Film - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/film/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Fri, 15 Nov 2024 19:54:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 From Media to Movies: Addressing Native American Stereotypes https://bahaiteachings.org/media-movies-addressing-native-american-stereotypes/ https://bahaiteachings.org/media-movies-addressing-native-american-stereotypes/#comments Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=86045 Western white family watching a stereotypical movie with Native Americans on the screenOn November 7, The Washington Post reported, “The FBI and authorities in several states are investigating racist text messages sent to Black people nationwide this week saying they would be...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/media-movies-addressing-native-american-stereotypes/feed/ 3 From Mammy to Jezebel: Stereotypes Fueling Misogynoir https://bahaiteachings.org/mammy-jezebel-stereotypes-fueling-misogynoir/ https://bahaiteachings.org/mammy-jezebel-stereotypes-fueling-misogynoir/#comments Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=84525 Why are Black women subjected to more hostile sexism and receive less care and aid as a result? Why are Black women, on average, three times more likely to die...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/mammy-jezebel-stereotypes-fueling-misogynoir/feed/ 3 You’re Already Whole and Don’t Need Someone to Complete You https://bahaiteachings.org/youre-already-whole-dont-need-someone-to-complete-you/ https://bahaiteachings.org/youre-already-whole-dont-need-someone-to-complete-you/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=79738 “You complete me,” said Tom Cruise’s character Jerry in the 1996 film, “Jerry Maguire.” His love interest in the movie swooned like the many viewers who watched the movie did,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/youre-already-whole-dont-need-someone-to-complete-you/feed/ 2 How to Make Hollywood a More Spiritual Place https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-make-hollywood-a-more-spiritual-place/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-make-hollywood-a-more-spiritual-place/#respond Wed, 28 Sep 2022 13:00:42 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=78284 When Justin Baldoni and Steve Sarowitz started Wayfarer Studios in Hollywood, they did it with one goal: to make films that focused on the spiritual side of humanity. Of course,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-make-hollywood-a-more-spiritual-place/feed/ 0 Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator, and Human Freedom https://bahaiteachings.org/charlie-chaplin-the-great-dictator-and-human-freedom/ https://bahaiteachings.org/charlie-chaplin-the-great-dictator-and-human-freedom/#respond Mon, 05 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=77991 Motion pictures, now ubiquitous in movie theatres, on TV sets, cameras, computers, and phones, were unknown prior to 1895. That one invention has literally changed the world in little more...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/charlie-chaplin-the-great-dictator-and-human-freedom/feed/ 0 Do Movies Romanticize Domestic Violence? https://bahaiteachings.org/do-movies-romanticize-domestic-violence/ https://bahaiteachings.org/do-movies-romanticize-domestic-violence/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=77934 According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, 35.6% of women in the US “have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime.” This domestic violence...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/do-movies-romanticize-domestic-violence/feed/ 6 The Effects of Violence in Video Games, Movies, and TV Shows https://bahaiteachings.org/effects-violence-in-video-games-movies-tv-shows/ https://bahaiteachings.org/effects-violence-in-video-games-movies-tv-shows/#respond Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=77866 A 2002 report by the United States Department of Education and the Secret Service examined 37 incidents of targeted school shootings and school attacks from 1974 to 2000 in the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/effects-violence-in-video-games-movies-tv-shows/feed/ 0 Wayfarer Studios Aims to Be a “Light in the Darkness” https://bahaiteachings.org/wayfarer-studios/ https://bahaiteachings.org/wayfarer-studios/#respond Fri, 24 Jun 2022 13:00:44 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=77134 In the bottom-line driven entertainment industry, can a spiritually-grounded media business survive and thrive? At Wayfarer Studios, Justin Baldoni and Steve Sarowitz aim to find out. This series of essays...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/wayfarer-studios/feed/ 0 An Interview With Rainn Wilson: On Spirituality and Hollywood https://bahaiteachings.org/interview-rainn-wilson-spirituality-hollywood/ https://bahaiteachings.org/interview-rainn-wilson-spirituality-hollywood/#respond Mon, 26 Apr 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=70530 Rainn Wilson, the American actor, comedian, writer, and producer, is best known for his role on the NBC sitcom “The Office” — but he’s also well-known as an active member of the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/interview-rainn-wilson-spirituality-hollywood/feed/ 0 Me. We: How to Heal the Body of Humanity https://bahaiteachings.org/me-we-how-heal-body-humanity/ https://bahaiteachings.org/me-we-how-heal-body-humanity/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=68972 In 1975, while speaking to a group of students at Harvard University, the celebrated boxer, wordsmith, and humanitarian, Muhammad Ali — five years removed from his three-year ban from boxing for...

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