by Pier Marton | May 11, 2013 | Health, Media, Politics, Spectacle, Youth
Reminds me of the depleted hospital foodโฆ May 9, 2013, 4:39 pm โ from the NYTimes The Michael Moore of the Grade-School Lunchroom By INDRANI SENGuerrilla filmmakers often face crackdowns by the powers that be, and Zachary Maxwell is no exception. His hidden-camera...
by Pier Marton | May 4, 2013 | Afri, Art, Asia, Highlights, Hispanic, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Music, Politics, Popular, Quotes, Sound, Travel
The multi-talented world hero, musician & ethnomusicologist. If you are not living on the edge, youโre taking too much room. B.B. He used to quote Sun Ra: The planet is asleep, and itโs the fault of musicians who are not true to themselves. [Ed.: I would add that...
by Pier Marton | May 1, 2013 | Death, Humor, Media, Middle-East, Politics, Spectacle, Theater, US, Wars
โฆ to state in unison that they canโt do much more than smile and laughโฆ now that the NRA has once more won and that Guantanamo will remain indefinitely open. War relief, comic relief? What is on: the joke is ON, the show is ON, the spectacle goes ONโฆ and dissent is...
by Pier Marton | Apr 20, 2013 | Asia, Death, Doc, Highlights, History, Human Rights, Ideas, KeyFilm, Politics, Spectacle, US, Wars
2014 Oscar Nominated and BAFTA Best Documentary Winner โIf we are to transform Indonesia into the democracy it claims to be, citizens must recognize the terror and repression on which our contemporary history has been built. No film, or any other work of art for that...
by Pier Marton | Apr 18, 2013 | Care, Death, Highlights, Human Rights, Now, Politics, Popular, Wars, Women
ย [UPDATED WITH A PETITION] โThoughts and prayersโ or real action to stop gun violence? Locate and Contact Those Senators Who Voted Against Gun Control! From Mayors Against Illegal Guns โA Senate in the Gun Lobbyโs Gripโ by Gabby Giffords in the NYTimes Senators say...
by Pier Marton | Apr 17, 2013 | Antisemitism, Doc, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Middle-East, Politics, Review, Wars
The Oscar Nominated Filmโs Website & The Trailer: My review โ [Attention: this film does not fit any category nor any short blurb.] โseeing the state as a value is the essence of the fascist conceptionโ & โthe sacred cow of national unityโ Yeshayahu Leibowitz...