Accent as Expertise, Perception, and Desire: A Playlist to Accompany Thinking with an Accent

The editors of Thinking with an Accent have compiled a media playlist to accompany their Open Access collection, available to read for free online or in a variety of downloadable formats. They have chosen a range of media texts, spanning the realms of installation and video art, theater, fiction and documentary film, and music. Their goal, to borrow a phrase from pioneering raciolinguist John Baugh’s foreword to our volume, has been to channel the “methodological liberation that is on display throughout this book,” and to do so in a way that introduces readers to the work of each of our contributors. 

Film Screening: Tiempo de Lluvia

On 26 October, the Centre for Screen Cultures, in collaboration with the St Andrews Centre for Amerindian, Latin American, and Carribean Studies (CAS), hosted a screening of Tiempo de Lluvia, …

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Shared Resources – A conversation with Jordan Lord and Pooja Rangan

4pm (BST), 25th April: Shared Resources – a conversation with Jordan Lord and Pooja Rangan (online)  Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shared-resources-a-conversation-with-jordan-lord-and-pooja-rangan-tickets-522393241247   In advance of this event we will screen Jordan …

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Themed Playlist: Mothers of Invention

To celebrate and coincide with the publication of the (fantastic!) Mothers of Invention: Film, Media, and Caregiving Labor, Eds Corinn Columpar and So Mayer deliver a playlist that expands on the book, which examines parenting both a theme and a practice​ in film and media cultures, where mothering can be seen as a form of radical caring labour.

Themed Playlist: Ukrainian Films

Inspired by community interest, the FLEFF team decided to develop a film list that would include both historical and contemporary films from Ukraine, a country with a long history of cinema. This is a selection of ten, all available through streaming services.

Themed Playlist: Filming Abortion

From Maria San Filippo, a tie-in to her recent Flow column “Maude & Me; Or, Responsibilities of a Feminist Media Critic,” this list features films that represent abortion in resonant, hopefully mind-changing ways.