Since the first concert with Ozomatli & Orishas at the Royal Festival Hall in 2001, every April for 23 years, the La Linea festival has brought together artists from different nationalities and promoted multicultural music in London. This year’s 24th edition will take place from 12 to 22 April at […]
Culture
Resisting immediacy
Immersing the mind of a viewer in a virtual reality can be witnessed in the zombie-like deportment of people of all ages glued to phone or tablet screens, part of a craving for immediacy that is now seemingly embedded in Western culture. Sean Sheehan It is an aspect […]
A scream against femicide in Mexico
Mexico is suffocating under a wordless horror of gangsterism much of it directed against women, and the government is paralysed by internal corruption and inefficiency. A new film focuses on the silent interior worlds of mothers and family members whose lives have been wrecked but must carry on day to day.
Cinema, solidarity, politics and fiesta in February
A day that includes documentaries about Assange and a political-cultural festival, as well as a talk on political-personal experiences told to the public and that ends in a social moment, will take place on February 1 in London. The event is organized by Alborada Films and supported by Movimientos and […]
A silent instinct
Finding a writer worth reading can be like searching for a good movie on Netflix – they do exist but first you have to scroll through pages of dross, wasting time only to realise that most are rubbish. Not all book publishers are in the same bracket and Daunt Books […]