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Writing on Wall 2: Against the Spin of Violence and Hate

by Pier Marton | Jan 12, 2011 | Death, Human Rights, Media, Politics, Spectacle, Wars, Women

From a Canadian friend: about “Hate Crimes.” From the NYTimes’ Bob Herbert: “I remember having lunch with Marian Wright Edelman, the president of the Children’s Defense Fund, a few days after the Virginia Tech tragedy. She shook her head at the...

Enrique Morente 1942-2010

by Pier Marton | Jan 12, 2011 | Death, Hispanic, Music, Roma, Women

y su hija, Estrella Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

Gabrielle Giffords – “Liberal and Jewish”

by Pier Marton | Jan 9, 2011 | Antisemitism, Death, Hispanic, Human Rights, Jewish, Judaism, Politics, Racism, Spectacle, Women

Sign this petition calling on every member of Congress, as well as the major TV news networks, to put an end to any overt or implied appeals to violence in our political debate. From my friend AR: “Been viewing the news from Arizona. Four of the people who died...

Hotel Terminus by Marcel Ophuls

by Pier Marton | Dec 29, 2010 | Antisemitism, Death, Doc, Ego, Film, France, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Idées, Jewish, Juif, KeyFilm, Politics, Racism, Review, Shoah, Time, Travel, Wars, Women

Did you read this article in the NYTimes about the Nazis’ “Safe Haven” in the U.S.? Then you may want to read/see this below. My short review: One of the greatest films on the Holocaust (and beyond). Helps one understand how one conjugates “To Lie...

L’Occupation Sans Relâche

by Pier Marton | Dec 28, 2010 | Antisemitism, Art, Film, France, History, Juif, Media, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Spectacle, Time, Wars, Women

Les Artistes Pendant la Guerre (et les Juifs comme “note en bas de page de l’histoire” comme le dit LePen) Un film beaucoup trop léger et facile qui “résiste” à ce que représente le désastre de la collaboration de la police Française...

Beyond the Visible: A Vital Film (w. review)

by Pier Marton | Dec 28, 2010 | Antisemitism, Art, Care, Death, Doc, Ego, Film, Health, Highlights, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, KeyFilm, Media, Middle-East, Photo, Politics, Racism, Review, Sci/Nat, Shoah, Spectacle, Theater, Time, Wars, Women

Yael Hersonski’s An Unfinished Film Had posted a trailer back in August, but this film requires much more attention. My short review: One of the sharpest media literacy lesson to be found: the set-up and staging stink… we are indeed all actors in a...