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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!
The way we tell stories shapes the world we all live in. If we truly want change, we can start with being aware of how we represent others and whose voices we choose to uplift.
#RepresentationMatters
#RepresentationMatters
October 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The way we tell stories shapes the world we all live in. If we truly want change, we can start with being aware of how we represent others and whose voices we choose to uplift.
#RepresentationMatters
#RepresentationMatters
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This is a really amazing film that is also made with incredible ethics. You can watch it on Kanopy!
#movies #media #ethics #filmmaking
This is a really amazing film that is also made with incredible ethics. You can watch it on Kanopy!
#movies #media #ethics #filmmaking
Kaouther Ben Hania on the Ethics of Making Oscar-Nominated Documentary 'Four Daughters' | OkayAfrica
The Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania scored her second Oscar nomination with her follow-up to 2020’s 'The Man Who Sold His Skin,' by making a film that blends fiction and non-fiction together in...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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This is a really amazing film that is also made with incredible ethics. You can watch it on Kanopy!
#movies #media #ethics #filmmaking
This is a really amazing film that is also made with incredible ethics. You can watch it on Kanopy!
#movies #media #ethics #filmmaking
"So, I came up with this device where I am bringing in actors who will be directed by the real characters to bring the past to life, not only to reenact for the sake of it. I wanted them to question the past, understand it and embark on a retrospective journey together."
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"So, I came up with this device where I am bringing in actors who will be directed by the real characters to bring the past to life, not only to reenact for the sake of it. I wanted them to question the past, understand it and embark on a retrospective journey together."
I was in control artistically, but it was always an open discussion between me and them. It was a long journey of doubt and questioning but this is normal, otherwise it gets boring and uninteresting."
- Director Kaouther Ben Hania
There is one other quote I loved from the director about this film:
- Director Kaouther Ben Hania
There is one other quote I loved from the director about this film:
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I was in control artistically, but it was always an open discussion between me and them. It was a long journey of doubt and questioning but this is normal, otherwise it gets boring and uninteresting."
- Director Kaouther Ben Hania
There is one other quote I loved from the director about this film:
- Director Kaouther Ben Hania
There is one other quote I loved from the director about this film:
"As you say, the movie isn’t easy. It was a real minefield of emotions, but my compass was the real characters — Olfa and her daughters. They were the ones to tell me no or yes, depending on what they were comfortable with.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"As you say, the movie isn’t easy. It was a real minefield of emotions, but my compass was the real characters — Olfa and her daughters. They were the ones to tell me no or yes, depending on what they were comfortable with.
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Director Ben Hania turns documentary into collaboration. The family helps retell their story, choosing how their trauma is shown. It is a rare film that gives its subjects power and space to heal through storytelling, and is an amazing example of #EthicalStorytelling.
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Director Ben Hania turns documentary into collaboration. The family helps retell their story, choosing how their trauma is shown. It is a rare film that gives its subjects power and space to heal through storytelling, and is an amazing example of #EthicalStorytelling.
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This quote captures what has been discussed in my media production class: ethical filmmaking means knowing that telling a story always carries power, and using that power with honesty and care.
#EthicalStorytelling #MediaYouShouldKnow
This quote captures what has been discussed in my media production class: ethical filmmaking means knowing that telling a story always carries power, and using that power with honesty and care.
#EthicalStorytelling #MediaYouShouldKnow
The Present Moment: A Conversation with Kirsten Johnson - World Records
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October 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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This quote captures what has been discussed in my media production class: ethical filmmaking means knowing that telling a story always carries power, and using that power with honesty and care.
#EthicalStorytelling #MediaYouShouldKnow
This quote captures what has been discussed in my media production class: ethical filmmaking means knowing that telling a story always carries power, and using that power with honesty and care.
#EthicalStorytelling #MediaYouShouldKnow
"In order to complete the film, I would have to bear the responsibility of using other people’s images for my own purposes without their knowledge. I realized that this implicit conundrum expresses one of the deep complexities of documentary filmmaking." -Kirsten Johnson
October 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"In order to complete the film, I would have to bear the responsibility of using other people’s images for my own purposes without their knowledge. I realized that this implicit conundrum expresses one of the deep complexities of documentary filmmaking." -Kirsten Johnson
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This film is a landmark in queer cinema. It may be the first feature film directed by a Black lesbian about Black lesbian life. It’s an incredible example of ethical filmmaking and creative truth-telling.
Watch it on Kanopy!
This film is a landmark in queer cinema. It may be the first feature film directed by a Black lesbian about Black lesbian life. It’s an incredible example of ethical filmmaking and creative truth-telling.
Watch it on Kanopy!
Making Herstory: Cheryl Dunye on The Watermelon Woman and the power of doing it yourself • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
On the latest episode of The Letterboxd Show, we spoke with Cheryl Dunye about her signature “Dunyementaries,” finding cinematic inspiration from Julie Dash and how sometimes you have to create your o...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
That quote is from: letterboxd.com/journal/wate...?
