bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation

January. 01,1997

Rating：

8.5

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Feminism Intersectionality Black Intellectual

Trailer Synopsis Cast

bell hooks is one of America's most accessible public intellectuals. In this two-part video, extensively illustrated with many of the images under analysis, she makes a compelling argument for the transformative power of cultural criticism.

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Reviews

Cortechba

1997/01/01

Overrated

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BelSports

1997/01/02

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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Lidia Draper

1997/01/03

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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Quiet Muffin

1997/01/04

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

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