Thursday, February 17, 2011
Non-violent revolutions and Gene Sharp
In the wake of the events in Egypt, The New York Times offers a portrait of American intellectual Gene Sharp highlighting his work on peaceful revolution and how it served as a how-to manual for several uprisings and dissident groups.Two of our films deal with non-violent uprisings, PEOPLE POWER which includes insights from Gene Sharp himself, and THE DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTIONARY HANDBOOK with members of the Serbian group OPTOR.Labels: conflict, gene sharp, international affairs, New York Times, non violence
Monday, November 15, 2010
Warning about cell phones and brain cancer back in the news
The New York Times reports more studies on the subject.Our new documentary SURROUNDED BY WAVES, by Jean-Christophe Ribot takes a look at how wireless technology keeps expanding the debate surrounding the health impacts of electromagnetic waves keeps growing. Filmed in France, Israel, Sweden, and the United States, SURROUNDED BY WAVES uses an elegant blend of interviews, archives, experiments and 3D animation to investigate what is known, and unknown, about the potential risks. Labels: cancer, modern science, New York Times, research, technology
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Jewish Activists try to sail to Gaza
The New York Times reported that Jewish peace activists tried to sail to Gaza but were stopped by the Israeli army, among them a well-known Israeli passenger, Rami Elhanan, whose daughter was killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber. Coincidentally the family's story is told in the Icarus documentary- THE BOMBING.Labels: Israel, Middle East, New York Times, Palestine
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Sexual Violence as a Weapon in Congo
The New York Times reports that UN officials cited that approximately 500 women were raped in eastern Congo in July and August, demonstrating that both rebel militias and government troops used sexual violence as a weapon.
We are releasing 2 titles this Fall dealing with the current situation in Congo, CONGO IN FOUR ACTS, which is composed of 4 short films including one specifically about violence against women, and STATE OF MIND: HEALING TRAUMA about Albert Pesso, an American psychotherapist who brings his method to Congo to help war victims, including a woman who was held hostage and sexually abused for two years. Labels: albert pesso, congo, fall 2010 release, new titles, New York Times, psychotherapy, war, women's issues
Indian Court Convicts Eight in Bhopal Disaster
More than 25 years after a plume of toxic gas from an American-owned chemical plant wafted over the slumbering city of Bhopal, killing thousands, eight former executives of the company’s Indian subsidiary were convicted of negligence on Monday, as reported in The New York Times.The powerful film LITIGATING DISASTER explores how Union Carbide, a company owned by Dow Chemical, successfully manipulated both the US and the Indian legal systems against each other to avoid having to defend its record in the Bhopal plant in court.Labels: Bhopal, Dow Chemical, India, law, New York Times, third world, Union Carbide
Brain research and memory
The New York Times reports that scientists in Brooklyn, NY are experimenting with a drug that will have the ability to erase specific memories such as traumas and chronic fears.For an accessible, yet very informative, introduction to the circuitry of the brain and how memory and fear work, THE HIDDEN FACE OF FEAR studies the traumatic impact of 9/ll on New Yorkers featuring interviews with leading researchers, including neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux and Nobel Prize-winning neurobiologist Eric R. Kandel.Labels: 9/11, biology, Eric R. Kandel, fear, Joseph LeDoux, memory, neuroscience, New York Times
Malls featured in the New York Times
Accompanying an article on the ways malls are trying to stay in business and relevant, The New York Times also features a discussion on deserted malls and their future with, among other contributors, Helene Klodawsky, director of MALLS R US, and Peter Blackbird, founder of deadmall.com, featured in the film.Labels: business, deadmalls.com, discussion, forum, Helene Klodawsky, malls r us, New York Times, Peter Blackbird, press
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