Van Ryn | May 14, 2019 | Criticism, Left
Over the course of over 30 years, Spike Lee has established himself as an outspoken auteur with a distinct style and a voice for Black America. Perhaps one of cinema’s most controversial figures, Lee has consistently addressed the issue of the African American...
by Hailey Torborg | May 1, 2019 | Issues, Left
Hello and welcome to another documentary issue of POVwinona! Our prior issue focused on documentaries from the 2019 Frozen River Film Festival, and continuing with that theme, Film Studies students share their takes on five additional contemporary documentaries. With...
by Harrison McCormick | May 1, 2019 | Criticism, Left, Reviews
Released in 2018, Peter Jackson’s World War I documentary They Shall Not Grow Old recalls the events of the war through soldiers’ personal accounts. Employing what Bill Nichols calls the expository mode of documentary, the film utilizes ambiguous audio...
by McKenna Scherer | May 1, 2019 | Criticism, Left, Reviews
Released in the spring of 2018 from director Andrea Nevins, Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie sheds a new, modern light on a decade-old icon: The Barbie Doll. A documentary first released at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City April 25, 2018 and then on popular...
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