Resources for October 6, 2016

Cyril, Malkia and Kevin Gannon. "Advocates: The U.S. Still Profits from Slavery Because the 13th Amendment Perpetuates Prison Labor." Democracy Now (October 3, 2016) ["As Ava DuVernay’s new documentary "13th" opens at the New York Film Festival, we speak to two people featured in the film: Malkia Cyril of the Center for Media Justice and Kevin Gannon of Grand View University."]

DuVernay, Ava. "From Slavery to Mass Incarceration, Ava DuVernay's Film 13th Examines Racist U.S. Justice System." Democracy Now (October 3, 2016) ["Ava DuVernay’s new documentary chronicles how our justice system has been driven by racism from the days of slavery to today’s era of mass incarceration. The film, "13th," is named for the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery with the exception of punishment for crime. The United States accounts for 5 percent of the world’s population, but 25 percent of its prisoners. In 2014, more than 2 million people were incarcerated in the United States—of those, 40 percent were African-American men. According to the Sentencing Project, African-American males born today have a one-in-three chance of going to prison in their lifetimes if incarceration trends continue. We speak to Ava DuVernay. Her previous work includes the hit 2014 film "Selma." With "Selma," DuVernay became the first African-American female director to have a film nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards."]

Einenkel, Walter. "Kentucky Republican running for office posts pictures of Obamas as chimpanzees—says he ain't racist." Daily Kos (October 5, 2016)

Hancock, James and Martin Kessler. "The Cinematic Ecstasy of Andrzej Zulawski." Wrong Reel #174 (August 28, 2016)

Hudson, David. "Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women: “It could be Reichardt’s loveliest, most effortlessly absorbing movie to date.”" Keyframe (October 3, 2016)

Nord, Liz. "Ava DuVernay on 13th: How Netflix Jumpstarted the Timeliest Doc of the Year." No Film School (October 3, 2016)

"Prometheus and Faith." Pop Culture Case Study (July 13, 2016)

Rodriguez, Miguel, Rob St. Mary and Mike White. "House." The Projection Booth #279 (July 12, 2016) ["Nobuhiko Obayashi's House (1977) is a surrealistic ghost tale from Japan that explores the dangers of domesticity and loss."]

Singer, Leah. "Why Aliens Is the Mother of Action Movies: And how a modern heroine was born." Keyframe (August 30, 2016)

Taylor, Ella. "What Should Movies Do with the Holocaust? On Denial, Miss Peregrine, and the triumph of Pan's Labyrinth." Keyframe (September 30, 2016)