The following is a proposal for Tiffany Joy Taylor’s MFA Directing Thesis film production of the script Presumption, written by Barbara R. Nicolosi. In considering the best direction and overall style that fit this dramatic genre, light elements hinting at southern gothic came t…
A two part project, one half film and the other an analytical essay. A Maine in Progression is a candid documentary following Detroit music artist Illy Maine in his journey and discoveries throughout life and music. The film explores identity, challenges through troubled times a…
How do the films of Kubrick communicate mental events of characters in a purely visual manner? And how does the music in his films express meaning when music in essence is an abstract and non-representational art form? Drawing on state-of-the-art discoveries within embodied cogn…
How do the films of Kubrick communicate mental events of characters in a purely visual manner? And how does the music in his films express meaning when music in essence is an abstract and non-representational art form? Drawing on state-of-the-art discoveries within embodied cogn…
How do the films of Kubrick communicate mental events of characters in a purely visual manner? And how does the music in his films express meaning when music in essence is an abstract and non-representational art form? Drawing on state-of-the-art discoveries within embodied cogn…
How do the films of Kubrick communicate mental events of characters in a purely visual manner? And how does the music in his films express meaning when music in essence is an abstract and non-representational art form? Drawing on state-of-the-art discoveries within embodied cogn…
How do the films of Kubrick communicate mental events of characters in a purely visual manner? And how does the music in his films express meaning when music in essence is an abstract and non-representational art form? Drawing on state-of-the-art discoveries within embodied cogn…
"How do the films of Kubrick communicate mental events of characters in a purely visual manner? And how does the music in his films express meaning when music in essence is an abstract and non-representational art form? Drawing on state-of-the-art discoveries within embodied cog…
This dissertation examines the problematic location of home, the traditional female activity of homemaking, and the representation of female subjectivity in contemporary cinematic, (auto)biographical, and fictional texts by several contemporary French and Francophone women artis…
This dissertation examines the first generation of Sahélien filmmakers, their films, and the broader Sahélien film industry as mechanisms of change in the Sahel—in particular in Senegal, Mali, and Niger—from the time of independence to circa 1980. This dissertation considers the…
This dissertation is a history of Egyptian filmmaking since its beginnings before the interwar period in 1907 to 1977. It explores the emergence of Egyptian middle-class national identity, first during the interwar period, and its achievement of a broad cultural hegemony by the …
When Michael Moore won the Academy Award in 2004 for his film Fahrenheit 9/11, the documentary re-emerged as an important critical discourse in the making of culture. As a political consciousness-raising tool, the documentary fits squarely into the goals of independent media act…
Iranian film has in recent decades comprised an increasingly important and influential cinema. The Iranian Islamic Revolution of 1979 paved the way for freedom of artistic and literary expression, communicating a new generation of unheard voices in Iranian society. More specific…
