by Pier Marton | Nov 14, 2013 | Afri, Care, Film, Human Rights, Middle-East, Review, STL, Women
Addendum: now that the festival is over, here is a YouTube version with English subtitles. Thank you SLIFF for bringing such vibrant films to St. Louis! From the filmmaker, Mohamed Diabโs YouTube channel, the trailer: The film seems viewable at this point on this site...
by Pier Marton | Nov 14, 2013 | Film, Review, STL, World
350+ films, 54 countries, 39 free screenings/events, 100+ filmmakers 75 narrative features, 63 documentary features, 192 shorts 201 screenings/programs The Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival starts todayโฆ for the next 10 days. Get your tickets at the...
by Pier Marton | Oct 6, 2013 | Afri, Care, Eco, Health, Human Rights, Ideas, KeyFilm, Native, Peace, Review, Theater, Time, Wars
[I had written this review a while back, before the 2011ย St. Louis International Film Festival (part of my โSLIFF BUZZโ entries) โ apparently the post has disappeared. This film remains an unforgettable tribute to how a healthy society can deal with tragedy.] Family...
by Pier Marton | Sep 16, 2013 | Afri, Care, Human Rights, Middle-East, Review, STL, Women
by Mohamed Diab, 2012, Egypt, 100 min. My Review: Based on real events, the film follows the separate lives of threeย Cairo women โ played by three compelling actresses. At first each story is presented as a single strand; slowly though, as through the perspective of...
by Pier Marton | Sep 15, 2013 | Afri, Death, Human Rights, Middle-East, Peace, Politics, Racism, Review, Wars, Women
โWhen you see the humanity in the other, itโs the end of conflict. โ โ Robi Damelin, the main character. The Filmโs Website Miri Laufer & Eriz Laufer, 2012, Israel and South Africa, 86 min. My review: It is only after the guns have stopped firing that the hard...
by Pier Marton | Aug 13, 2013 | Asia, Death, Film, Highlights, History, Human Rights, Ideas, KeyFilm, Peace, Poet, Politics, Popular, Racism, Review, Spectacle, Time, Travel, US, Wars, Women, Youth
10 Questions to Joshua Oppenheimer at University of Indiana (March 2014) โ BAFTA 2014 winner & Oscar nominated โ โThis movie is not gonna leave you until the end of your days,โ says Werner Herzog, one of the producers. The filmmaker, Joshua Oppenheimer, was just...