Screening Social Justice: Brave New Films and Documentary Activism Ortner Sherry B.
Screening Social Justice: Brave New Films and Documentary Activism Ortner Sherry B. In Screening Social Justice, award-winning anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner positions the work of the company within…
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Screening Social Justice: Brave New Films and Documentary Activism Ortner Sherry B.
In Screening Social Justice, award-winning anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner positions the work of the company within a tradition of activist documentary filmmaking and within the larger field of "alternative media" that is committed to challenging the mainstream media and telling the truth about the world today. Ortner presents an ethnographic study of Brave New Films, a nonprofit film production company that makes documentaries intended to mobilize progressive grassroots activism.
Beyond the films themselves, Brave New Films is also famous for its creative distribution strategies. The company's films cover a range of social justice issues, with particular focus on the hidden workings of capitalism, racism, and right-wing extremism. All of the films are available for free on YouTube.
Central to the intention of promoting political activism, the films circulate through networks of