by Pier Marton | Oct 17, 2010 | Afri, Eco, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Politics, Racism, Review
SHINE GLOBAL Mission Shine Global is dedicated to ending the abuse and exploitation of children worldwide through films that raise awareness, promote action and inspire political change. ============= Vision Shine will continue to make theatrically cinematic films and...
by Pier Marton | Oct 9, 2010 | Asia, Doc, Eco, Film, Humor, Review, STL, Travel, Women
Another winner at the upcoming ’10 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...
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 EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Oct 5, 2010 | Antisemitism, Care, Film, Hispanic, Humor, Jewish, Juif, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Review, STL, Theater, Women
So-called “special people” can indeed be special in teaching us to shed those layers that cover up our humanity. The character of Anita (Alejandra Manzo) exudes such a quiet life force that the toughest of armors will be pierced by her presence. The...
by Pier Marton | Aug 23, 2010 | Care, Film, Health, Hispanic, Humor, Review, STL
“For Once in My Life” will play at the upcoming St. Louis film festival and January 27 2011, at the Missouri History Museum. My review: We are them, they are us… we all swim in the very same water: one part limping and lonesome, the other, overcoming...
by Pier Marton | Aug 21, 2010 | Antisemitism, Care, Death, Film, Health, Jewish, Racism, Review, Shoah, STL, Time, Women
Will play at the upcoming St. Louis film festival! My review: PTSD or not, the past is the present as it eventually catches up with us. When people survive “hell”, it is key to save them from their past before it is too late. A Jewish family of survivors...