The tumultuous political history of Haiti and its struggles after the earthquake of 2010, and the cinema during the Great Depression of the USA, are at the centre of April’s cultural agenda at the UCL-Institute of the Americas in London. The economic crisis which the Eurozone is currently facing, […]
Tag: Film
James Bonds are immortal, like nightmares
Born out of political necessity, for half a century they have been the way in which the West has demonstrated to the world that it always has a plucky hero on hand to leap to its defence. Sergio Berrocal In the sleepy visage of a dawn that doesn’t […]
Sword Gusmao, a messenger for the Timorese resistance
Director Alex Meillier’s newest film “Alias Ruby Blade” will premiere in the UK at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in mid- March. . Angela Smith East Timor, one of the world’s newest nations, comprises half of a small island in Southeast Asia and has been a centre […]
Helping war-torn countries
On 15th February the film ‘Access to the Danger Zone’ will be shown at the Filmhouse cinema in Edinburgh. Directed by Peter Casaer and narrated by Daniel Day-Lewis, the film provides a harrowing look at the difficulties faced by humanitarian organisations. It also shows the dangers that volunteers and medical […]
Are the police fit to police us?
A film and debate on the impunity and improper conduct of the UK police force comes to London on 6th February. Mark Duggan was killed during a gang related operation in Tottenham, North London, in which the police fired the fatal shot. The case, still wrapped up in contradictions, triggered […]