by Pier Marton | Jan 8, 2014 | Antisemitism, Care, Education, Film, Highlights, History, Humor, Ideas, Peace, Politics, Popular, Racism, Shoah, Wars, Women, Youth
The Great Dictatorโs Final Speech Transcript: Iโm sorry, but I donโt want to be an emperor. Thatโs not my business. I donโt want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone โ if possible โ Jew, Gentile โ black man โ white. We all want to help one...
by Pier Marton | Dec 28, 2013 | Antisemitism, Doc, History, Jewish, Review, Shoah, Wars
Post-Screening Note & Review: At my recent presentation of the film at the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, it was clear that the audience was enthralled by watching the elder Yoram Gross, the noted Australian animator, passing the baton of history...
by Pier Marton | Dec 6, 2013 | History, Human Rights, Ideas, Now, Politics, Tech, US, Wars, Women, World, Youth
Below, a short video clip by filmmaker Brian Knappenberger (โWe Are Legion โ The Story of the Hacktivistsโ -& currently on a documentary on Aaron Swartz)ย answering these typical questions โ with Daniel Ellsberg โthe infrastructure for a police state,โ the...
by Pier Marton | Nov 6, 2013 | Care, Dance, Health, Human Rights, Middle-East, Mystery, Native, Photo, Politics, Wars, Women
If they can do itโฆ on the rocky terrainโฆ One of the winners ofย the 2013 Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund:ย Tanya Habjouqa for Occupied Pleasures From her website: โOccupied pleasures brings together glimmers of hope, dignity and laughter; all of which override 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 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...