Fallen Matthews

Education

▪ BA (Dalhousie University)
▪ MA (Saint Mary’s University)

Fallen Matthews is an Afro-L'nu demigirl graduate candidate from Dalhousie University's interdisciplinary doctorate program. Although her project is anchored by psychoanalytic film theory in Cinema and Media Studies, other disciplines which span her research interests include Africana Studies, Artificial Intelligence, English, History, Indigenous Studies, and Gender Studies. Her thesis examines African American film history and socioeconomic conditions utilizing a Deleuzian theoretical framework. Points of focus include Black Power, Blaxploitation, Civil Rights, New Black Realism, rap music, Reaganomics, Red Power, and postmodernist film. She is also a programmer for local film festivals and moderates several special interest groups.

You can find a comprehensive list of her publications and infrequent blog entries on her website: http://www.fallenkittie.com