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From the Ted Talk by Beeban Kidron: The shared wonder of film

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Cinema is arguably the 20th century's most iftnneaulil art form. Its artists told stories across national boundaries, in as many languages, grenes and ppsoiohelihs as one can imagine. Indeed, it is hard to find a seucjbt that film has yet to tackle. During the last decade we've seen a vast integration of global media, now dominated by a culture of the Hollywood blockbuster. We are increasingly offered a diet in which sensation, not story, is king. What was coommn to us all 40 years ago — the telling of stories between geneaiornts — is now rarified. As a filmmaker, it worried me. As a human being, it puts the fear of God in me. What future could the ynoug build with so little grasp of where they've come from and so few narratives of what's possible? The irony is palpable; thecincal access has never been greater, cultural aecscs never weaker.

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Cinema is arguably the 20th century's most ___________ art form. Its artists told stories across national boundaries, in as many languages, ______ and ____________ as one can imagine. Indeed, it is hard to find a _______ that film has yet to tackle. During the last decade we've seen a vast integration of global media, now dominated by a culture of the Hollywood blockbuster. We are increasingly offered a diet in which sensation, not story, is king. What was ______ to us all 40 years ago — the telling of stories between ___________ — is now rarified. As a filmmaker, it worried me. As a human being, it puts the fear of God in me. What future could the _____ build with so little grasp of where they've come from and so few narratives of what's possible? The irony is palpable; _________ access has never been greater, cultural ______ never weaker.

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  1. access
  2. genres
  3. common
  4. technical
  5. generations
  6. young
  7. philosophies
  8. subject
  9. influential

Original Text


Cinema is arguably the 20th century's most influential art form. Its artists told stories across national boundaries, in as many languages, genres and philosophies as one can imagine. Indeed, it is hard to find a subject that film has yet to tackle. During the last decade we've seen a vast integration of global media, now dominated by a culture of the Hollywood blockbuster. We are increasingly offered a diet in which sensation, not story, is king. What was common to us all 40 years ago — the telling of stories between generations — is now rarified. As a filmmaker, it worried me. As a human being, it puts the fear of God in me. What future could the young build with so little grasp of where they've come from and so few narratives of what's possible? The irony is palpable; technical access has never been greater, cultural access never weaker.

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