by Pier Marton | Jul 12, 2011 | Antisemitism, Art, Ego, France, Human Rights, Humor, Jewish, Juif, Poet, Politics, Racism, Review, Shoah
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 Gainsbourg’s purchase of the...
by Pier Marton | Jun 12, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Doc, Film, France, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Idées, Jewish, Magyar, Media, Middle-East, Politics, Shoah, Site, Time, Wars, Women
The “online cinematheque” presents until December 11, Cannes’ La Semaine de la Critique offers a retrospective with many free features. Where you will NOT see the blockbusters but the richer, rarer treasures. EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | May 30, 2011 | Antisemitism, Art, France, Human Rights, Humor, Idées, Jewish, Juif, Poet, Politics, Shoah, Theater
A friend forwarded me this biography of Marceau: Marcel Marceau was a Holocaust hero. He was born Marcel Mangel on March 22, 1923, in Strasbourg, Alsace. His father Charles, was a kosher butcher who loved the arts. Marcel’s mother Anne née Werzberger, took him to a...
by Pier Marton | May 23, 2011 | Antisemitism, Books, Death, Human Rights, Jewish, Juif, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Time, Wars
[Ed. while campus politics were in full gear, this speech was given] In order to obtain and hold power, a man must love it. — Leo Tolstoy From the campus paper, The Record: Do not stand idly by if you witness injustice, Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and human rights...
by Pier Marton | May 16, 2011 | Death, Doc, Film, History, Human Rights, Middle-East, Politics, Shoah, Time, Wars, Women
About Eric Friedler, the German documentary filmmaker’s film on the Armenian genocide. The Wikipedia entry for the 2010 film and its entry for the Armenian genocide. The film’s website (auf Deutsch). EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | May 10, 2011 | Antisemitism, Death, Doc, History, Jewish, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Wars
What the German government keeps wanting not to reveal about Eichman (in the NYTimes). EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...