i teach Black Girl (1966) in my Economics and Cinema class, and look forward to watching the ones i haven't seen yet
Not only is it Black History Month. It’s also its 100th anniversary!!
To commemorate its centennial, I wrote a list of 10 Black films, one from each of the last 10 decades, to stream.
10 Movies to Stream for Black History Month
You have an economics and cinema class??? Can you post the syllabus?
the syllabus doesn't have the list of films which are in flux. please send health economics recommendations. let me do a brief thread that i will continue adding to as the term progresses. (i always recommend
@sanpages.bsky.social book as a reference:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...)
game theory: A Beautiful Mind (if they remember nothing else from the class, i want them to remember that infamous scene does not depict a Nash Eq.), Crazy Rich Asians, Rebel without a Cause, The Princess Bride, The Hunger Games, Last Night at Marienbad
markets/auctions: Trading Places, The Big Short, , Wall Street, Margin Call, How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck, The First Wives' Club, Octopussy
controversial markets: Dirty Pretty Things, Traffic, The Third Man, The Wire, Dopesick (exceptions are made for some series)
labor: Strike, On the Waterfront, Norma Rae, American Factory, Harlan County USA, Modern Times, Office Space, Ex Machina, Her
Hmm health recommendations, non-documentary…
If I had to pick some “health care” films I’d probably go with 1) The Verdict (information asymmetry and quality control, malpractice as an imperfect incentive for quality, monopsony and labor conditions, and some addiction stuff to boot) and …
Feb 4, 2026 01:262) Wit, which focuses on high intensity end of life care, which relates to moral hazard, health care cost growth, principle agent issues.
I never saw Dallas Buyers Club but I imagine it covers relevant themes on drug development and regulatory restrictions on treatment.
For health production stuff, I’d suggest 1) Wall-E (externalities, grossman health production, value of statistical life (“I don’t want to survive! I want to live!”), 2) something about epidemics like Contagion or Outbreak 3) something about addiction but you have plenty already …
4) Something about the importance of forward looking expectations (hope) for health: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Children of Men
ooh good reminder to watch this one
