Human Flow by Ai Weiwei: A Witness and a Question
Small boats spilling people into the waves. The flickering lights of cell phones. Broken buildings. Walking. Waiting. Walking. Walking. Walking. Waiting. Single words and phrases, rather than complete sentences, seem to capture the essence of Human Flow, the film by...The Florida Project: Life on the Periphery of the American Dream
The Florida Project opens with the camera three feet off the ground, eye-level with children sitting in the Florida sun, their backs against the pink stucco wall of the decaying motel where they live. The kids conspire to make their way to the second-floor breezeway...Film: Peace Across a Fractured Landscape
I was hosting a lecture and film at a university when I realized how much I like film director Emir Kapetanovic. A polite-but-confused audience member noted that she was surprised to discover Emir’s Muslim identity, and when he inquired, she noted that he...Film: When A Rose By Another Name Is Not…
…just as sweet. A Sarajevo Rose is a local Bosnian euphemism, cynical code for the shrapnel indentations left in the concrete from 120 mm Russian mortars lobbed by Serbian military, scars which look like imprints of roses. Roger Richards chose this ironic image...Home Free: An American Road trip
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Live at the Forbidden City
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