AnthroLens presents... a Decolonising the Curriculum Film Night

Tangerine is an American comedy-drama film directed by Sean Baker, and written by Baker and Chris Bergoch, starring Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, and James Ransone. The story follows a transgender sex worker who discovers her boyfriend and pimp have been cheating on her. The film represents a major leap for transgender people on film and was also shot entirely on a iPhone 5S. For more info see the reviews below.

• The Guardian review by Nigel M Smith
• The Telegraph review by Robbie Collin
• BFI review by Lisa Mullen

About AnthroLens

AnthroLens is a well-established student film society within the department of Anthropology. Through regular film nights, they explore anthropology in popular cinema and ethnographic films.

In a previous decolonizing the curriculum film night, they deliberated on Britain’s imperial (later referred to as commonwealth) troops in World War Two by screening three short films produced by various British information and propaganda departments during, and shortly following, the war. Discussion afterwards focused on the implications of such videos for historical and contemporary narratives surrounding the war and the commonwealth, on how we teach these narratives, and on the media we use to do so.