by Pier Marton | May 11, 2013 | Health, Media, Politics, Spectacle, Youth
Reminds me of the depleted hospital food… May 9, 2013, 4:39 pm – 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...
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, you’re taking too much room. B.B. He used to quote Sun Ra: The planet is asleep, and it’s the fault of musicians who are not true to themselves. [Ed.: I...
by Pier Marton | May 1, 2013 | Death, Humor, Media, Middle-East, Politics, Spectacle, Theater, US, Wars
… to state in unison that they can’t do much more than smile and laugh… 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...
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 “If 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
[UPDATED WITH A PETITION] “Thoughts and prayers” or real action to stop gun violence? Locate and Contact Those Senators Who Voted Against Gun Control! From Mayors Against Illegal Guns “A Senate in the Gun Lobby’s Grip” by Gabby Giffords in the...
by Pier Marton | Apr 17, 2013 | Antisemitism, Doc, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Middle-East, Politics, Review, Wars
The Oscar Nominated Film’s Website & The Trailer: My review – [Attention: this film does not fit any category nor any short blurb.] “seeing the state as a value is the essence of the fascist conception” & “the sacred cow of...