Ethical and Independent Journalism… Journalism for immigrants
Thursday, May 9, 2024
The lynching of Black Americans that claimed the lives of thousands of known victims bears testimony to the hideous depths of racism. Sean Sheehan The castration, burning or other mutilations that could preface an actual lynching point to some fear of Black sexuality in the psyche of those […]
The “first ordinary woman in English literature” – a lovely way of introducing the Wife of Bath from Chaucer’s “The Canterbury tales” – “not a virginal princess or queen, not a nun, witch, or sorceress, not a damsel in distress”. Sean Sheehan The Wife of Bath is a […]
The determination and courage of people to stand up for their freedom and rights is the driving force behind the films that will be shown at the 23rd edition of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London. This year’s programme spotlights the risks taken by land defenders, the […]
The myth of Narcissus is a familiar one. He sees his reflection in a pool and, as Ovid says in “Metamorphoses”, he “fell in love with an empty hope, a shadow mistaken for substance’” Sean Sheehan His falling victim to his own reflection serves as a metaphor for […]
The Scottish producer Owen Gower talked about his film “Still the enemy within”. His first documentary film as a director was on the miners’ strikes that ravaged the country years ago. Fernando Marín Gascón “We knew people who had lived through the strikes themselves, with experiences that had […]
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