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Darwin’s Dangerous Idea

by Pier Marton | Jun 13, 2015 | Action, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Food, Future Tech, Genocide, Human Rights, Ideas, Idées, Native, Sci/Nat, Time, Violence, Wars, World

“It is estimated that every hour three species are lost forever; that’s 70 a day, 500 a week, 27,000 species ever year… which would make it the fastest mass extinction in our planet’s history. There is no doubt about the cause, it’s...

Reggie Yates’ Extreme Russia Series

by Pier Marton | Apr 28, 2015 | Afri, Death, Doc, Now, Politics, Racism, Violence, Youth

Reggie Yates writes about his experience (below). A MUST-SEE BBC SERIES ABOUT TODAY’S RUSSIA I still highly recommend also the recent piece on Chechnya: La Tchétchénie Maintenant (Chechnya Now) Russia is the largest country on earth and home to nearly 150...

Damián Szifron’s Wild Tales

by Pier Marton | Mar 27, 2015 | Film, Hispanic, Humor, Jewish, Music, Review, Theater, Violence, Women

AT THE TIVOLI IN ST. LOUIS LAST DAY IS THURSDAY! Wild Tales/ Relatos Salvajes/Les Nouveaux Sauvages/Storie pazzesche/Jeder dreht mal durch! Bromas y broncas… Hasta que la muerte nos separe – Todos podemos perder el control. My review: Frustration and...

Timbuktu, The Film

by Pier Marton | Mar 22, 2015 | Film, French, Human Rights, Music, Now, Politics, Review, Violence, Wars

TIMBUKTU LAST DAY IS THURSDAY! is at the Plaza Frontenac in St. Louis DON’T MISS ALSO GETT by/with the talented director/actress Ronit Elkabetz, also at the Plaza Frontenac Golden Globe Nominated & WILD TALES M Y R E V I E W produced by the brothers...

DOC: Chechnya Now/La Tchétchénie Maintenant

by Pier Marton | Mar 15, 2015 | Death, Doc, French, Human Rights, Now, Politics, Violence, Wars, Women

Ces premières images ne sont pas tirées du documentaire mais vous donnent une idée de la Tchétchénie d’aujourd’hui. These first images are not from the documentary but give you a sense of today’s Chechnya. Tchétchénie, Une Guerre Sans Traces Manon...

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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