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‘Town of Runners’ is a Fresh View of Africa’s New Generation
Director Jerry Rothwell’s beautifully made 86-minute documentary, Town of Runners, featured in this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, instantly grabs the attention of viewers with its quiet message of hope in...
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Grappling Hook: “On the Mat’
When waters are turbid and murky, it’s quite difficult to determine their depth. That’s the very problem the 87-minute feature documentary On the Mat, currently playing at the Tribeca Film Festival through April...
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‘Una Noche’ Walks Away With Most Awards at Tribeca
Every spring, since 2003, the Tribeca Film Festival has brought fresh, international narrative films and documentaries to its audience of mainly hip, college-educated viewers. Established by actors Robert De Niro and...
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‘Peter and the Starcatcher’: An Uplifting Flight into Childhood Memories
It’s extremely rare that Broadway theatre is inventive, compelling, and fun. Such is the case, however, with Peter and the Starcatcher, the prequel to the Peter Pan story
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Alex Kisilevich: The Camouflaged Man
Encountering the work of Alex Kisilevich is a little like spotting a Kallima butterfly for the first time. Kallima comes from the Greek word “kali,” which means beautiful, but put aside your perceptions of that...
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Creative Social Experiments: CNN International Presents ‘Fusion Journeys’
CNN International has produced a series of premium cultural blend featuring some of the world’s most noted and gifted creative leaders. Fusion Journeys, a Connect the World segment series that can be seen through...
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‘The Russian Winter’ an Unlikely Journey
When watching the 94-minute Petter Ringbom documentary The Russian Winter, the viewer is left with a singular question: why has it taken so long to make a movie about John Forté? The musician’s life story...
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Hard Right Turn: The Musical Journey of Frank Turner
John Lydon, known formerly by his stage name as “Johnny Rotten” of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd., once said about punk, “It was a time when people decided to do things for themselves. It was about...
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The Small Picture
Sometimes looking at the small picture versus the big picture has great rewards. In this intimate story of New York City’s Central Park, instead of looking at the big picture of the famous green space, the small...
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‘Joffrey’: Ballet Mavericks Making a Difference
Lithe dancers from one of America’s premier ballet companies twirl and leap, their technique top-notch, their extended limbs seemingly reaching the heavens. But instead of the expected Stravinsky or Tchaikovsky...
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