Sentences with phrase «powerful narratives of»

These powerful narratives of failure to control are reinforced by the fact that there is no clear consensus among scientists about the uncertainties raised by the use of genomic technologies in our ecosystems.

While each of these components of the Earth's system tells a part of the story of the warming planet, together they combine into a powerful narrative of the planet's plight.

You will become empowered to identify thought patterns, drop negativity and craft a powerful narrative of positive energy.

That powerful narrative of success, the rags to riches story, with developers living of noodles until they get a mega-hit.

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Blogging is a powerful medium particularly for those of us who are outside of the usual power narratives and structures either because of location or religion or gender or orientation or race or political leanings, let alone all the odd combinations therein.

In any case, these words about painting are a fitting description of Davies's own narrative art, provocative in its «farcing out» of Christian tradition and powerful in its evocation of our human depth and variety.

For Americans, America's Founding is a singularly powerful unfolding of the Whig narrative, and with it the Whig narrative jumps into hyperdrive.

And among the most powerful of these symbols are the unabashedly visual ones, whether in New Testament narrative, ancient creed, Renaissance fresco or Reformation hymn.

They also showcase stories of Indigenous women and cultural knowledge through their products and facilitate a powerful and positive narrative about Indigenous women and their cultures.

Almost from the moment Luther called for a debate on the practice of indulgences, the Reformation has been subject to two types of powerful and antithetical narratives.

For all Christians, however, the narrative has always spoken of the cost of redemption; and for all, I submit, it nurtures faith by its powerful statement of a meaning and purpose that incorporates tragedy.

This is a powerful book, not only because it offers a compelling, readable narrative of the Armenian genocide, but also because it takes up the larger humanitarian and political questions genocide raises.

So the narrative leaves us with the impression that the persistently protesting Moses is finally overridden, as he subsides before the powerful Word and God's assurance of competent, even eloquent assistance from Aaron.

The extremely powerful significance with which the event of the Exodus is charged in the narrative accurately and appropriately reflects Israel's rather than Egypt's estimate.

A lengthy, well - researched, and powerful article in the Spring 2015 issue of the NCAA's Champion magazine, not only reports the belief of many top concussion experts that the media narrative about sports - related concussion trace has been dominated by media reports on the work of Dr. Ann McKee, which was the centerpiece of PBS Frontline's League of Denial, but Dr. McKee's, however belated, mea culpa that «There's no question [that her autopsies finding evidence of CTE in the brains of most of the former athletes were] a very biased study,» that they involved «a certain level of... sensationalism», that there were «times when it's overblown» and went «a little too far.»

One of the most powerful ways we understand the experience of being human is by constructing a narrative of our lives.

A one - woman show by Celeste Billhartz of powerful images, narratives and music about the «unwed mothers» of past generations who were forced to surrender their babies to adoption..

From liberal / progressives, I'm hearing a powerful fear that the New Yorker is feeding into a narrative that hurts Obama, which to me is a clear result of 2000 and 2004 — both years in which Democrats feel as though the White House was snatched from their grasp unfairly and / or inexplicably.

With indicators such as mortgage lending and retail sales showing signs of recovery, even one quarter's growth gives Labour a powerful narrative for this autumn.

Labour has had a successful party conference, Ed Miliband made a powerful speech with a strong commanding narrative of Labour's objectives for government, but the only let - down was in the crucial area of economic policy.

Wale Adebanwi, en route to a new professorial chair at Oxford University, England, had gathered a lean but powerful assemblage, for a select reading of his new book, The Nation as Grand Narrative: The Nigerian Press and the Politics of Meaning (NY, USA: University of Rochester Press, 2016).

Those were the two narratives presented to jurors today in the Manhattan federal courthouse where Mr. Silver, still an assemblyman and once among the three most powerful men in the state, is standing trial on charges of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering for allegedly taking more than $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks.

And our narratives around politics are always of being the underdog, of fighting valiantly against much bigger, more powerful forces.

Weaving together the authors» own healing narratives, diverse case studies and skillful step - by - step methodology, this book reveals the powerful benefits of shifting one's story from the conventional medical model of disease and cure, to the powerful honesty of narrative healing.

Rather than a cohesive narrative, Avengers: Infinity War resembles the penultimate sequence of every Marvel Studios production that has come before, an exhausting series of ultimately futile action scenes that endlessly proclaim the goodness and importance of the supposedly heroic characters as they engage in battle against an all - powerful foe.

