Sut Jhally

Sut Jhally

Sut Jhally is Professor of Communication at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and founder and Executive Director of the Media Education Foundation (MEF). He is one of the world's leading scholars looking at the role played by advertising and popular culture in the processes of social control and identity construction. The author of numerous books and articles on media (including The Codes of Advertising and Enlightened Racism) he is also an award-winning teacher (a recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of Massachusetts, where the student newspaper has also voted him "Best professor"). In addition, he has been awarded the Distinguished Outreach Award, and was selected to deliver a Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 2007. He is best known as the producer and director of a number of films and videos (including Dreamworlds: Desire/Sex/Power in Music Video; Tough Guise: Media, Violence and the Crisis of Masculinity; and Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire) that deal with issues ranging from gender, sexuality and race to commercialism, violence and politics. Born in Kenya, raised in England, and educated in graduate studies in Canada, he currently lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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Sut Jhally Movies

  • 2013
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    Feeding Frenzy: The Food Industry, Obesity and the Creation of a Health Crisis

    Feeding Frenzy: The Food Industry, Obesity and the Creation of a Health Crisis

    1 2013 HD

    In the past three decades, obesity rates in the US have more than doubled for children and tripled for adolescents, and 70% of adults are now obese...

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  • 2010
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    The Codes of Gender

    The Codes of Gender

    6.5 2010 HD

    Arguing that advertising not only sells things, but also ideas about the world, media scholar Sut Jhally offers a blistering analysis of commercial...

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  • 2016
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    The Occupation of the American Mind

    The Occupation of the American Mind

    8.3 2016 HD

    Over the past few years, Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a...

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  • 2007
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    Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video

    Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video

    1 2007 HD

    Dreamworlds 3 examines the stories contemporary music videos tell about girls and women, and encourages viewers to consider how these narratives...

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  • 2018
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    Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse

    Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse

    1 2018 HD

    In this highly anticipated sequel to his groundbreaking, ADVERTISING AND THE END OF THE WORLD, media scholar Sut Jhally explores the devastating...

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  • 1997
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    Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media

    Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media

    8 1997 HD

    Cultural theorist Stuart Hall offers an extended meditation on representation. Moving beyond the accuracy or inaccuracy of specific representations,...

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  • 2004
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    Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land

    Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land

    6.4 2004 HD

    This video shows how the foreign policy interests of American political elites-working in combination with Israeli public relations...

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  • 2010
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    This Land Is Our Land

    This Land Is Our Land

    1 2010 HD

    For more than three decades, transnational corporations have been busy buying up what used to be known as the commons -- everything from our forests...

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  • 1999
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    Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity

    Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity

    5.9 1999 HD

    Tough Guise systematically examines the relationship between pop-cultural imagery and the social construction of masculine identities in the U.S. at...

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  • 2010
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    The Codes of Gender

    The Codes of Gender

    6.5 2010 HD

    Arguing that advertising not only sells things, but also ideas about the world, media scholar Sut Jhally offers a blistering analysis of commercial...

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  • 2010
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    The Codes of Gender

    The Codes of Gender

    6.5 2010 HD

    Arguing that advertising not only sells things, but also ideas about the world, media scholar Sut Jhally offers a blistering analysis of commercial...

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  • 2010
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    The Codes of Gender

    The Codes of Gender

    6.5 2010 HD

    Arguing that advertising not only sells things, but also ideas about the world, media scholar Sut Jhally offers a blistering analysis of commercial...

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  • 1998
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    Advertising and the End of the World

    Advertising and the End of the World

    1 1998 HD

    Focusing directly on the world of commercial images, Sut Jhally asks some basic questions about the cultural messages emanating from this...

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  • 1998
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    Advertising and the End of the World

    Advertising and the End of the World

    1 1998 HD

    Focusing directly on the world of commercial images, Sut Jhally asks some basic questions about the cultural messages emanating from this...

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  • 1998
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    Advertising and the End of the World

    Advertising and the End of the World

    1 1998 HD

    Focusing directly on the world of commercial images, Sut Jhally asks some basic questions about the cultural messages emanating from this...

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  • 2003
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    No Logo

    No Logo

    6.3 2003 HD

    There's a bad mood rising against the corporate brands. No Logo is the warning on the label. In the last decade, No Logo has become a cultural...

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  • 2010
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    Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image Of Women

    Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image Of Women

    6.6 2010 HD

    The documentary focuses on images of women in advertising, in particular on gender stereotypes, the effects of advertising on women's self-image and...

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  • 1998
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    On 'Orientalism'

    On 'Orientalism'

    1 1998 HD

    Edward Said's book ORIENTALISM has been profoundly influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this engaging (and...

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  • 2004
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    Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire

    Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire

    6.6 2004 HD

    This documentary places the Bush Administration's original justifications for war in Iraq within the larger context of a two-decade struggle by...

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  • 2009
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    Capitalism Hits the Fan

    Capitalism Hits the Fan

    7 2009 HD

    With breathtaking clarity, renowned University of Massachusetts Economics Professor Richard Wolff breaks down the root causes of today's economic...

