beasts of the southern wild

Beasts of the Southern Wild – The Romance of Precarity I

Christina Sharpe

After the opening shot of a dilapidated house, Beasts of the Southern Wild begins mise-en-scène with a tight close-up of the house’s interior, the screen filled with small brown crossed legs, a cluttered dirty floor, and a small brown hand holding a … Continue reading “Beasts of the Southern Wild – The Romance of Precarity I”

September 27, 2013 | Features

Beasts of the Southern Wild – The Romance of Precarity II

Jayna Brown

This film should have been a choice text for me; I love post-apocalyptic stories that end badly. But the heaps of critical praise the film has garnered don’t even seem to notice it as a dystopia. “This movie is a … Continue reading “Beasts of the Southern Wild – The Romance of Precarity II”

September 27, 2013 | Features

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