Heads up: journalist Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy has written about Canadaâs Highway of Tears â the stretch of road in northern âBritish Columbiaâ where so many indigenous women have been disappeared over the past decades. Since 1988 over 500 indigenous women have âgone missingâ across Canada. Victims of racism, victims of …
Checking out how to blog a Youtube video – this is Kids On TV’s latest… note to self (and others!): doublecheck html afterwards as the first time i did this youtube screwed up the permalink…
I spotted the following on a mailing list i am on, and i thought it worth reposting here. The new Nepalese constitution represents a radical leap forward for the people of Nepal, yet questions remain about how far the changes will go. Especially of concern is how trans people, queers …
GUAN CHA MOSUO (MOSUO, THE LAST MATRIARCHY FAMILY) (PI) Chine / 2005 / VidĂ©o / Colour / 60 min / Dir.: Weijun Chen In a remote region of southwest China, there lives the Mosuo ethnic group who have a matriarchal and matrilineal society. A young Mosuo girl wants to liberate …
The following from Matthew Lyons, published a few days ago on Three Way Fight blog. I have a week overflowing with both work and movies, so it may have to wait a few days for me to read this properly and let you know what i hink… but there’s so …
Just passing on this link someone sent me to the General Electric Company⊠just follow the path from the main âTwilight Zoneâ page to the âTerrors of Bushâ (bottom right corner) and you can see some art they did using my International Terrorist stickers. You can contact the artist here. …
SUTRA UJUTRU (TOMORROW MORNING) (PNA) Serbia / 2006 / 35 mm / Colour / 85 min / Dir.: Oleg Novkovic, Cast: Uliks Fehmiu, Nebojsa Glogovac, Nada Sargin, Lazar Ristovski, Ljubomir Bandovic, Radmila Tomovic, Danica Ristovski, Milos Vlalukin, Ana Markovic, Nebojsa Ilic An emigrĂ©’s return to Belgrade to get married becomes …
SALVADOR (PUIG ANTICH) (SALVADOR) (PNA) Spain – United Kingdom / 2006 / 35 mm / Colour / 138 min / Dir.: Manuel Huerga In 1974, Salvador Puig Antich, a violent revolutionary, became the last political prisoner to be executed in Spain. This is his story. Or so says the World …
Received this, written by Hazel Hill at the Reclamation Site outside of Caledonia a couple of days ago: Well, there are a few things that have happened since my last up date. First, the appeal against Justice Marshall’s ruling was heard on August 22nd, and the actual appeal was put …
RUIDO (NOISE) (PM) Puerto Rico / 2006 / 35 mm / Colour / 100 min / Dir.: CĂ©sar RodrĂguez, Cast: MarĂa Coral Otero Soto, JosĂ© Rafael Ălvarez, Blanca Lissette Cruz, Francisco CapĂł, TeĂłfilo Torres Franchi, a teenaged girl suffering from a rare hearing disorder, is sexually harrassed by the man …