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Food, Caste, and Popular Cinema: How Blue Star and Nandhan Subvert Brahminical Codes of Commensality

From Severance to Squid Game: How Your Favorite TV Dramas Gamify Oppression

The Selective Politics of the Hunger Games’ Fandom

Did the Modi Govt Use the Frenzy Around War To Introduce Harsher Censorship Measures?

When Black-Owned Hair Care Brands Sell Out To Larger, Whiter Corporations: Betrayal, Neglect, and Co-Opting

Giardini Luzzati: How A Cultural Space Ties A Fragmented City Together

Sensationalism, Insensitivity, and Shock Value: Why Ghana’s Media Courts Cannot Replace Its Failing Justice System

From The Milkmaid to Gangs Of Lagos: How Nigerian Filmmakers Are Using Cinema To Push Back Politically

The Enduring Significance Of Olive Trees In Israel’s Colonization of Palestine

Four Decades Later, No City for Women Echoes the Enduring Impact of Yugantar Film Collective’s Path-Breaking Documentaries