Media Education Foundation Popular Movie

Celebrated author and Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin tackles the myth that the NFL was somehow free of politics before Colin Kaepernick and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dave Zirin

For years, debates have raged among scholars, politicians, and concerned parents about the effects of media violence on viewers. Too often these...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: George Gerbner

Cultural theorist Stuart Hall offers an extended meditation on representation. Moving beyond the accuracy or inaccuracy of specific representations,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Stuart Hall

In this highly anticipated sequel to his groundbreaking, ADVERTISING AND THE END OF THE WORLD, media scholar Sut Jhally explores the devastating...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sut Jhally

Over the past few years, Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Roger Waters

THE GREAT WHITE HOAX, featuring acclaimed anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise, explores how American political leaders of both parties have been...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tim Wise

Jean Kilbourne's pioneering work helped develop and popularize the study of gender representation in advertising. Her award-winning Killing us Softly...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jean Kilbourne

The #MeToo movement has shined much-needed light on the pervasiveness of sexual harassment and abuse and created unprecedented demand for gender...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jackson Katz

In White Like Me, anti-racist educator Tim Wise explores race and racism in the US through the lens of whiteness and white privilege.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tim Wise

Hollywood movies are rapidly becoming vehicles for the ulterior marketing and advertising motives of studios and their owners, rather than...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jeremy Pikser

Arguing that advertising not only sells things, but also ideas about the world, media scholar Sut Jhally offers a blistering analysis of commercial...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sut Jhally

Sports media scholars look at the persistence of heterosexism and homophobia in perpetuating gender stereotypes. They argue for new media images...

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For years, right-wing politicians and pundits have repeatedly criticized the left for playing “the race card” and “the woman...

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Robert McChesney lays the blame for the US's current state of affairs squarely at the doors of the corporate boardrooms of big media, which far from...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Robert McChesney

Consumer capitalism dominates our economy, our politics, and our culture, even though a growing body of research suggests it may be well past its...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Justin Lewis

Video and computer games represent a $6 billion a year industry. One out of every ten households in American owns a Sony Playstation. Children who...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Grossman

bell hooks is one of America's most accessible public intellectuals. In this two-part video, extensively illustrated with many of the images under...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: bell hooks

In this highly anticipated update of the influential and widely acclaimed Tough Guise, pioneering anti-violence educator and cultural theorist...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jackson Katz

Wrestling with Manhood is the first educational program to pay attention to the enormous popularity of professional wrestling among male youth,...

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In this era of Facebook privacy breaches, "fake news" and filter bubbles, this essential film trains its sights on the relationship between the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Robert McChesney