Sentence examples for social undercurrents from inspiring English sources

This semi-autobiographical movie, written and directed by Aurora Guerrero, is about dealing with powerful personal and social undercurrents as Yolanda becomes aware of her attraction to Mari, who may or may not return her feelings.

Ms. Levine's work at the City Opera has typically involved spare productions of 20th-century pieces with thorny social undercurrents, among them Janacek's "From the House of the Dead," Zimmermann's "Soldaten," Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler" and Anthony Davis's "X".

While the character has always been a source of fantasy and escapism, he's also had his red boots securely planted in the politics and social undercurrents of the United States and, since his creation in 1938, continually reflected the concerns, worries and aspirations of US society, as well as its position on the global stage.

Adapted from three short stories by Dany Laferrière and set in the late 1970's, when Haiti was ruled by Jean-Claude Duvalier (nicknamed Baby Doc) and a cadre of thugs, this politically pointed film contemplates the darker social undercurrents beneath a seemingly benign example of sexual tourism.

He tries to identify the historical and social undercurrents that have driven seemingly sane Americans to attribute such events to nefarious conspiracies instead of embracing equally or more plausible -- if also more mundane -- causes like government arrogance, sloppiness and even coincidence.

No superhero tale is apolitical, but this one's social undercurrents, about protecting neighbors and banding together to furnish a better society, are especially resonant as our government tells us how to make America great again.

"And they're like, Why is not cool that I paint this tag on a window and you're doing big throw-ups [on the side of trucks]?" Some kids, YUMOH surmised, "feel graff is art, and [if it's art], then why do I have to listen to rules?" Perhaps that attitude is part of a larger social undercurrent.

His work explores, subtly, the shifting social and political undercurrents in Ireland, everything from the decline of Catholicism to the rights of women.

Thanks to a free podcast, I sampled the first episode, about a social gathering with undercurrents of political and romantic intrigue reminiscent of an early scene in a Chekhov play.

Ms. Sandé, 26, has been writing music inspired by Nina Simone and Lauryn Hill, often with a social or political undercurrent, since she was 11, and had a songwriting contract with EMI Music Publishing before she was signed by Virgin Records as a performer.

This social and cultural undercurrent, endemic and even conspiratorial, not only implicitly tolerates elder abuse, but also actually compounds it.