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Manual Arts School of Communication and Global Awareness Student Film Festival

[If you would like a PDF of the above info to distribute, it is available here.]

2010 03 28 antero Manual Arts Comments (1)

“The Ending Wasn’t Really Fair”: The 400 Blows, The Wizard of Oz, and Envisioning Social Equity through Film

Over the past two weeks, approximately forty students from Manual Art have participated in a film intersession course I am co-teaching with Peter Carlson. These students have watched a handful of universally lauded films, critiqued them, and created & produced their own films. And although Peter and I will be writing in more detail about the [...]

2010 03 24 antero Manual Arts
education Comments (1)

Game Play/Real Play & We Live In Public

I wanted to share a couple of recent videos that I’ve been rewatching. First, while I don’t agree with all of Jane McGonigal’s arguments, I’m genuinely excited by her recent TED talk. At this point, I am strongly aligned with the idea of connecting game play to real world change. You could do a lot [...]

2010 03 22 antero Black Cloud
Technology
education
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Movie Check In: More Like Ava-Jar-Jar, Amirite people?

As problematic as Avatar was, it was still a fun flick. The incredibly clunky script didn’t bother me nearly as much as the score and the font used for the subtitles. In any case, when James Cameron wasn’t busy hitting you over the head with the environmental and colonial no-no themes, there were occasional moments [...]

2009 12 20 antero Comments (3)

Baby Steps

I’ve been trying for some time to track down the new Babies documentary trailer, after first seeing it before Where the Wild Things Are. I remembered feeling troubled by the way the film other-izes and makes cute foreign lifestyles and traditions. I’m not trying to be curmudgeonly and express distaste for everything, but it feels [...]

2009 11 28 antero Why We Can't Get It Right Comments (2)

A More Tolerant (Real) World

I realize you may not be able to hear me over the general choir of groaning that this post will explore current reality television, but I assure you, there is some good news here. I’ve now seen the first two episodes of the current season of the Real World, where not 7, but 8 lucky [...]

2009 01 19 antero rants Comments (0)

“Where there was once one, there are now two.”

“What is a reflection? A chance to see two? When there are chances for reflections, there can always be two–or more. Only when we are everywhere will there be just one.” – Log Lady

2009 01 05 antero rants Comments (1)

“‘Cause everybody hates a tourist, especially one who thinks it’s all such a laugh”

So in my occasional reality TV binging, I stumbled across a monstrosity. It’s on Fox (surprise!). It’s called Secret Millionaire and it makes me genuinely uncomfortable to watch. Of course I plan to use it in my classroom! The premise is simple: get rich, privileged folk to mingle with those in “extreme poverty” for a [...]

2008 12 11 antero education
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On the Glory that is The Commitments

“What kind of music are we going to be playing, Jimmy?” “We’re working class, right?” “We would be if there was any work.” “So, your music should be like where you’re from and the sort of people you come from. It should speak the language of the streets. It should be struggle and sex and [...]

2008 11 30 antero Comments (0)

Just A Brief Thought

Slumdog Millionaire felt like the feel-good sequel to Manufactured Landscapes, at times. Please go see it with this in mind.

2008 11 16 antero Comments (0)