This thesis is an attempt to discuss contemporary issues in journalism in the form of a screenplay. This script builds upon the classic films that preceded it, but differs by engaging in a dialogue of contemporary issues ...

This thesis is an argumentative close analysis of themes, aesthetics, and political meanings within three New Hollywood films. It emerged out of an interest in the films of the 1960s and 70s and the changes within that ...

This thesis examines how the representation of schools, teachers, and students in the film Dangerous Minds interacts with societal perspectives of race, gender, and class as they pertain to the education system. Specifically, ...

This thesis consists of three parts: this essay, a film called Trumancy based on Hans Richter’s Dadaist film Ghosts Before Breakfast, and a performance recording of Paul Hindemith’s Op. 25, No. 1 to be used as the score ...

This thesis makes an attempt to track the progression of the social expectations placed on children and adults through J.M. Barrie's play, "Peter Pan," and various subsequent adaptations of that work. Spanning the length ...

In the last five years there has been great public interest in Hollywood’s “gender problem,” namely its unequal representation of women in key creative roles such as director, producer, and studio head. Yet, in the long ...

This article highlights the recent initiative at the National Museum of the American Indian’s Archive Center to preserve and digitally return manuscripts and films to indigenous communities. The paper details the project’s ...

This dissertation analyzes issues of race, ethnicity, and identity in American comics and visual culture, and identifies important areas for alternative means to cultural authority located at the intersections of verbal ...

There are many minority groups who are just now beginning to have their stories told on the big screen, and one of these groups is people of mixed-race. This thesis analyzes and categorizes 8 full length films with theatrical ...

This thesis places art heists in the context of their journalistic and online commentaries to examine their implications for subversive anti-capitalist criticism. The 2012 Rotterdam Art Heist functions as a case study that ...