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  • 2010
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    Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image Of Women

    Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image Of Women

    6.6 2010 HD

    The documentary focuses on images of women in advertising, in particular on gender stereotypes, the effects of advertising on women's self-image and...

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  • 2000
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    Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising's Image of Women

    Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising's Image of Women

    6.5 2000 HD

    Jean Kilbourne's pioneering work helped develop and popularize the study of gender representation in advertising. Her award-winning Killing us Softly...

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  • 1997
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    Stuart Hall: Race, The Floating Signifier

    Stuart Hall: Race, The Floating Signifier

    1 1997 HD

    Stuart Hall offers an accessible and clarifying analysis of the social construction of race and racial difference. He explores how variations in...

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  • 2021
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    Stuart Hall: Through the Prism of an Intellectual Life

    Stuart Hall: Through the Prism of an Intellectual Life

    1 2021 HD

    In one of Stuart Hall's most famous lectures, Hall speaks with dazzling precision about the responsibilities of intellectuals in the face of...

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  • 1997
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    bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation

    bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation

    1 1997 HD

    bell hooks is one of America's most accessible public intellectuals. In this two-part video, extensively illustrated with many of the images under...

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  • 1997
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    bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation

    bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation

    1 1997 HD

    bell hooks is one of America's most accessible public intellectuals. In this two-part video, extensively illustrated with many of the images under...

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  • 2002
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    Playing Unfair

    Playing Unfair

    4 2002 HD

    It has been 30 years since Title IX legislation granted women equal playing time, but the male-dominated world of sports journalism has yet to catch...

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  • 1998
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    Edward Said On Orientalism: "The Orient" Represented in Mass Media

    Edward Said On Orientalism: "The Orient" Represented in Mass Media

    1 1998 HD

    Edward Said's book Orientalism has been profoundly influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this engaging and...

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  • 2010
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    The Mean World Syndrome

    The Mean World Syndrome

    1 2010 HD

    For years, debates have raged among scholars, politicians, and concerned parents about the effects of media violence on viewers. Too often these...

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  • 2013
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    Feeding Frenzy: The Food Industry, Obesity and the Creation of a Health Crisis

    Feeding Frenzy: The Food Industry, Obesity and the Creation of a Health Crisis

    1 2013 HD

    In the past three decades, obesity rates in the US have more than doubled for children and tripled for adolescents, and 70% of adults are now obese...

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  • 2016
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    The Occupation of the American Mind

    The Occupation of the American Mind

    8.3 2016 HD

    Over the past few years, Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a...

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  • 2007
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    Freedom of Expression: Resistance & Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property

    Freedom of Expression: Resistance & Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property

    1 2007 HD

    In 1998, university professor Kembrew McLeod (Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa) trademarked the phrase "freedom...

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  • 2000
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    Game Over: Gender, Race & Violence in Video Games

    Game Over: Gender, Race & Violence in Video Games

    1 2000 HD

    Video and computer games represent a $6 billion a year industry. One out of every ten households in American owns a Sony Playstation. Children who...

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  • 2010
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    Asking For It: the Ethics & Erotics of Sexual Consent

    Asking For It: the Ethics & Erotics of Sexual Consent

    1 2010 HD

    The line between sexual consent and sexual coercion is not always as clear as it seems -- and according to Harry Brod, this is exactly why we should...

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  • 2022
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    Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL

    Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL

    1 2022 HD

    Celebrated author and Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin tackles the myth that the NFL was somehow free of politics before Colin Kaepernick and...

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  • 2007
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    Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video

    Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video

    1 2007 HD

    Dreamworlds 3 examines the stories contemporary music videos tell about girls and women, and encourages viewers to consider how these narratives...

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  • 2007
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    Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video

    Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video

    1 2007 HD

    Dreamworlds 3 examines the stories contemporary music videos tell about girls and women, and encourages viewers to consider how these narratives...

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  • 2007
    imgMovies

    Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video

    Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video

    1 2007 HD

    Dreamworlds 3 examines the stories contemporary music videos tell about girls and women, and encourages viewers to consider how these narratives...

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  • 2012
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    Flirting with Danger: Power & Choice in Heterosexual Relationships

    Flirting with Danger: Power & Choice in Heterosexual Relationships

    1 2012 HD

    Social and developmental psychologist and author Lynn Phillips explores the line between consent and coercion in this thought-provoking look at...

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  • 2003
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    Wrestling with Manhood

    Wrestling with Manhood

    1 2003 HD

    Wrestling with Manhood is the first educational program to pay attention to the enormous popularity of professional wrestling among male youth,...

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  • 2003
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    Wrestling with Manhood

    Wrestling with Manhood

    1 2003 HD

    Wrestling with Manhood is the first educational program to pay attention to the enormous popularity of professional wrestling among male youth,...

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  • 2018
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    Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse

    Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse

    1 2018 HD

    In this highly anticipated sequel to his groundbreaking, ADVERTISING AND THE END OF THE WORLD, media scholar Sut Jhally explores the devastating...

