Very few people want to be documented, especially when it comes to the larger social traumas of the separation of Ukrainian soldiers from their loved ones. It is not an anti-war film, – Ukraine has no choice but to resist – but it refuses to turn away from the effects of war on families at home.
Culture
Three books on Lenin
Lenin’s support for the rights of nations to self-determination, is made clear in Imperialism and the National Question. Three other books from the same publisher throw more light on him. Sean Sheehan “Lenin’s childhood” gathers what is known about the third child of Ilya Nikolaevich Ulyanov and Maria […]
Sikán Illuminations: art and spirituality in the UK
Fifty pieces make up the collography exhibition that recreates the cultural and spiritual world of the Abakuá. The prints are the work of artist Belkis and will be on display until 9 February 2025 at Modern Art Oxford. The National Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba highlights the progress […]
North of the Rio Grande with Graciela Iturbide
The work of the award-winning Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide was exhibited in London in August at the Photographer’s Gallery. One of her photos, shown in The Prisma’s review of the exhibition, was of four women standing in front of a wall mural of Benito Juárez and Villa y Zapata. […]
The man who moulds silence with his hands
“Silence is something that exists within oneself. For me silence is an internal music. It is necessary in order to find oneself and to find peace.” Marcel Marceau. Born in Strasbourg, France, he entered into eternal silence at the age of 87 on the 22nd of September 2007. Oscar […]