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Op-Doc A Conversation With Latinos on Race

Practitioner:
BLAIR FOSTER and MICHÈLE STEPHENSON, JOE BREWSTER

Date:
Apr 28 1991

In this short documentary, Latinos grapple with defining their ethnic and racial identities https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/29/opinion/a-conversation-with-latinos-on… Last year we set out to make a series of short documentaries that we hoped would foster a discussion about race relations in the United States.…

Rebel Music: Native America

Practitioner:
Frank Waln

Date:
Apr 28 1991

Frank Waln, a 25 year old Native American hip hop artist, tours the country and Canada performing and teaching motivational workshops to students across the country. He took to rap at a young age when he found a cd (Eminem’s…

Always ‘Like a Girl’ Says the Female Emojis Are Terrible

Practitioner:
Aways

Date:
Apr 28 1991

Most brands have expressed eternal love for emojis in recent years, as they try to talk the talk of young people today. Not so fast, says Always’ “Like a Girl” campaign, which points out in a new ad that the…

In Mexico City, Comedians Punish Society’s Scofflaws With Humiliation

Practitioner:
Supercívicos

Date:
Apr 28 1991

Acting on a tip from a disgruntled neighbor, two comedians dressed as drag queens confronted parking officers in broad daylight. The pair wanted to know why the officers, who so ruthlessly enforced parking limits, had never so much as given…

Hamilton

Practitioner:
Lin Manuel Miranda

Date:
Apr 28 1991

‘‘HAMILTON,’’ the new musical biography of Alexander Hamilton created by and starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, kicks off with a doozy of a question. The houselights rise on Aaron Burr, the third vice president of the United States and, infamously, the killer…

Taking Feminist Battle to China’s Streets, and Landing in Jail

Practitioner:
Young Chinese Feminists

Date:
Apr 28 1991

The young Chinese feminists shaved their heads to protest inequality in higher education and stormed men’s restrooms to highlight the indignities women face in their prolonged waits at public toilets. To publicize domestic violence, two prominent activists, Li Tingting and…

Krewe of Dead Pelicans

Practitioner:
public, Ro Mayer

Date:
Apr 28 1991

In May 2010, as oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster continued to spread in the Gulf of Mexico, growing outrage from residents in New Orleans at the response by government agents and corporate executives, opened up new horizons of political…

Of Death and Disco Balls: Nightlife Art

Practitioner:
Emily Colucci, Osman Can Yerebakan

Date:
Apr 28 1991

An oversized facsimile of Rush poppers, tipped over, pouring out its viscous contents: this example of underground gay iconography blown up to almost belligerent proportions perfectly represents the aims of Party Out of Bounds: Nightlife as Activism Since 1980, a…

Kiss of Love

Practitioner:
Kiss of Love

Date:
Apr 28 1991

The Kiss of Love campaign in India is a non violent protest against moral policing. It started out as a Facebook page but gained momentum across India when a mob of conservative, right-wing party members attacked and demolished a coffee…

Tiny House Rural Studio

Practitioner:
Auburn University, Rural Studio

Date:
Apr 28 1991

Rural Studio’s $20K House has such innovative design that it’s changing the entire housing system—from mortgages to zoning laws. For over a decade, architecture students at Rural Studio, Auburn University's design-build program in a tiny town in West Alabama, have…

Street Art Project Uses Building Facades to Spread the Word About 314 Endangered Bird Species

Practitioner:
Audonon Mural Project

Date:
Apr 28 1991

In a visually captivating public art venture, the Audonon Mural Project seeks to raise awareness for species of birds threatened by climate change in a rather unconventional way—street art. A collaboration between the National Audubon Society and Gitler &_____ Gallery,…

Poetry and silence: Iran’s Kurds tread the line between art and activism

Practitioner:
Iranian Kurds

Date:
Apr 28 1991

In a sleepy town in Iranian Kurdistan, people take off their winter coats. It is evening, and outside one can just about discern the silhouettes of the mountains that lead to the Turkish and Iraqi borders. Inside, some 60 people…