Helena Heald

Three Ways to Counter a Propaganda Narrative (and How Iraqi Writers under Saddam Hussein Did it)

When I first started my research on propaganda and culture in Iraq under Saddam Hussein, the study of propaganda was…

Confusing films Watching narrative films can be one of the most engrossing aesthetic experiences possible. It can also be completely…

In the final part of this five-part series on African American film, Geetha Ramanathan discusses 2017 hit “Get Out” alongside…

In part four of this five-part series, Geetha Ramanathan uses two examples to consider how African American films of the…

In part three of this five-part series, Geetha Ramanathan explores the use of American mythology and folklore in two African…

In part two of this five-part series, Geetha Ramanathan considers the use of the “ancestral archive” to discuss gender models…

In this five-part series, Geetha Ramanathan, author of Kathleen Collins: The Black Essai Film (Edinburgh University Press, 2020), explores over…

To celebrate the release of Muslim Preaching in the Middle East and Beyond: Historical and Contemporary Case Studies, editors Simon…

The past years have seen many commemorations in the Israeli–Arab conflict: 100 years since the Balfour Declaration (2017), seventy years…

A staple in cinema for decades, the vampire movie is a genre that is constantly being rejuvenated with fresh blood.…