Cinema is a key facet of my teaching methodology. With so many learning styles present in any given classroom, film not only allows certain students to learn in a more effective way, but provides all the opportunity to critically analyze issues we have covered in class from a different angle. Such cinema almost always elicits fruitful, thoughtful discussion (and sometimes heated debate). Embodying issues ranging from the myth of the "pristine" pre-Columbian world, to race, violence, and revolution, the following clips are some of my most effective and favorite.