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Portuguese
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A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps. " Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyzes race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calling attention to their likely influence on Black people's identity-forming processes.
2) Tabu
Language
Portuguese
Description
Winner of Critic's Prize at the Berlin Film Festival 2012, Tabu is the exquisitely surreal two-part tale of Aurora, who upon her death-bed will make a mysterious request to see a man no one had ever heard of, transporting us to the foothills of 1960s Africa in order to tell a story that occurred fifty years ago - the story of an irrational taboo and its extravagant consequences. Shot in lush black and white 16mm and 35mm.
Series
Film Movement volume 14, film 7
Language
English
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"[One of] the 10 best films I saw at SXSW 2015... [with] the most explosively uncomfortable dinner party scene ever."– Ryan Lattanzio, Indiewire When Davis Green's alluring young cousin Alexis appears on his doorstep one night, he discovers that a side of his family has been kept secret from him. Against his father's wishes, Davis travels to rural, upstate New York to meet his other cousins. While wrestling with a taboo attraction to one another,...
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Language
English
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"Never Open It: The Taboo Trilogy is a collection of three stories from Ken Niimura that are rooted in well-known Japanese folk tales, such as Urashima Taro and The Crane Wife. Each story delves into the concept of the taboo, asking questions such as 'Why are these rules meant to be followed?' and 'Who and why sets these rules?' Taking inspiration from the Japanese folk tales told to Ken Niimura as a child and combining them with his unique and captivating...
6) Benny Hill
Language
English
Description
These early Thames episodes are filled to the brim with Benny's brazen ballads, naughty pantomimes and politically incorrect silliness. His impish antics have a mainstream appeal frequently imitated, but Benny Hill remains unsurpassable as the cherubic King of Mischief. Known for hilariously turning the sketch variety show on its ear, Benny has charmed the world with his lusty mayhem ... and his flock of half-dressed women.
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English
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"It's the exciting Taboo game that keeps players on the edge of their seats! Players try to get teammates to say the Guess word on the card without using any of the Taboo words in the clues. If the describer says a Taboo word listed on the card while giving the clues, they'll get interrupted with the electronic buzzer and lose a turn. Players keep the cards that were guessed correctly, and the team with the most cards wins the game."--provided by...
Language
English
Description
"Can I Teach That? is a collection of stories, strategies, advice, and documents for teachers who are using or planning to use materials or implement policies they know may be controversial. It is for any teacher dedicated to engaging their students in the complex, challenging, and rewarding activities of reading and writing - for any teacher committed to speaking honestly with students."--Back cover.
Series
Criterion collection volume 180, 181
Language
Swedish
Description
"Two films about Lena, a young woman on her personal quest to understand the social and political conditions in 1960s Sweden, as well as the exploration of her own sexual identity. She shatters taboos as if there are no lines between fact and fiction." --
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