The Producers of War/Dance & Harvest

by Pier Marton | Oct 17, 2010 | Afri, Eco, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Politics, Racism, Review

SHINE GLOBAL
Mission
Shine Global is dedicated to ending the abuse and exploitation of children worldwide through films that raise awareness, promote action and inspire political change.
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Vision
Shine will continue to make theatrically cinematic films and other media products that empower children to tell their stories in a manner that reveals hope within horror. Beyond providing viewers with an emotional film experience, however, we also intend to move them to social action through our partnerships with non-profit(s) working with the children documented.

This is the short review I wrote about War/Dance when it came out: WAR/DANCE Even as they describe for us some of their harrowing experiences, nobody knows the trouble these Northern Uganda children have seen. These young warriors sing and dance, and with their bodies and their faces draw a most life-affirming message of healing-

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BREAK THE SURFACE
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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