Happiness and Hardship: A Review of Sarah Young’s People Like Us
By Ford Melillo People Like Us by Sarah Young is a short film depicting adversity, hope, and dreams. It captures both the difficult experiences and joyful connections of Muslim Myanmar refugee children living in Malaysia, with a particular focus on a motivated, confident boy named Rafiq. It strikes a balance between promoting audience awareness of refugee issues and portraying the childlike wonder of its subject, leaving a lasting...
Can AI Help Solve the Mental Health Crisis – A Review
By: Jailene Kontz The short film, Can AI Help Solve the Mental Health Crisis? by Rakesh Singh with a voice over by Jerry Camacho, sheds light on the Mental Health Crisis, with 36% of cases going undiagnosed due to social stigma. AI technology has been rapidly advancing across all fields, especially the mental health field. This technology has the potential to decrease the stigma around mental health by reducing the need for...
Dreaming and Training: A Review of Evan Pretzer’s Box Girl
By Ford Melillo Box Girl by Evan Pretzer is a celebration of confidence, community, and courage. Following the Box Girls gym in Kariobangi, Kenya, the film explores concepts of motivation, growth, and biting reality as they surround a space for women to practice boxing. Centering around one of the club’s earliest members, Sonko, the film also does an incredible job of carrying the viewer through the immense highs and devastating lows...
Saving the Rainbow Mountains: Advocacy and Preservation in Film
By Ford Melillo Preserving the Rainbow Mountains by Amanda Tuccillo with a voice over by Jerry Camacho is an urgent film exploring the rich history and powerful threats endangering China’s Rainbow Mountains in Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park. It does a fantastic job of balancing the wonder of the space with contemporary issues involving ecological preservation, climate change, and human activity, while also providing potential...
A Review of Generation, Directed by Ricardo Fusetti
By Adelina Hill Generation, directed by Ricardo Fusetti, is an explosive film that delves into the interpretation of human behavior by AI. We follow the captivating dance choreography of a young woman engaging in interpretive dance, accompanied by a poignant voiceover reciting poetry. The creation of this film left me astounded, as it revealed the astonishing notion that AI could possess opinions about human beings. Overlaying the...
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