DEEPER DIVE BLOG
The Movie Everything Everywhere All At Once Shows Us That Spiritual and Religious Engagement Can Resist Despair
By: Kianna Mahony Summer Intern 23, HDS’ 24 September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Although public awareness heightens this time of the year, preventative measures must instead be a lifelong endeavor. Movies are an easily accessible resource that can be...
I am a Barbie Girl in a Patriarchal World. Life is Tragic, It is Iconoclastic? The New Barbie Movie Addresses Male Domination by Supporting Women and Religion.
By: Kianna Mahony Summer Intern 23, HDS’ 24 In the beginning God created heaven and earth… Or as the more popular remixed version goes, in the beginning Greta Gerwig created Barbie and Ken! Gerwig may not have set off to masterfully create an inverse of the Biblical...
Exploring Religious Nuance and Culturally Literate Storytelling: A DeeperDive Event
As part of our partnership with the Faith & Media Initiative, DeeperDive conducted a training and dinner roundtable on religious nuance and culturally literate storytelling in entertainment media at Miami’s SoHo House. In conversation with executives...
Uniting Media and Message: Exploring Human Connection through Storytelling – A Recap of the Faith & Media Initiatives Inaugural Event with Jon Erwin
For our first event with the Faith & Media Initiative, DeeperDive co-hosted a training, private screening, and director’s discussion at the Hollywood SoHo House with Jon Erwin on his new movie, Jesus Revolution.With executives from Lionsgate, the Academy of Motion...
Playing God in Oppenheimer: The Latest Christopher Nolan Movie Tells the Story of Humanity is Largest Attempt at Divine Power.
By: Kianna Mahony Summer Intern 23, HDS’ 24 Long ago, legend has it that Zeus, the ruler of Mount Olympus, governed both the Godly and earthly universes with incredible power. Prometheus, one of the Gods in the pantheon, attempted to attribute humans with divine...