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  • Moss Goodwin
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Life of Pi. Dir. Ang Lee. 20th-Century Fox. 2011.
Life of Pi. Dir. Ang Lee. 20th-Century Fox. 2011. 150 150 Moss Goodwin

Ang Lees’s Life of Pi is a shipwreck film that depicts the epic journey of the main character Piscine ‘Pi’ Molitor Patel, whilst addressing many issues along the way such as those…

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  • J Ward
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Project Nim. Dir. James Marsh. Roadside Attractions. 2011.
Project Nim. Dir. James Marsh. Roadside Attractions. 2011. 150 150 J Ward

Project Nim, is a biographical documentary that tells the story of Nim Chimpsky, a chimpanzee who was subjected to an ambitious language acquisition research-experiment in the 1970s to determine if apes…

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  • Mica Anthony
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A Bug’s Life. Dir. John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton. Disney Pixar. 1998.
A Bug’s Life. Dir. John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton. Disney Pixar. 1998. 150 150 Mica Anthony

A Bug’s Life follows an ant colony in their struggle to keep the peace and tradition of providing food for their oppressors, the grasshoppers. Moments before they arrive to collect…

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  • Christine Nguyen
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Princess Mononoke. Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli. 1997.
Princess Mononoke. Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli. 1997. 150 150 Christine Nguyen

Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime) is a Studio Ghibli film, written and directed by co-founder Hayao Miyazaki in 1997. The film takes place in the Muromachi period of Ancient Japan and follows protagonist…

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  • Barry Germansky
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Planet of the Apes. Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner. 20th Century Fox. 1968.
Planet of the Apes. Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner. 20th Century Fox. 1968. 150 150 Barry Germansky

Evolutionary Reversal in Planet of the Apes Planet of the Apes (1968) brilliantly satirizes the process by which humans simultaneously invented the concept of the “animal kingdom” and appointed themselves to its…

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  • Michael Sherbert
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Brave. Dir. Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Purcell. Disney-Pixar. 2012.
Brave. Dir. Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Purcell. Disney-Pixar. 2012. 150 150 Michael Sherbert

The Disney-Pixar film, Brave (2012), directed by Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Purcell, is a computer-animated film set in Medieval Scotland featuring Merida, a skilled archer and princess, who is determined…

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  • Erik Mortensen
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The Ghost and the Darkness. Dir. Stephen Hopkins. Constellation Entertainment. 1996.
The Ghost and the Darkness. Dir. Stephen Hopkins. Constellation Entertainment. 1996. 150 150 Erik Mortensen

Film Poster for The Ghost and the Darkness URL: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/01/Ghostandthedarkness.jpg This film is a retelling of The Man-Eaters of Tsavo – the published journal of John Henry Patterson. He was…

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