While the maladaptive misrepresentation of women and racial minorities in Big Media is a topic that continues to merit scrutiny, it nevertheless behooves us to also ask, what about all those the supposed “beneficiaries”? Where are they getting THEIR Identity
None of us, here at The V, have any idea about Hollywood Blockbusters. We’re pretty much strictly Independent Cinema, which means mostly international. But this Davis Equity Index has us hooked and we were particularly intrigued by the mysterious Worldwide
The Davis Equity Index is heating up. The first thing that we realized, when we took a look at even just one list of Top 100 Grossing Films Worldwide, is that the scope is unmanageable. As the Davis Institute for
Davis launched the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media in 2007 and has been pointing out, ever since, that mainstream media both under-represents and mis-represents women and girls. But the “entertainment” industry is also a role modeling / bias
I’m absorbing Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy. It’s not just for Americans. If it hasn’t been translated into Chinese and Russian, I trust that it soon will be — although. It won’t be the audible edition, which is what I most
Oyelowo was born in Oxford, England to Nigerian parents of Yoruba ethnicity. He was raised as a Baptist. He grew up in Tooting Bec until he was six, when his family moved to Lagos, Nigeria, where his father Stephen worked
Dheepan, the new Audiard, finally showed up in my little town’s independent theater. I’m definitely glad I got to see it on a large screen and I’m definitely looking forward to the Director Commentary on the DVD release. Dheepan won