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The Thin Line between Ruin and Redemption: Suzan Beraza on Humanizing the Nuclear Debate in ‘Uranium Drive-In’
Jamaican-born filmmaker Suzan Beraza could have taken the easy, well-trodden path of the pro-environment documentary, especially given the premise of her film, Uranium Drive-In: a hardscrabble mining town faces the...
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Laughs, Loyalty and Lessons: Hosea Chanchez Lives His Dream on ‘The Game’
As children, innocent and playful reveries paint our days with laughter and happiness. We envisage about everything, from imaginary friends to superpowers to ruling nations the world over. There are infinite,...
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GALO Predicts the Oscar Winners
It’s the day you’ve been waiting for: Oscars night! The brightest stars in Hollywood have assembled for the biggest event in the entertainment industry, a whirlwind of pretty dresses, dashing suits, and enough... -
Tallinn for Foodies
It’s true the weather in Tallinn trends somewhat chilly in February. That, of course, is due to the fact the Estonian capital is located at roughly the same latitude as Stockholm, making it one of the northernmost... -
A Mother and Son – Love Gone Wrong
In Child’s Pose, director Călin Peter Netzer’s latest film, both the 2013 winner of the Golden Bear prize at the Berlin Film Festival and the official Romanian entry for Best Foreign Language Film for this...
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A Story of One Woman’s Passion and Love of Music: Producer Nick Reed Discusses His Oscar Nominated Documentary ‘The Lady in Number Six’ and Alice Herz-Sommer
To Alice Herz-Sommer, "music [was] God." It was the religion by which she lived out her days. When times were dark, she preached the beauty of life without saying a word, sitting at her piano at the end of the world.... -
‘The Artists’ Muse’: Patty Grazini Recreates History in Paper Sculptures
Picasso, Rembrandt, Matisse — these names and others are considered artistic canon, memorialized not just by history but known by almost every human being on the planet. Their works, of course, are taught in...
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‘We Met at the Square’: A Conversation with Film Director Jehane Noujaim and Producer Karim Amer about Their Oscar Nominated Doc ‘The Square’
On February 11, 2011, the world watched in anticipation the aerial views of tiny bobbing heads and flags snapping in the wind; Egypt was poised to add a very important chapter to its beleaguered political history. In a... -
Capa in Color: In Love and War
Robert Capa just might be the greatest war photographer that ever lived. He covered five wars — the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and the...
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A Portrait of Grief: An Interview with Actor and Filmmaker Blake Robbins
Tragedies, accidents — you see or read about them every day. A grainy photo pulled from a social media site goes up on a local news channel. The site of a wreck might be shown, with a close-up of taut police tape...
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