Since the 2009 protests, the Iranian people have become bolder and more desperate to challenge the increasingly repressive regime. Woman Life Freedom is a deeply-rooted movement, which will succeed against the patriarchal religious regime, without the ‘help’ of Trump and Netanyahu’s bombs.
Culture
Out from under the years of lead
Most people’s lives are lived within social, legal and political structures that are hard to challenge, but when those structures fracture and invade the life of a family it is like an emotional earthquake. The Italian film “Toni, mio padre” portrays a personal struggle to understand the past and challenges the political taboo on discussing that period.
Edvard Munch: A ship without a rudder
Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” is one of those paintings you probably cannot remember where and how you saw it for the first time. Sean Sheehan Like the “Mona Lisa” it has already and always been there and now, instantly logged when seen again, probably does not receive much […]
The sound explorer: from Spain to Ethiopia’s musical soul
A Spanish filmmaker and sound engineer, immersed himself in Ethiopia’s diverse music scene. His documentary ‘Roaring Abyss’ emerged from spontaneous travels, capturing rural sounds distinct from urban jazz. Despite language barriers and challenging expeditions, he built a production team and discovered Ethiopia’s welcoming musical community. (The Prisma memories) Yi […]
Politics, poetry and the pulse of protest: a late-night reflection
Andy Bungay hosts a weekend late-night radio show in Central and SW London – Riverside Radio DAB, which aims to take a deep conversational, post-prandial dive into ancient and modern culture wrapped around some broadly jazzy and folky music and poetry. Having a bop around the kitchen before settling on […]
















