Commentary on the case of censored film Despertar, a documentary about the cultural apartheid against Rastafarian rapper Raudel Collazo. His song “Decadencia” is a generational howl against the institutionalized intolerance of the Cuba.
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In this interview, political science professor Jonathan Harris talks about the documentary Putin’s Kiss, the pro-Kremlin Nashi movement, the limits of freedom of speech in Russia, and the future of political opposition and dissent in the country.
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In this interview filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz talks about REPORTERO, a documentary on press freedom inside Mexico, meeting and following the real “characters” in his film, and the history of violence on reporters in Mexico.
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Sanjay Kak’s film Jashn-e-Azadi (How We Celebrate Freedom), which is controversial for its critical view of the Indian military’s role in Kashmir, was pulled from a seminar at Symbiosis College in Pune, India, after protests by fundamentalist Hindu student group.
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On January 25 at 7 PM, City of Asylum/Pittsburgh will host a reading featuring two visiting writers from the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program: Fabienne Kanor and Marvin Victor.
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The Art of Freedom film festival awarded the Best Short Documentary prize to “Click in Fear,” a film about journalist Law Eh Soe. Burma’s first film festival featured uncensored films, some of which are critical of the former military regime.
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Poet, translator and political commentator Ko Ko Thett reviews the documentary film They Call It Myanmar, which he describes as “sobering even for a Burmese” for its graphic portrayal of destitution in Burma.
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Des pieds, mon pied (Some feet, My foot), Kanor’s short, experimental documentary is framed around her quest for a home, for integration—or as a psychologist in the film states, the quest to “lay down…the heavy bags” she is carrying.
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For his book Abhaya, James Mackay photographed former prisoners with the name of a current political prisoner written on their palm. More than 2,000 Burmese political prisoners — including monks, students, journalists, lawyers, MPs and over 300 members of Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition National League for Democracy — are incarcerated in horrendous conditions.
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In this interview, documentary filmmaker Jeanne Hallacy discusses the dangers of filming in Burma, how compassion guides the pro-democracy movement, and what you can do to help political prisoners.
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