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  • 2018
    imgMovies

    Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse

    Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse

    1 2018 HD

    In this highly anticipated sequel to his groundbreaking, ADVERTISING AND THE END OF THE WORLD, media scholar Sut Jhally explores the devastating...

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  • 2018
    imgMovies

    Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse

    Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse

    1 2018 HD

    In this highly anticipated sequel to his groundbreaking, ADVERTISING AND THE END OF THE WORLD, media scholar Sut Jhally explores the devastating...

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  • 2017
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    Constructing the Terrorist Threat: Islamophobia, The Media & The War on Terror

    Constructing the Terrorist Threat: Islamophobia, The Media & The War on Terror

    1 2017 HD

    Deepa Kumar, a leading scholar on Islamophobia, argues that U.S. media have turned Arabs and Muslims into the new face of terror, even though only a...

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  • 2017
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    Constructing the Terrorist Threat: Islamophobia, The Media & The War on Terror

    Constructing the Terrorist Threat: Islamophobia, The Media & The War on Terror

    1 2017 HD

    Deepa Kumar, a leading scholar on Islamophobia, argues that U.S. media have turned Arabs and Muslims into the new face of terror, even though only a...

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  • 2018
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    Digital Disconnect

    Digital Disconnect

    10 2018 HD

    In this era of Facebook privacy breaches, "fake news" and filter bubbles, this essential film trains its sights on the relationship between the...

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  • 2000
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    Behind the Screens, Hollywood Goes Hypercommercial

    Behind the Screens, Hollywood Goes Hypercommercial

    1 2000 HD

    Hollywood movies are rapidly becoming vehicles for the ulterior marketing and advertising motives of studios and their owners, rather than...

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  • 1998
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    Advertising and the End of the World

    Advertising and the End of the World

    1 1998 HD

    Focusing directly on the world of commercial images, Sut Jhally asks some basic questions about the cultural messages emanating from this...

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  • 2006
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    Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People

    Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People

    5.7 2006 HD

    This documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged form the earliest days of silent film to...

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  • 2006
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    Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People

    Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People

    5.7 2006 HD

    This documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged form the earliest days of silent film to...

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  • 2003
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    Rich Media, Poor Democracy

    Rich Media, Poor Democracy

    1 2003 HD

    Robert McChesney lays the blame for the US's current state of affairs squarely at the doors of the corporate boardrooms of big media, which far from...

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  • 2012
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    Flirting with Danger: Power & Choice in Heterosexual Relationships

    Flirting with Danger: Power & Choice in Heterosexual Relationships

    1 2012 HD

    Social and developmental psychologist and author Lynn Phillips explores the line between consent and coercion in this thought-provoking look at...

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  • 2012
    imgMovies

    Flirting with Danger: Power & Choice in Heterosexual Relationships

    Flirting with Danger: Power & Choice in Heterosexual Relationships

    1 2012 HD

    Social and developmental psychologist and author Lynn Phillips explores the line between consent and coercion in this thought-provoking look at...

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  • 2020
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    The Man Card

    The Man Card

    1 2020 HD

    For years, right-wing politicians and pundits have repeatedly criticized the left for playing “the race card” and “the woman...

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  • 1970
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    The Bystander Moment

    The Bystander Moment

    1 1970 HD

    The #MeToo movement has shined much-needed light on the pervasiveness of sexual harassment and abuse and created unprecedented demand for gender...

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  • 1997
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    Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media

    Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media

    8 1997 HD

    Cultural theorist Stuart Hall offers an extended meditation on representation. Moving beyond the accuracy or inaccuracy of specific representations,...

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media

    Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media

    8 1997 HD

    Cultural theorist Stuart Hall offers an extended meditation on representation. Moving beyond the accuracy or inaccuracy of specific representations,...

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media

    Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media

    8 1997 HD

    Cultural theorist Stuart Hall offers an extended meditation on representation. Moving beyond the accuracy or inaccuracy of specific representations,...

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media

    Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media

    8 1997 HD

    Cultural theorist Stuart Hall offers an extended meditation on representation. Moving beyond the accuracy or inaccuracy of specific representations,...

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  • 2024
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    Atrocity Inc.

    Atrocity Inc.

    1 2024 HD

    In an exclusive new documentary, Max Blumenthal rips the cover off the media deceptions and atrocity hoaxes Israel pushed after October 7 to create...

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  • 2024
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    Atrocity Inc.

    Atrocity Inc.

    1 2024 HD

    In an exclusive new documentary, Max Blumenthal rips the cover off the media deceptions and atrocity hoaxes Israel pushed after October 7 to create...

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  • 2024
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    Atrocity Inc.

    Atrocity Inc.

    1 2024 HD

    In an exclusive new documentary, Max Blumenthal rips the cover off the media deceptions and atrocity hoaxes Israel pushed after October 7 to create...

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  • 2024
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    Atrocity Inc.

    Atrocity Inc.

    1 2024 HD

    In an exclusive new documentary, Max Blumenthal rips the cover off the media deceptions and atrocity hoaxes Israel pushed after October 7 to create...

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