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Spin the Bottle offers an indispensable critique of the role that contemporary popular culture plays in glamorizing excessive drinking and high-risk behaviors. Award-winning media critics Jackson Katz and Jean Kilbourne contrast these distorted representations with the often disturbing and dangerous ways that alcohol consumption affects the lives of real young men and women. Illustrating their analysis with numerous examples, Katz and Kilbourne decode the power and influence these seductive media images have in shaping gender identity, which is linked to the use of alcohol. Nowhere is this link more cause for concern than on America's college campuses.
By exploring the college party scene,
Spin the Bottle shows the difficulties students have in navigating a cultural environment saturated with messages about gender and alcohol. Interviews with campus health professionals provide a clear picture of how drinking impacts student health and academic performance, but it is the students' own experiences and reflections that tell the real story behind alcohol's alluring public image.
Spin the Bottle concludes with concrete strategies for countering the ubiquitous presence of alcohol propaganda and challenges young people to make conscious decisions about their own lives.
Sections: Get This Party Started: Glamorizing Alcohol | Under the Influence: Men & Alcohol | Message in a Bottle: Women & Drinking | Courage in a Can: Alcohol & Sex | Body Shots: Alcohol, Sex & Violence | Last Call: Changing the Culture
Duration: 45 min
ISBN: 1-893521-89-3
Date Produced: 2004
Subtitles: English & Spanish
Discussion Guide
TranscriptFilmmaker InfoProducer & Editor: Ronit Ridberg
Executive Producers: Loretta Alper, Sut Jhally
Camera: Kelly Garner, David Rabinovitz
Motion Graphics: Alisa Placas
Audio Engineering & Sound Design: Thom Monahan
Second Camera: Kenyon King, Jeremy Smith
Sound Recording: Jeremy Smith
Assistant Producer: Jeremy Earp
About Jackson Katz
Jackson Katz is one of America's leading anti-sexist male activists. An educator, author and filmmaker, he is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking work in gender violence prevention education with men and boys. He has lectured on hundreds of college and high school campuses and has conducted hundreds of professional trainings, seminars & workshops. He is the co-founder of the Mentors In Violence Prevention (MVP) program, the leading gender violence prevention initiative in professional and college athletics. Visit Jackson Katz's site at
www.jacksonkatz.com.
Jackson Katz is available for speaking engagements at colleges by contacting Kevin MacRae at
MacRae Speakers. In addition, Jackson Katz conducts full or half-day trainings for college staff, faculty, and administrators; high school educators; sexual assault and domestic violence program staff; health-care and human services professionals; law enforcement personnel; and others. For schedule and fee information, e-mail
Jackson Katz.
About Jean Kilbourne
Jean Kilbourne is internationally recognized for her pioneering work on alcohol and tobacco advertising and the image of women in advertising. Her films, slide lectures and television appearances have been seen by millions of people throughout the world. She was named by
The New York Times Magazine as one of the three most popular speakers on college campuses today.
Jean Kilbourne's website --
www.jeankilbourne.com -- contains a host of information, including:
Film Festivals
Official Selection, 2004 Girl Fest Hawai'i
