by Pier Marton | Oct 14, 2010 | Afri, Antisemitism, Asia, Books, Death, Doc, France, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Idรฉes, Jewish, Magyar, Native, Politics, Racism, Roma, Shoah, Spectacle, Theater, Time, Wars, Women
ยซWriting historyโฆ aims at calming the dead who still haunt the present, and at offering them scriptural tombs.ยป Michel de Certeau, The Writing of History, New York and Chichester, Columbia University Press, 1988. The Evolution of the Perception of Violence Our...
by Pier Marton | Oct 9, 2010 | Afri, Asia, Doc, Eco, Film, Hispanic, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Middle-East, Native, Politics, Racism, Roma, Time, Travel, Wars, Women
The Cinereach Grants Program supports feature-length nonfiction and fiction films that possess an independent spirit, depict underrepresented perspectives, and resonate across international boundaries. We favor story over message, character over agenda, complexity...
by Pier Marton | Oct 9, 2010 | Asia, Doc, Eco, Film, Humor, Review, STL, Travel, Women
Another winner at the upcoming โ10 St. Louis Film Festival. My review: Visit with Locho, Yama and their daughter, a lively Tibetan nomad family and their yak herd. A rare intimate (and humorous) look at a 4,000 year old lifestyle that is rapidly disappearingโ> A...
by Pier Marton | Oct 7, 2010 | Afri, Art, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Film, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Native, Politics, Racism, Review, Shoah, STL, Time, Travel, Wars
Fiction Anita Documentary Journey from Zanskar For Once in My Life Prisoner of Her Past Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Oct 7, 2010 | Asia, Books, Human Rights, Photo, Racism, Time, Travel, Women
Thanks to H.D. First photographs of Tibet! 72 pictures from 1903. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Sep 24, 2010 | Asia, Film, History, Ideas, Idรฉes, Time, Travel, Women
From Rosselliniโs historical films, through Makaveyevโs Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator, to Mizoguchi, Ozu and Kurozawa, tons of generally unseen and unknown treasures waiting to be discovered. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in...