Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid: Creating a documentary on a sensitive current event can be risky. It is quite possible that the situation you were exploring in the first place has already changed significantly. This leaves you with very little to say about it in the general conception of your movie. The reality is, the […]
As suggested by the title of the documentary “An Army of Women”, this film follows some women living in Austin, Texas who come together to protest the Minneapolis city’s failure to prosecute rape. They take the law into their own hands and sue the police for negligence which means they set a new standard for
Family Tree: Black experiences roots in America, especially in North Carolina, are tied up with the dispossessions of countless people over many years. Slavery in the USA means that this country’s history is deeply stained by the histories of human beings who were taken from their homes and shipped across oceans where they were put
Diving into the high seas is already something that many have a phobia, but taking a deep plunge without an air tank seems to be even worse. However, there are people like Jessea Lu who serve at the pinnacle of this sport. In the documentary film ‘7 Beats Per Minute’, the filmmaker Yuqi Kang chronicles
Since I am the filmmaker of ‘Gaza Is Our Home,’ I should point out that this film is my particular approach on the tragedy affecting my family and every other person in Gaza. I have over 150 relatives in Gaza. There was a time when I worked as a videographer for a property management company
Singing Back The Buffalo: “The tales are there, the melodies exist, culture lies inside them but incorporating these will not be possible until the Buffalo is not included” In the Native American cultures, the buffalo represents a powerful instinctive responsibility because it sacrifices everything to save human beings. As such, they do not limit what
Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea: Among other creative outlets, Gray also had a passion for designing buildings, often in collaboration with Jean Badovici, a journalism architect who happened to be one of her lovers for a few years. The name E.1027, which was the house, served a purpose. It was a way
The ongoing phenomenon of women’s sports, more specifically basketball, has reached an era in which, it is fitting to narrate the stories of these heroines – more pronounced, less telling untold tales that are typically so. Shattered Glass: A WNBPA Story, no, that will face forward for its meeting the screen documentary that strives to
A shift in the paradigm of democracy is being witnessed around the globe, more so in the journalism sector. Filmed by Ramona S. Díaz, A Thousand Cuts focuses on the work of the impressing Online news site Rappler and its founder Maria Ressa, who is also a Nobel laureate. And So It Begins comes in
Lions of Mesopotamia: To say that Iraq was a mess, especially in 2003, would be an understatement. Sadam Hussain regime and his sons’ regime was that of terror. There was anger and fear that was rising up from within. Intra Asian Football Federation though, in the year 2000, the Iraqi AFC U – 20 stunned
