- A group of seasoned travelers cross the ocean with the goal of completing the impossible ascent of the mysterious Mountain Without a Summit. Endless Ascent is an expanded cinema piece for six 16mm projectors, combining the electronic music of Merlin Campbell with 16mm projections by Félix Caraballo. The project is based on the reuse of the following institutional archive films: Way Up and Back (1927) by Associated Screen News, The Moving Dunes (1930) by Hans Springer, The Marsh Owl (1953), produced by Nederlandse Onderwijs-Film, and The Erosion of a Coast (1940), produced by G.B. Instructional Films–Edita Films.
Twisting what seems to be obvious setups and frameworks is what sets the story structure of Squid Game apart. I appreciate that this narrative is complex but not complicated; an easy enough plot to wrap your head around while still treating the audience like an equal participant in this social commentary
Wild Child tells the story of a wealthy, spoiled teenage girl named Poppy Moore who lives in Malibu, California, who attends a boarding school in England. This film shows us how Poppy is first labeled as a fish out of water compared to her boarding school classmates, as she is a wild child, but eventually earns her roommates' friendships and respect.
True crime media is notoriously obsessed with the “missing white woman” trope, and yet the vast majority of American murder victims are male, and well over half are people of color.
A direct fall into the white savior narrative
Now that we're officially halfway through Hispanic Heritage Month, let's look ahead at movies featuring Hispanic & Latine representation through the rest of 2021.