This film is a landmark in queer cinema. It may be the first feature film directed by a Black lesbian about Black lesbian life. It’s an incredible example of ethical filmmaking and creative truth-telling.
Watch it on Kanopy!
This film is a landmark in queer cinema. It may be the first feature film directed by a Black lesbian about Black lesbian life. It’s an incredible example of ethical filmmaking and creative truth-telling.
Watch it on Kanopy!
"What really got me into it was using the tools I had to tell stories, because it was by any means necessary and [because] nobody else was doing it. That’s the pioneer urge: nobody else was doing it! I was not seen on the screen; there was nothing, nobody that looked like me."
- Cheryl Duyne
- Cheryl Duyne
October 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"What really got me into it was using the tools I had to tell stories, because it was by any means necessary and [because] nobody else was doing it. That’s the pioneer urge: nobody else was doing it! I was not seen on the screen; there was nothing, nobody that looked like me."
- Cheryl Duyne
- Cheryl Duyne
What makes this film brilliant is how it turns that search into the story. Dunye uses fiction and documentary together to ask big questions about who gets to tell history and whose voices get erased.
#MediaYouShouldKnow #FilmForChange #EthicalStorytelling
#MediaYouShouldKnow #FilmForChange #EthicalStorytelling
October 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
What makes this film brilliant is how it turns that search into the story. Dunye uses fiction and documentary together to ask big questions about who gets to tell history and whose voices get erased.
#MediaYouShouldKnow #FilmForChange #EthicalStorytelling
#MediaYouShouldKnow #FilmForChange #EthicalStorytelling
This film is a perfect example of the ethical filmmaking in action I have been learning in school, and I highly recommend everyone checks it out on Netflix!
October 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This film is a perfect example of the ethical filmmaking in action I have been learning in school, and I highly recommend everyone checks it out on Netflix!
That and this quote is by co-director JIm LeBrecht.
"Whatever negative stereotypes of people with disabilities exist are because we are not being heard or seen, but as you see in Crip Camp, we have a rich history and you see that we are incredible people".
"Whatever negative stereotypes of people with disabilities exist are because we are not being heard or seen, but as you see in Crip Camp, we have a rich history and you see that we are incredible people".
October 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
That and this quote is by co-director JIm LeBrecht.
"Whatever negative stereotypes of people with disabilities exist are because we are not being heard or seen, but as you see in Crip Camp, we have a rich history and you see that we are incredible people".
"Whatever negative stereotypes of people with disabilities exist are because we are not being heard or seen, but as you see in Crip Camp, we have a rich history and you see that we are incredible people".
"The thing that is authentic.. is that instead of someone else observing us [disabled individuals] as a community, you hear the true thoughts and words of people with disabilities. Having people with disabilities working on and being in the film, that sort of authentic storytelling just happened.”
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"The thing that is authentic.. is that instead of someone else observing us [disabled individuals] as a community, you hear the true thoughts and words of people with disabilities. Having people with disabilities working on and being in the film, that sort of authentic storytelling just happened.”
The film was co-directed by James LeBrecht, who has spina bifida and actually attended the camp, alongside Nicole Newnham. I think that it is one of the most authentic documentaries currently out. Instead of speaking for people with disabilities, it gives them space to speak for themselves. ETHICAL!
October 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The film was co-directed by James LeBrecht, who has spina bifida and actually attended the camp, alongside Nicole Newnham. I think that it is one of the most authentic documentaries currently out. Instead of speaking for people with disabilities, it gives them space to speak for themselves. ETHICAL!
The ones did allow us to are in the documentary, and I respect those decisions. It wasn’t anything we had to do legally, but it was something I had to do as a human being."
- Ava DuVernay on 13th
This is what ethical filmmaking is about! 13th is on Netflix now!
www.awardsdaily.com/2017/01/02/i...
- Ava DuVernay on 13th
This is what ethical filmmaking is about! 13th is on Netflix now!
www.awardsdaily.com/2017/01/02/i...
Interview: Ava DuVernay Talks 13th, Trump, and Her Filmmaking Process - Awards Daily
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October 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The ones did allow us to are in the documentary, and I respect those decisions. It wasn’t anything we had to do legally, but it was something I had to do as a human being."
- Ava DuVernay on 13th
This is what ethical filmmaking is about! 13th is on Netflix now!
www.awardsdaily.com/2017/01/02/i...
- Ava DuVernay on 13th
This is what ethical filmmaking is about! 13th is on Netflix now!
www.awardsdaily.com/2017/01/02/i...
"We went to each family and asked how they felt about inclusion in the movie. We asked if they wanted it to happen or not, and a couple of families said, “If you’re giving us the choice, we’d rather not.”
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October 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"We went to each family and asked how they felt about inclusion in the movie. We asked if they wanted it to happen or not, and a couple of families said, “If you’re giving us the choice, we’d rather not.”
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What makes 13th stand out is how it gives space to the people most impacted. DuVernay includes scholars, activists, and former prisoners, and allows them to tell their own stories. It’s a example of ethical filmmaking because it centers truth, and respect rather than spectacle.
#movies #film #media
#movies #film #media
October 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM