Discussion Questions

Discussion Questions is a text based powerpoint presentation that becomes a cathartic dance party. Commissioned for the 2014 Whitney Biennial, this film will be viewed as part of a screening series with many other films.

A Discussion on Climate Change

Climate change is a real problem in our world. Having discussions about it can get us that much closer to solving the problem. Emma Mautz went on a cross-country trip in summer 2019, and interviewed people about climate

Darla's Book Club: Discussing a Christmas Carol

The popular series that goes behind the scenes of classic books and popular fiction takes on the beloved Dickens’ holiday novel with all-new insights.

The Daska Discusses Movie

Daska goes on an epic adventure across the galaxy in search of the mythical golden microphone, to record the greatest podcast episode of all time.

Under Discussion

The Puerto Rican island of Vieques was used by the US Navy for sixty years, leaving its landscape scarred with bomb-craters and its ecosystem severely contaminated. In 2003, a civil disobedience campaign was successful i

Darla's Book Club: Discussing the Lord of the Rings

Discussion with Horst

Horst Schröder built Epix Förlag, publishing groundbreaking, controversial comics from around the world. Facing triumphs and setbacks-censorship, legal battles, and personal tragedy-he changed Sweden's comic landscape fo

Out of Place: Transgender Stories from Asia Screening and Discussion

In this 40-minute film, VICE China brings us into the lives of transgender individuals living in Mainland China and Hong Kong. It is estimated that there are at least 400,000 transgender people living in China. This is b

virtual DISCussion

The film begins with "muzzled" centering on feelings of madness and rage conjured by being trapped by the perception of others. Transiting next into "I ENDURE WITH A TENSE PULSE" the video builds from sustained unsettle

Vibrancy of Silence - A Discussion with My Sisters

In this documentary, Marthe Djilo Kamga takes us along as she engages in fruitful conversations with four other Cameroonian female artists who, like her, know exile as well as how necessary it is to transmit to younger g

Discussing the Magical Negro

Discussing the trope Magical Negro and the effect of performative representation.

The Argument

A couple get into an argument at their cocktail party that escalates until it brings an abrupt end to the festivities. They and their guests decide to re-create the entire night again and again to determine who was right

The Movie Movie (An Excerpt)

A documentary featuring Donald Trump discussing Citizen Kane.

Two Indians Talking

Two Indians Talking is a comedic drama about the conflicting opinions of two First Nations men as they prepare to set up a roadblock. Each man wants fiercely to do the right thing, but struggles with the question, "When

Cheating

This public-school educational film warns of the dangers of cheating. John Taylor is struggling with his algebra course, and convinces his friend Mary to show him her answers during the tests. But when he is caught, his

Rosamunde Pilcher: Wenn Fische lächeln

Yeltsin

In 2013, the Springfield, Missouri band Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin traveled to Russia as Cultural Ambassadors, having been formally invited by the Boris Yeltsin Foundation (who had accidentally discovered the

No Understanding

Mr. Shehata is a family man who lives in Port Said with his tyrannical wife and their children. In a desperate attempt to get relief, he spends most of the time at a coffee shop. The two parents pay no heed to their chil

Research

Two students discuss cinema as they search for inspiration in a library, leading to a rather peculiar existential proposition.