![]() ![]() How dare I, or this documentary, attack the Disney legacy embedded in their psyches! Interestingly, when I shared this classroom episode with some of the other faculty, they said, "Oh yeah, we should have warned you about that video. ![]() They had grown up with these films, and the characters and plots had become part of their cherished childhood memories. My lecture was toward the end of the semester, and this was the angriest I'd seen them. Though the film had some heavy-hitter psychologists and media scholars and under-girded its arguments with supportive clips, the students weren't buying any of it. Titled Mickey Mouse Monopoly, the documentary tackled sexual and racial stereotyping in Disney's animated features. It wasn't until I showed a video from the Media Education Foundation that things got tense. "When I was teaching a Mass Communications course at McDaniel, I covered many topics that should have been incendiary - Internet privacy, violent video games, media bias, censorship - but was barely able to get a rise out of the students. Visualized: Messages in Motion Film Festival | Denver, CO | November 2001 Zeitgeist Gallery | Cambridge, MA | June 2001 The Milky Way | Jamaica Plain, MA | October 2001 ![]() Music composition/production for the award-winning documentary The Borinqueneers (2007), and co-directing and editing Ulises' Odyssey (2009), a documentary on Pinochet's dictatorship in Chile in 1970's and its aftermath.īlack Point Film Festival | Lake Geneva, WI | April 2002Įast Lansing Film Festival | East Lansing, MI | March 2002 Picker moved to New YorkĬity in the summer of 2004, and his recent projects include editing and Range of art institutions and public foundations, including PBS, theīoston Ballet and the New England Conservatory. Picker is also a musician and composer, and has worked with a wide He has produced and directed numerous independent projects as well, such as Francisco Mendez - The Portrayal of a Cuban Painter and A Day in Martha's Vineyard. He also has produced and directed programs for WGBH, including Como Hacemos, Duo, and The Early Music Workshop. His editing credits include La Plaza, Greater Boston Arts, and a 52-part national series titled Destinos. Miguel Picker worked at WGBH-TV in Boston for over 15 years as an editor. MIGUEL PICKER | Producer, Director & Editor With Miguel Picker, Sun produced theĭocumentaries The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality, and Relationships and Beyond Good and Evil: Media, Children and Violent Times (both distributed by the Media Education Foundation). Literacy race, gender and sexuality in media and audience Studies at McGhee Liberal Arts, School of Continuing and Professional Chyng Sun is a filmmaker and a Clinical Associate Professor of Media Sections: Disney's Media Dominance | Disney's Gender Representations | Disney's Race Representations | Disney's Commercialization of Children's CultureĮditor, Camera, Graphics, Music, Audio: Miguel PickerĮducational Distribution by the Media Education Foundationĭr. Including interviews with cultural critics, media scholars, child psychologists, kindergarten teachers, multicultural educators, college students and children, Mickey Mouse Monopoly will provoke audiences to confront comfortable assumptions about an American institution that is virtually synonymous with childhood pleasure. This daring new video insightfully analyzes Disney's cultural pedagogy, examines its corporate power, and explores its vast influence on our global culture. Mickey Mouse Monopoly takes a close and critical look at the world these films create and the stories they tell about race, gender and class and reaches disturbing conclusions about the values propagated under the guise of innocence and fun. Its animated films in particular are almost universally lauded as wholesome family entertainment, enjoying massive popularity among children and endorsement from parents and teachers. The Disney Company's massive success in the 20th century is based on creating an image of innocence, magic and fun.
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