Inclusive Media Mix by Yuta Kaminishi

“… A Silent Voice (Koe no katachi, dir. Yamada Naoko, 2016) is an anime film based on the critically acclaimed manga of the same name by Ôima Yoshitoki. …”
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A propos the Puppeteer – Jean Vigo and the Cinema of Automata by Michael Wutz

“…This essay focuses on two central elements of the cinema of Jean Vigo that have received little attention to date: Vigo’s use of puppets, manikins, and automata as a central part in his mise-en-scène, and Vigo’s status as a transitional film maker negotiating the threshold from silence to sound. …”
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Hallelujah (1929) de King Vidor : naissance de la voix afro-américaine à Hollywood by Jean-Marie Lecomte

“…Hallelujah and Hearts in Dixie were the first all-black cast, talking and singing pictures to be produced in Hollywood. Although conceived as a Movietone synchronized sound film, King Vidor’s Hallelujah had to be shot silent and dubbed afterwards. …”
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An Intersectional Feminist Reading of Bapsi Sidhwa's Water by Numaira Hamid Khan

“…It shows how power relations can manipulate cultural norms and use religion as a powerful tool to establish its hegemonic control over these marginalized widows who suffer as silent victims. …”
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