Everyone likes a story, we need them, but in the last twenty years or more story-telling at an international level has become the territory of the political right: “…pieces of information, statistics, slogans, fears, reflexes”, writes Yves Citton, have shaped many people’s imaginations and there is a pressing need to […]
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Schools, police, and power: Iran’s education-police memorandum
Amid growing youth resistance in Iran, schools have emerged as key sites of protest. In response, a new memorandum between the Education Ministry and police allows unrestricted police presence in schools. This marks a troubling shift toward securitizing education, reflecting the regime’s preference for control over reform and its deepening […]
Chaplin, a satirical view of exile
During his lifetime the English film maker experienced the strong arm of the law at a time when immigration laws in certain countries were increasingly restricting the movement of people around the world, a situation which contradicted the concept of freedom discussed in the last quarter of a century. […]
Catalina Villar: Mental health and repressive public morality
Through showing the impact of the use of lobotomy on her grandmother, her film “Ana Rosa” also deals with the social power of doctors, which they usually deny, claiming that their diagnoses are ‘objective’. The moral discourse on ‘normality’ always influences psychiatric categories. Surgery was used as a social control.
Migrant, feminist advocate, and passionate about the underprivileged
Having gone through stages of questioning her future vocation and numerous difficulties that followed, thanks to her strong passion and tenacity, Priscilla Anany finally brought us this great movie, her debut feature, “ChildreN of the mountaiN”. (The Prisma memoirs) Yi ZOU Due to the special features of the […]
















