Eye on Diversity Film Series - Mickey Mouse Monopoly

Facilitators: Dr. Karen Liu, Dr. Joni Clark, Dr. Namita Goswami, Marlene Lu, and Martha Reed

Mickey Mouse Monopoly takes a close and critical look at the world these films create and the stories they tell about race, gender and class and reaches disturbing conclusions about the values spread under the pretense of innocence and fun.

This new video analyzes Disney's cultural pedagogy, examines its corporate power, and explores its vast influence on our global culture. Including interviews with cultural critics, media scholars, child psychologists, kindergarten teachers, multicultural educators, college students and children, Mickey Mouse Monopoly will provoke audiences to confront comfortable assumptions about an American institution that is virtually synonymous with childhood pleasure.