Numerous mediateacher posts have explored media literacy and its integral relationship to social studies in contemporary education, including Media Manipulation: An Ongoing Story, Media Literacy and Social Studies: Clash at Lincoln Memorial, Media Literacy and Social Studies: Portraits of America, and Infekted Minds. Currently, our tumultuous times bring us what seem to be daily examples of media messages intersecting with how events are actually playing out and the ways in which we process them. Here is a striking example of a video essay from the op-ed pages of the New York Times: The Bill of Rights, Revised. This can serve as a resource for classroom debate along with linked viewpoints and journalistic reporting from a range of online, print, video, and audio media resources.
Posts Tagged ‘New York Times’
Some more notes with Patty Jenkins
Posted in Chapter 5, Directors, Women Mediamakers, tagged Cara Buckley, Gal Gadot, Mekado Murphy, New York Times, Patty Jenkins, Richard Donner, Superman, Wonder Woman on May 31, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Here is a follow-up to the Women Pioneers of the Cinema: Patty Jenkins and the Wonder Women post from a few days ago (see below). For Mekado Murphy’s New York Times “Anatomy of a Scene” series, Patty Jenkins narrates a key scene from Wonder Woman, along with a nice tip of the hat to a strong inspiration for her — Richard Donner’s Superman from 1978.
P.S.: Right after I posted this piece, the NYTimes published this highly interesting and enlightening interview with Patty Jenkins. Read it to the end. The exchange at the tail of this conversation with journalist Cara Buckley was one of the most take-your-breath-away moments I have read in an interview with a filmmaker in quite some time. It features a very inspiring and strikingly original statement from Ms. Jenkins.
End of the Year Movies
Posted in Resources, tagged Movie Trailers, New York Times, Star Wars The Force Awakens on November 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Looking to check out, review, or share what the upcoming or just-released movies are right now? Here’s a thorough yet compact interactive article put together by the New York Times. Good resource for a fun session of watching trailers and reading about what’s up in American moviedom.