In Screening Social Justice, award-winning anthropologist Sherry B.
Ortner presents an ethnographic study of Brave New Films, a
nonprofit film production company that makes documentaries intended
to mobilize progressive grassroots activism. 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. 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. Beyond the films
themselves, Brave New Films is also famous for its creative
distribution strategies. All of the films are available for free on
YouTube. Central to the intention of promoting political activism,
the films circulate through networks of other activist and social
justice organizations and are shown almost entirely in live
screenings in which the power of the film is amplified. Ortner
takes the reader inside both the production process and the
screenings to show how a film can be made and used to mobilize
action for a better world.
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