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Showing posts with label Cinema. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cinema. Show all posts

Saturday, July 8, 2023

LES MISÉRABLES – directed by Ladj Ly

ATHENA directed by Romain Gavras

 

Tudo porque cobardes se escondem sob a farda dos Polícias. E são protegidos. 
É simples.




Sunday, May 14, 2023

A luta esquecida dos negros pelo fim da escravidão no Brasil || BBC Brasil

 



Amanda Rossi e Juliana Gragnani
BBC Brasil

...

O Brasil era o último país da América a acabar com a escravidão. Ao longo de mais de três séculos, foi o maior destino de tráfico de africanos no mundo, quase cinco milhões de pessoas. Grande parte dos descendentes daqueles que chegaram também fora escravizada.

...

"As vozes dos abolicionistas têm posto em relevo um fato altamente criminoso e assaz defendido pelas nossas indignas autoridades. A maior parte dos escravos africanos (...) foram importados depois da lei proibitiva do tráfico promulgada em 1831"

-- Luís Gama [rábula (advogado auto-didata, sem diploma) e fez da profissão uma forma de luta contra a escravidão]


's Doutor Gama (2021)

   

Monday, October 26, 2020

Takahisa Zeze’s Heaven’s Story (2010)

 

I once told a colleague, while working in one of the Hotels Holiday Inn (2002), that I love the work of some Asian directors. 

Thirteen years later, a racist and stupid teacher, member of the Brotherhood of the Crass, spitted that same idea through the prism of their stupidity: for them, Asian cinema means Kung Fu. She was telling her colleagues and students that I like "action movies" while wearing that characteristic stupid smile of the Brotherhood.




Saturday, March 31, 2018

The Gush: Agnès Varda || Fandor





The Gush: Agnès Varda from Fandor on Vimeo.






Hedonismo e simetría || Peter Greenaway | Brais Romero






Hedonismo e simetría - Peter Greenaway from Brais Romero on Vimeo.





Brais Romero

Entre as moitas señas de identidade do cinema de Peter Greenaway, destacan o hedonismo e simetría. O encadre de Greenaway é, case sempre, milimétrico, preciso, optando por encadrarse dentro dos eixos centrais da imaxe e resultando nunha imaxe simétrica. Por outra banda, as personaxes que habitan estas imaxes están sempre tentados polos praceres carnais: a comida e o sexo. Un hedonismo que, non sempre, resulta en violencia case pornográfica.





Thursday, February 16, 2017

Racism Is Not Ignorance, It Is A Conscious Behaviour.



Too black to be French - a documentary by Isabelle Boni-Claverie (excerpt) (shadowandact.com)












Yes, Stupidity is a conscious behaviour, it has a purpose. Ignorance is another thing altogether.







Saturday, November 19, 2016

Sunday, November 8, 2015

Gaspar Noé's DVD Picks



One of my favourite directors of all time!










Sunday, October 25, 2015

Crafting The Shining || View From The Overlook || Gary Leva


Gary Leva:

In 1966, Stanley Kubrick mused to a friend about his desire to make "the world's scariest movie." In 1980, he did it.




VIEW FROM THE OVERLOOK: Crafting The Shining (30 min) Directed by Gary Leva from Gary Leva on Vimeo.






Wednesday, December 17, 2014

ADMA || The Africa Digital Media Academy







rwandaaDMA.com










Encouraging winds!

“Imagination is more important than knowledge”

• Albert Einstein



Tuesday, September 24, 2013

575 Free Movies Online



575 Free Movies Online

… We have listed here 575 quality films that you can watch online.


via TheLoop





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