At the peak of his powers, Coppola closed out 1974 by premiering The Godfather, Pt. 2, a powerful and ambitious follow - up built around a complex parallel narrative structure spanning a period of 30 years.

It is also Hitchcock's most innovative film in terms of narrative technique, discarding a linear story line in favor of thematically related incidents, linked only by the powerful sense of real time created by the lighting effects and the revolutionary ambient sound track.

Though carefully rendered from a historical perspective, this powerful account of female friendship and bonding under the most cruel conditions lacks the narrative focus and dramatic shapeliness to generate emotional excitement.

The biographical drama is not only noteworthy for Hanks» sentimental and powerful portrayal of the title character in a well - crafted narrative, but also for its stunning cinematography.

It's those narrative conveniences that make «In Darkness» feel slick and worked over - the sense that an immensely powerful story of survival has been cut to fit the cloth of a by now well - established genre.

«We have chosen a film that we believe encompasses the beauty, aesthetic, as well as the powerful themes of love, struggle, life, death, and womanhood that are the spirit of this year's festival,» said the jury for best narrative feature.

In Coogler's film, the women of Wakanda are elevated from lazily constructed positions of subservience to become powerful characters with narrative - shaping responsibilities.

The game's narrative is very simple with minimal dialogue, and the simplicity of the story is arguably what helped to make the game such a powerful experience.

On his third film, Waititi has refined his humour and storytelling to near - perfect level: his deadpan ways are beautifully connected to the most human moments of a genuine father - son narrative and emotions that flow gently but powerful underneath the funnies.

Such specific praise indicates, however, that what there is of narrative functions as little more than sparse captions for the powerful images.

But despite its measured pacing and formal spareness, First Reformed has a powerful sense of narrative drive.

Its narrative might reach cliché towards the end, but powerful performances carry this fine fable of the American Dream lost in heartbreak.

HBO Films will premiere The Tale, Jennifer Fox's powerful narrative memoir about her own reckoning with childhood sexual abuse, on May 26th, and Fox joined castmembers Laura Dern, Isabelle Nélisse, Jason Ritter, Ellen Burstyn and Common for a moving panel after Sunday night's AwardsLine screening of the film at LA's Landmark Theatre.

Largely low - key and with a subtle Japanese input befitting the themes of the story, the composer sensibly knows when to hold back and resist imposing on the dialogue - heavy narrative, making the score's more fulsome moments all - the - more powerful as a result.

Bounce combines the powerful narrative elements of feature animation films with the intricate gameplay mechanics of VR to create the ultimate puzzle adventure.

Writer / director Vivian Qu creates a sparse but powerful narrative with Angels Wear White, a film that focuses on an almost entirely female cast to explore the rape of two young girls in a small Chinese seaside town.

Jonathan King, Participant's EVP, Narrative Film, commented, «Lluis Quilez, the latest in the wave of talented young directors out of Barcelona, did a wonderful job crafting a chilling ghost story with a powerful message, and we are thrilled to have Vertical on board to deliver it to audiences.»

He isn't afraid to stray beyond the familiar narrative of the heroic everyman taking on powerful corporations; the already tragic film reaches peak despair while documenting the activists» ugly infighting.

When used properly, dramatic irony, the circumstance under which the audience is aware of information that the characters are not, can be a powerful narrative tool.

It's powerful stuff, and our critic in Telluride said in his review that the film «has unforgettable, must - witness performances, and its soulful mother and son narrative is one of the most touching dynamics you'll see in theaters this year.»

The philosophical vignettes might not have the narrative weight to be anything other than beguiling curios tossed out and then forgotten about but there are enough of them, delivered sharply enough by delightful movie stars at the top of their game, to make Age of Ultron one of the most thoughtfully driven monster vehicles you are likely to see in a summer rammed with powerful, glossy, mechanised beasts.

After decades of documenting powerful women and their stories, docu filmmaker made the jump into narrative for her first time in May of 2016.

Writer Ta Nehisi Coates» vision of the powerful isolationist nation plays a part in dispelling racist Western narratives that Africa is somehow inferior to the rest of the world.

Taken as an allegory for a powerful man who doesn't entirely understand the scope of his power and its consequences, the picture's disregard for coherence and narrative linearity make some sense as well.

Not just another book about «big weather,» this is an amazing work that uses narrative very effectively in weaving the story of these powerful storms.