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Latcho Drom by/par Tony Gatlif + More!

by Pier Marton | Jan 2, 2013 | Dance, Film, KeyFilm, Music, Racism, Roma, Wars, Women

From India, through Egypt, Turkey, Hungary, Germany, France and Spain, the Roma have traveled… and now that entire film and others are online, on YouTube. Twenty years later, Latcho Drom’s visual and musical delight echoes through time. Version anglaise, English...

Gay Rights in the U.S.

by Pier Marton | May 8, 2012 | Afri, Asia, Care, Death, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Native, Politics, Roma, Shoah, STL, Time, Women

Marriage, hospital visits, adoption, employment, housing, hate crimes, schools.. Get the picture! Interactive charts from the The Guardian Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit...

Undo The Koch Brothers Before They Undo You

by Pier Marton | Apr 17, 2012 | Afri, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Film, Food, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Media, Native, Now, Politics, Racism, Roma, Spectacle, Theater, Wars

Robert Greenwald’s latest film release: The Koch Brothers Exposed Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

(some of) the Baron Cohen Gene(ous)

by Pier Marton | Mar 10, 2012 | Antisemitism, Care, Dance, Health, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Judaism, Media, Politics, Racism, Roma, Shoah, Wars

“Zero Degrees of Empathy” by Dr. Simon Bar Cohen, professor of Developmental Psychopathology in the Departments of Psychiatry and Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge. He is the Director of the University’s Autism Research Centre. “The role of art...

Nuremberg: Its Lesson For Today

by Pier Marton | Jan 18, 2012 | Antisemitism, Death, Doc, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Media, Politics, Racism, Review, Roma, Shoah, STL, Time, Wars, Women

The outstanding film that was produced in 1948 by Stuart Schulberg (with Pare Lorentz) yet never screened in the US until NOW! A time to remember Whitney Harris’s work (cf. below). My review: TO LIVE WITH AN OPEN HEART (and eyes/ears) so that today may have a...

Culture Unplugged

by Pier Marton | Jan 18, 2012 | Afri, Art, Asia, Care, Dance, Doc, Eco, Film, Food, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Media, Middle-East, Music, Mystery, Native, Now, Poet, Politics, Racism, Roma, Sci/Nat, Site, Travel, Women

Watching certain films… Culture Unplugged Philosophy: What we do matters, but why we do matters more. Individuality matters, but universality matters more. Idealism matters, but humanity matters more. Past & post matters, but present matters more. Product matters,...

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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus