John Greyson’s opera documentary entitled Fig Trees screened at Outfest yesterday. Through experimentation with form, the documentary highlights the irrationality of profit-motive-as-rationale driving pharmaceutical companies’ approach to HIV/AIDS, and the complicated relationship between culture, capitalism, and movements for social and economic justice. A complex, and at times self indulgent film, Fig Trees sparks creative connections [...]
John Greyson’s experimental documentary Fig Trees
July 11th, 2009 · Comments Off
Tags: Media and Activism · Politics · Popular Culture
FESPACO
March 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment
IMAGINE FESPACO NEWSREEL 1
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This is a video made by Gaston Kabore’s Imagine Institute about FESPACO. This is the first newsreel. There is a second one on the site to which this entry links.
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Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival
February 8th, 2009 · Comments Off
The Pan African Film Festival is going on in LA this week. It looks like an exciting line-up!
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