On-Screen Representation

25 May Actor-Writer Aseem Tiwari on the Mental Health Revolution in India

Posted at 17:34h in Conversations and Collaborations, Critical Conversations, On-Screen Representation, Whose Story to Tell by Sophia Abraham-Raveson 0 Comments

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BY SRILEKHA CHERUKUVADA Though mental health has seen brief spotlights in the media in India, the true gems of mental health advocacy lie within the indie film industry. The industry has done a brilliant job of bringing mental health into the spotlight–notably, writer Aseem Tiwari has...

18 Mar ‘Knocking’ Examines the Horrors of Gaslighting and Vulnerability in Mental Illness

Posted at 20:29h in Film Festival, Film Reviews, On-Screen Representation by Sophia Abraham-Raveson 0 Comments

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BY GABE CASTRO **This article contains spoilers** Frida Kempff’s debut feature Knocking gets under your skin the way an incessant noise that only you can hear does. Following a woman recently released from a mental health facility after experiencing a traumatic event, Kempff explores the vulnerability of...

17 Feb Our Right to Gaze: A Defiant Declaration

Posted at 20:36h in Black Liberation, Conversations and Collaborations, On-Screen Representation by Sophia Abraham-Raveson 0 Comments

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BY BEDATRI D. CHOUDHURY OUR RIGHT TO GAZE is a collaborative project of Full Spectrum Features (Chicago), Northwest Film Forum (Seattle), The Luminal Theater (NYC), and Circle Collective (NYC). cinéSPEAK is honored to be a presenting partner of their incredible short film program. The program will be...

14 Dec Disability In Film: The 5 Most Important Portrayals of the Disabled Experience in 2020

Posted at 16:00h in On-Screen Representation, Watchlist by Sophia Abraham-Raveson 0 Comments

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BY DIEGO ANDALUZ Despite the storm of negativity that has been the past twelve months, both within the film industry and outside of it, one of the few positive aspects of our current circumstances has been seeing various facets of cinema blossom that had previously been...

31 Oct The Future of Horror is Queer

Posted at 15:18h in LGBT Liberation, On-Screen Representation, Uncategorized by sarah 0 Comments

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LGBTQ+ filmmakers are taking back a genre that owes them everything. BY HANSEN BURSIC Let’s face it: horror is a queer genre. While it’s important to note the genre hosts some of the most problematic depictions of queer and trans people in film, true horror fans are...

24 Sep The Top Six Films From TIFF

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BY KRISTAL SOTOMAYOR The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is the largest publicly attended film festival in the world, and one of the most internationally recognized festivals. With the spread of the pandemic, film festivals globally have shifted to virtual screenings and socially-distanced, in-person screenings. The...

23 Sep Stoner Movies Strain Equitable Legalization

Posted at 14:04h in Abolition, Black Liberation, Cannabis Legalization, Mass Incarceration, On-Screen Representation by sarah 0 Comments

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BY PAURY FLOWERS If you were dropped on Earth and had to form an opinion after watching the top 10 Stoner movies from Rolling Stone (movies like Cheech and Chong, Pineapple Express and Big Lebowski), you would likely notice patterns of maleness, Whiteness, sloth, and comedic...

20 Aug We Need To Talk About “Coming Out” Headlines For Classic Characters

Posted at 21:15h in LGBT Liberation, On-Screen Representation by sarah 0 Comments

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BY HANSEN BURSIC If you have been paying attention to LGBTQ news media in the past three months, then you might have noticed LGBTQ “coming out” headlines have been having a moment. First High School Musical director Kenny Ortega “confirmed” Sharpay's brother Ryan is gay, then...