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Climate Change, Technology, and the Role of Media Activism: An Interview with Jeff Orlowski
Jeff Orlowski is the founder and president of Exposure Labs. Exposure Labs focuses on creating documentaries around areas that need...
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Mar 14, 20237 min read


BPR Interviews: Seal
Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel, best known by his mononym Seal, is a singer and songwriter. Born in the United Kingdom and of...
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May 8, 202014 min read


Beyond Rain Main: Diversifying Autism On Screen
While there is still a long way to go in terms of positive representation of autism in entertainment media, a select few fictional...
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Apr 30, 20193 min read


Break a Leg: Russian Performance Artist Exchanges Profundity for Controversy
In 2006, Russian auteur Ilya Khrzhanovsky decided to produce a film titled “DAU” about Lev Landau, a prominent Soviet physicist and 1962...
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Apr 19, 20193 min read


Netflix meets Nollywood
Nigeria’s film industry, nicknamed Nollywood, is flourishing as both a source of economic prosperity and an outlet for cultural creative...
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Apr 5, 20195 min read


Appropriated Pseudonyms: The Ethics of Literary Hoaxes
In 2015, one of the selected poems in “The Best American Poetry” included Yi-Fen Chou’s “The Bees, the Flowers, Jesus, Ancient Tigers,...
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Mar 8, 20195 min read


The Shifting Role of Film Censorship in China’s Political Dominance
Film censorship has always played a crucial role in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) political ascendance and maintenance of power....
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Mar 6, 20195 min read


Captivated by Crisis: Iran’s Unexpected Art Boom
The mission statement of the Tehran Auction–one of Iran’s largest annual art events–proudly refers to a phenomenon that may appear...
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Mar 2, 20193 min read


Netflix’s New Direction
Over the last ten years, Netflix has made a dramatic transformation from a DVD mail-distribution service to an online streaming service....
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Jan 6, 20195 min read


“All the World’s a Stage”: Improving Theatrical Accessibility in the U.S.
In 1600, an English peasant could pay one penny to stand and watch the first staging of a Shakespearean masterpiece. This penny was the...
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Dec 13, 20185 min read


Banking on Banksy
In October 2018, Banksy’s Girl with Balloon painting shredded itself after it was sold to a collector at an auction for $1.4 million...
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Nov 20, 20184 min read


Still Recording in Syria: The Future of Journalism under the Assad Regime
The documentary has always been the global community’s preferred medium of political exposé. Even devotees to the masterworks of...
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Oct 9, 20184 min read
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The [BLEEP] You Can’t Say on TV: A History of Swearing in Television
Over the last 50 years, swearing in front of large audience has shifted from an obscenity crime to the norm, and while this trend has...
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Aug 13, 20184 min read


Foxtrot: A Study in Self-Criticism
If any line could summarize the politics of Israeli-produced film Foxtrot, it is perhaps the one elaborating on the film’s own title....
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Mar 29, 20183 min read


The Tainted Grace of Jahseh Onfroy, Hidden Among Controversy and Violence
"“I ain’t have no positive upbringing, you know how fucking hard this shit is? You know how fucking hard I try just to be a good role...
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Mar 18, 20187 min read


When the Stream Runs Dry: Labor Rights for the Netflix Generation
Considering the sheer size of “golden age” television’s critically acclaimed programs, it comes with irony that Hollywood barely avoided...
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Mar 16, 20186 min read


Milo’s Satanic Verses: The Not-So Banned Book of 2017
Of the many canons in global literary history, specific attention has always been paid to banned and censored books. The reason for this...
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Mar 7, 20184 min read


Too Close for Comfort: Sexual Harassment and the Art Industry
Amidst a flurry of sexual misconduct accusations against famous portrait artist Chuck Close, the National Gallery of Art in Washington...
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Mar 7, 20185 min read


Humor? I Hardly Know Her
The 2016 election was obviously pivotal for many reasons, including for members of the comedy community. As is the case with many others,...
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Feb 27, 20184 min read


Censoring of Chinese Art at Home and Abroad
Since October of last year, all five boroughs of NYC have been taken-over with more than 300 works by beloved Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in...
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Feb 26, 20186 min read
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