Whether documentary, experimental, or somewhere in between, there is no shortage of intriguing Dominican films through which to consider life on the island.
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Cuban Cultural Policy May Be Comprehensive But Lacks Quality
How erroneous assumptions about Cuba can skew our understanding of the country’s cultural centers.
Kwame Nkrumah’s Legacy in Film
From documentaries to ethnographic approaches to a prestige Netflix show, a look at different depictions of the Ghanaian revolutionary.
Did You Know Helen Keller Was a Socialist?
The documentary Her Socialist Smile reconstructs Keller from an icon of vague, feel-good platitudes to the fiercely political woman she truly was.
Bernie Sanders’s Little-known Time as a Filmmaker
During the ’70s and ’80s, Sanders produced educational materials about labor issues and history. In 1979, he directed a short documentary about his political hero, which is available on YouTube.
How Do You Build an Anti-Capitalist Streaming Site?
Nick Hayes and Naomi Burton, founders of the Detroit-based leftist media company Means Media, talk about their ambitions for Means TV, a worker-owned, completely viewer-supported streaming platform.
The Socialist Education of Andy Warhol
Socialism probably isn’t the first political movement you’d think to associate with Andy Warhol.