Sentences with phrase «makes sociopolitical»

You may choose to view Milo as O'Shea's modernized update of the iconic monster or a child brimming with inner evil; the film keeps its ends open, its truths veiled and only makes its sociopolitical allegories plain in its final, haunting images.

Black artists, in particular, have in the last half - decade made generation - defining pop music that makes sociopolitical statements, pushes boundaries, and propels music - in - general forward, with more conventional artists following behind.

Science fiction films where technology and special effects are used to explore human behaviour and make sociopolitical comments about the present and the future are becoming increasingly scarce.

I'm not speaking for a community or trying to make a sociopolitical point.

I'd also say it is unsound to make sociopolitical / economic arguments based on a differing opinion of a broad scientific assessment.

Not exact matches

But while I value their sociopolitical analyses and share their anger at the complex forces that make sane mothering almost impossible these days, I find little in their books to give me strength and hope for the journey — the strength and hope that are exactly what mothers need to resist the powers the authors describe.

But on the other hand, to ignore the sociopolitical factors in order to accent religion and culture only serves to make the latter the opiate of the people.

Given that the title character is a Mexican immigrant and that the guest of honor at the small soiree to which she's become a last - minute addition is Doug Strutt (John Lithgow), a billionaire real - estate and resort mogul with Trump - ian characteristics, one might think that this has all the makings of the kind of broad, pained farce where every character is a mouthpiece for over-determined conflicts of sociopolitical opinion.

The fact that Jimmy's a laid - off construction worker and Clyde a veteran with a conspicuous prosthetic hand gives the film an air of social relevance, and while Soderbergh seems enthusiastic about the idea of his characters banding together to take back from a society that's made them collateral damage, the attempts to draw any sense of sociopolitical import are the film's weakest spots.

Its sequel, the far superior «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,» rewrites the rules, which not only makes for a more exciting death match, but also yields a rich sociopolitical critique in the process, in keeping with the incendiary subtext of Suzanne Collins» dystopian novel.

In a complete different mood, Pavel Giroud's Playing Lecuona (2015), without an obvious sociopolitical stance makes a moving appeal to artistic freedom, reviving the legacy of one of the greatest Cuban musician of all time, Ernesto Lecuona, in a documentary film that is a human journey through musical sensibility and creativity.

Everything about it screams «niche,» from the budget ($ 4.5 million, which is what its studio, Universal, spent to make approximately two - and - a-half minutes of The Fate of the Furious), to the first - time director - writer, Jordan Peele, a cable - TV star whose show ended and who was looking to branch out, to the complete lack of movie stars (although now, Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams are nicely on their way), to the genre: horror cut with more than a dash of comedy and of pointed sociopolitical commentary.

The more movies he makes, the more Paul Greengrass's have - it - both - ways m.o. as a filmmaker becomes clearer, aiming to craft high - octane action spectacles that also thoughtfully address topical events and current sociopolitical realities without becoming overly didactic.

Narrated by sociopolitical comic Hari Kondabolu, Sugarless Tea takes viewers through India and gives them enough emotional strength in only a few minutes to surely make them dwell on the themes.

What began as a natural integration of my sociopolitical beliefs with a sheer joy of art - making, has since developed into a full - fledged artistic praxis by which I integrate the human realm I come in contact with in the course of my travels - its individuals, cultures, and struggles - with its refuse, in order to comment on and participate in the issues I feel most passionate about.

«So for me, it's sort of a sociopolitical exercise but it's also fostering something and making sure that something I can't do myself through my own creative faculties, is protected and is given a voice and celebrated.»

Lauren Adams (Baltimore, MD) Lauren Adams creates artwork that explores the histories of power, labor, and material culture to make connections that resonate with current sociopolitical issues.

Through actions and mark - making, the artist transcends the wall as mere surface or backdrop by way of performative inscriptions and drawing, embedding commentary that engages art history, popular culture and sociopolitical concerns.

We are in a moment when the art world needs reminding that there are pressing sociopolitical issues which innumerable artists are grappling with, but which rarely make it onto the apolitical auction block.

Using a Marxist approach, the artist highlights the sociopolitical conditions that keep capitalism thriving, making the past tangible in

Dearest Montien (2013), which we reprint in full, describes the Thai art scene since the artist's death more than a decade ago, and the impact Montien, as artist, teacher, mentor and friend, has had on the tight - knit art community, particularly his sociopolitical, and later spiritual, approach to art making, which combined local, everyday materials to explore topics ranging from Thailand's industrialization to Buddhist notions of impermanence and mortality.

For this Tuesday Evenings lecture, Vassell presents DARK ART: A New Conversation with Abstraction, in which she proposes that «a new and grittier form of abstraction permits us to theorize that a younger generation of painters, consciously or not, is producing ruggedly electric paintings that tell somber and vicious tales... making a statement on the sociopolitical inevitability of a world gone mad.»

It brings joy, brings people together, encourages creativity, can play a significant role in sociopolitical movements and makes the world a better place.

Bringing a poetic yet critical sensibility to the international stage, her work revolves around subjects such as the global economy, commerce and transportation often based on the classic gesture of the ready - made that is uncovering how collective memory and sociopolitical imperatives can define cultural production.»

Informed by the sociopolitical contexts of Latin America, Cruzvillegas has garnered much attention for his dynamic assemblage sculptures made of found objects.

I make vegans,» says Sue Coe, the British American artist widely known since the 1980s for her sociopolitical drawings and prints.

In other words, the study does a simple physical analysis of the trade off between conventional mitigation and negative emissions technologies in a 2C world and makes no assumptions about changing economic, technological and sociopolitical contexts, the authors note.

One of the most controversial writers in Canada, National Post columnist and acclaimed author Barbara Kay, makes her first foray into fiction with the release of «A Three Day Event,» a murder mystery underscored by sociopolitical tensions in a Quebec horse sport community.