by John Singleton | Jun 30, 2018 | Film, Immigration
When Rebecca Cammisa chose the title for her 2009 documentary about “The Beast,” a train that migrants use to cross Mexico coming to the U.S., it was directedly pointed at the passengers. “Which Way Home” chronicled the story of a handful of...
by Nancy E Dollahite | Jun 16, 2018 | Film, Immigration
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...
by Jeb Wyman | Jun 2, 2018 | Commentary, Economy and business, Film, Jeb Wyman
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...
by John Singleton | Mar 10, 2018 | Bosnia, Europe, Film
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...
by John Singleton | Mar 3, 2018 | Europe, Film, John Singleton, Uncategorized
…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...