Media You Should Know
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Exploring films and documentaries that matter.
Always check the replies of posts, I include links to interviews with the filmmakers!
Always check the replies of posts, I include links to interviews with the filmmakers!
Over the past week, I’ve tried to share films that prove media can do more than entertain. It can educate, challenge, and connect us when stories are told with empathy and care.
#MediaYouShouldKnow #FilmForChange
#MediaYouShouldKnow #FilmForChange
October 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Over the past week, I’ve tried to share films that prove media can do more than entertain. It can educate, challenge, and connect us when stories are told with empathy and care.
#MediaYouShouldKnow #FilmForChange
#MediaYouShouldKnow #FilmForChange
Day 6: Four Daughters, directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
This film tells the story of a Tunisian mother and her daughters through a blend of real interviews and actresses stepping in. It is a film about truth, family, and how we remember.
#MediaYouShouldKnow #movies #media #ethics
This film tells the story of a Tunisian mother and her daughters through a blend of real interviews and actresses stepping in. It is a film about truth, family, and how we remember.
#MediaYouShouldKnow #movies #media #ethics
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Day 6: Four Daughters, directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
This film tells the story of a Tunisian mother and her daughters through a blend of real interviews and actresses stepping in. It is a film about truth, family, and how we remember.
#MediaYouShouldKnow #movies #media #ethics
This film tells the story of a Tunisian mother and her daughters through a blend of real interviews and actresses stepping in. It is a film about truth, family, and how we remember.
#MediaYouShouldKnow #movies #media #ethics
Day 5: Cameraperson, directed by Kirsten Johnson
This film explores what it means to see and film ethically. Built from years of footage by director Kirsten Johnson, it turns the camera back on the filmmaker and shows how every image carries responsibility.
#MediaYouShouldKnow
This film explores what it means to see and film ethically. Built from years of footage by director Kirsten Johnson, it turns the camera back on the filmmaker and shows how every image carries responsibility.
#MediaYouShouldKnow
October 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Day 5: Cameraperson, directed by Kirsten Johnson
This film explores what it means to see and film ethically. Built from years of footage by director Kirsten Johnson, it turns the camera back on the filmmaker and shows how every image carries responsibility.
#MediaYouShouldKnow
This film explores what it means to see and film ethically. Built from years of footage by director Kirsten Johnson, it turns the camera back on the filmmaker and shows how every image carries responsibility.
#MediaYouShouldKnow
Day 4: The Watermelon Woman, directed by Cheryl Dunye
This is a very important film about storytelling itself. It follows a young Black lesbian filmmaker trying to uncover a forgotten history of a Black actress from early Hollywood known only as “The Watermelon Woman.”
#Movies #RepresentationMatters
This is a very important film about storytelling itself. It follows a young Black lesbian filmmaker trying to uncover a forgotten history of a Black actress from early Hollywood known only as “The Watermelon Woman.”
#Movies #RepresentationMatters
October 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Day 4: The Watermelon Woman, directed by Cheryl Dunye
This is a very important film about storytelling itself. It follows a young Black lesbian filmmaker trying to uncover a forgotten history of a Black actress from early Hollywood known only as “The Watermelon Woman.”
#Movies #RepresentationMatters
This is a very important film about storytelling itself. It follows a young Black lesbian filmmaker trying to uncover a forgotten history of a Black actress from early Hollywood known only as “The Watermelon Woman.”
#Movies #RepresentationMatters
Day 3: Crip Camp, directed by Nicole Newnham and James LeBrecht
This is one of those documentaries that is exemplifies what real change looks like. It begins at a summer camp for teens with disabilities in the 1970s and follows how that community became the heart of a disability rights movement.
This is one of those documentaries that is exemplifies what real change looks like. It begins at a summer camp for teens with disabilities in the 1970s and follows how that community became the heart of a disability rights movement.
October 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Day 3: Crip Camp, directed by Nicole Newnham and James LeBrecht
This is one of those documentaries that is exemplifies what real change looks like. It begins at a summer camp for teens with disabilities in the 1970s and follows how that community became the heart of a disability rights movement.
This is one of those documentaries that is exemplifies what real change looks like. It begins at a summer camp for teens with disabilities in the 1970s and follows how that community became the heart of a disability rights movement.
Day 2: 13th, directed by Ava DuVernay
This film explores the history of racial inequality in the US. The title comes from the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery; except as punishment for a crime. The film connects that loophole to how racial inequality continues through the prisons. #movies
This film explores the history of racial inequality in the US. The title comes from the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery; except as punishment for a crime. The film connects that loophole to how racial inequality continues through the prisons. #movies
October 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Day 2: 13th, directed by Ava DuVernay
This film explores the history of racial inequality in the US. The title comes from the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery; except as punishment for a crime. The film connects that loophole to how racial inequality continues through the prisons. #movies
This film explores the history of racial inequality in the US. The title comes from the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery; except as punishment for a crime. The film connects that loophole to how racial inequality continues through the prisons. #movies
Day 1: The Infiltrators (2019)
This is a documentary that tells the story of undocumented youth who intentionally get detained by ICE to help others fight deportation from the inside.
This is a documentary that tells the story of undocumented youth who intentionally get detained by ICE to help others fight deportation from the inside.
October 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Day 1: The Infiltrators (2019)
This is a documentary that tells the story of undocumented youth who intentionally get detained by ICE to help others fight deportation from the inside.
This is a documentary that tells the story of undocumented youth who intentionally get detained by ICE to help others fight deportation from the inside.
Welcome to Media You Should Know, a page created to highlight films and documentaries that truly matter.
This page is about stories that change how we see the world. The focus is on ethically made films that build empathy, inspire reflection, and create conversation.
This page is about stories that change how we see the world. The focus is on ethically made films that build empathy, inspire reflection, and create conversation.
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Welcome to Media You Should Know, a page created to highlight films and documentaries that truly matter.
This page is about stories that change how we see the world. The focus is on ethically made films that build empathy, inspire reflection, and create conversation.
This page is about stories that change how we see the world. The focus is on ethically made films that build empathy, inspire reflection, and create conversation.