Bowling for Impact
Bowling for Impact Bowling For Columbine (Michael Moore, USA, 2002) is arguably one of the most well-known documentaries of the 21st century. The Oscar-winning documentary, went beyond simply examining gun control…
Bowling for Impact Bowling For Columbine (Michael Moore, USA, 2002) is arguably one of the most well-known documentaries of the 21st century. The Oscar-winning documentary, went beyond simply examining gun control…
In March 1990, Vogue was released as the first single in the second soundtrack album of Madonna, I’m Breathless. As the name indicates, it is a song inspired by “voguing”, a particular form of dancing developed in the…
The Simpsons has recently become the longest running scripted show in primetime American television history, as of April 2018 the show had aired 636 episodes since its debut in December 1989. The show has been ever…
In 2016, Lilly Wachowski, following her sister, Lana, came out as transgender in a statement to Wind City Times: she asserted that the “hard reality” of this exposure was the confrontation of a world that is “openly…
He Named Me Malala (Davis Guggenheim, 2015) follows the touching story of Malala Yousafzai as she became one of the main figures speaking out for women’s rights to education in Pakistan and her call to action for…
In the 2006 documentary ‘Manufactured Landscapes’, director Jennifer Biachwal uses Edward Burtynsky’s photographs depicting rapid industrialisation to create a provocative window into the volume of waste and…
Figure 1 – SeaWorld’s stock price can be seen peaking before Blackfish was released. Its drastic fall can be seen as a result of the impact that Blackfish had on the public [1] Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s film, Blackfish…
Alex King reflects on the virtual reality projects taken on by human rights filmmakers and activists, addressing the ways they bring new forms of visibility to a range of crises. How might these technologies combat…
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver has often been set apart from its fellow satirical current affairs programmes by its concerted efforts to engage its audience in active campaigns to effect change surrounding the…