In a digital ‘new media’ era with a global pandemic shuttering theaters and necessitating remote (rather than in-person) political conventions, the screen itself has been democratized as citizens stream media on YouTube, Roku, Twitter and cell phones Films and media—from Hollywood cinema to independent films, political campaign video ‘mini-movies’ and social media—have harkened back to the civil rights

Burn Baby Burn In the final hours of May 28, ongoing demonstrations sparked by Floyd’s murder escalated when the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct building was gutted in an act of arson Walz ordered the full mobilization of the Minnesota National Guard with a minimum of 2,000 soldiers set to occupy the Twin Cities Metro area – by the end of May 30, the number of Guardsmen had risen to

Despite concerns that, with the rise of popular feminism, we may be post-postfeminism, a postfeminist sensibility is “both intensifying and becoming hegemonic.” What is notable about this renewed postfeminist sensibility is its “turn to interiority,” interpellating subjects through an affective script of happiness and positivity. The mother is a central subject in this construction; she is called forth

The Deputy Incidence Manager of the Ebola Crisis Emergency Center in Lagos, Dr Olukayode Oguntimehin (actor uncredited), describes the "894 contacts identified and monitored, [the estimated] 18,500 face-to-face visits [ ] to assess Ebola symptom development, [ and the ] massive social mobilization campaign" to contain and treat Ebola patients The point of emphasis becomes the number of empty beds in

In 2020, as the rapidly spreading coronavirus devastates communities worldwide and closes theaters, workplaces, schools, universities, shutters film and television production, cancels cinema conferences and film festivals—and even contributes to the Film Society of Lincoln Center indefinitely suspending the publication of Film Comment amid the serious outbreak in New York City—in an era of social distancing

THE SPECTACLE APPEARS at once as society itself, as a part of society and as a means of unification As a part of society, it is that sector where all attention, all consciousness converges THE SPECTACLE IS NOT a collection of images;rather, it is a social relationship between people that is mediated by images [1]