by Pier Marton | Sep 14, 2011 | Death, Film, France, Humor, Ideas, Idées, Jewish, Juif, Music, Poet, Politics, Racism, Shoah, STL, Wars
(older review of mine) Besides the homage to Gainsbourg’s musical talents, this film about one of France most famous singers is, as it should be, made by a connoisseur, a (multi-talented) French Jew, Joann Sfar, who understands what stands behind...
by Pier Marton | Sep 14, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Care, Doc, Eco, Food, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Humor, Politics, Women
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by Pier Marton | Sep 13, 2011 | Care, Eco, Health, Hispanic, History, Native, Politics, Time, Women
Maria Lucimar Pereira is one of the Kaxinawá tribe, and lives in the western Brazilian Amazon. She says she will spend her birthday, on September 3rd , with her family. Maria has never lived in a city and puts her longevity of life down to a healthy lifestyle. She...
by Pier Marton | Sep 13, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Care, Dance, Eco, Ego, Food, Future Tech, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Ideas, Middle-East, Native, Politics, Racism, Spectacle, Teach, Women
A free online university?! Want to join? The universe is watching the sprouts grow… ____________________ ____________________ “Substance is what remains when everything you can think of has gone.” Eli Siegel “Technology… the knack of so...
by Pier Marton | Sep 12, 2011 | Eco, Ego, Health, Human Rights, Media, Politics, STL, Teach
A link to the Post-Dispatch article by Bill McClellan with some comments by readers (and QRs) – and a PDF that can be easily printed (and posted around?) – Make sure you visit also these Washington University Students Letters: One Set of Letters from...
by Pier Marton | Sep 5, 2011 | Art, Ego, Film, Health, Human Rights, Ideas, Media, Politics, Spectacle, STL, Teach
Defending, once more, the underdog in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Thank you, Bill! BILL MCCLELLAN: A MAN OF THE ARTS ENDURES HARD TIMES “Not so long ago, Pier Marton seemed a picture of success. He taught at Washington University in the film and media studies...