Movies about the Shoah, what to watch to learn about the Holocaust
A list of the best films and documentaries that retrace the history of the Holocaust, or Shoah, and make us remember and “see” what happened.
Idris Elba to Parliament, “I’m not just a black actor, don’t lock me in a box”
Every single one of the nominees in the acting categories of the 88th edition of the Oscars are white, just like last year. This has re-stoked a fire of controversy that has long burned at the heart of Hollywood, namely the absence of diversity among those chosen as the best performers of the year by
COP 21: Massive Attack’s short film on climate change
Massive Attack’s founder Robert “3D” Del Naja realeased the soundtrack to the short film entitled La Fête est Finie (The party is over) with hip hop group Young Fathers and producer Forest Swords. The film will be premiered at Le Trianon theatre in Paris, where the negotiations on climate change are currently taking place, ahead of concerts by Thom Yorke,
Naomi Klein and her documentary on climate change
Earlier in 2015, the Canadian writer and journalist Naomi Klein has published a book that became a manifesto on climate change and capitalism, entitled This Changes Everything. She starts with the basic assumption that without a radical change in the way world population lives, produces and manages its economic activities, there is no way to avoid environmental destruction.
Lagos Photo 2015: the Africa beyond iconographic stereotypes
Not just lush natural landscapes, amazing biodiversity, images of extreme poverty, suffering children or exotic animals: reducing such a big and diverse continent as Africa to stereotypical imagery is precisely what the LagosPhoto Festival is working against. Created in 2010 and now in its sixth edition, the LagosPhoto Festival will take place in the Lagos
Aguas de Oro. The documentary about a Peruvian woman standing alone against the giants of mining
Máxima Acuña Chaupe has deep wrinkles, a small stature and an unshakable will. She lives at 4,200 metres in the Peruvian Andes and in the heart of Conga, a project aimed at expanding Latin America’s largest gold mine, Yanacocha, owned by the US company Newmont. Máxima has a dream: she wants to continue living
After battling cancer, Ryuichi Sakamoto is back to work with Iñárritu
In 2014 he was diagnosed with throat cancer. After a year, in August 2015, Ryuichi Sakamoto announces on his website that he’s “in great shape”. So, even if for the time being the Japanese composer, artist and intellectual renounced to the pressure of live tours, he has now composed score for “Haha to Kuraseba (Living With My
Bernie Krause: the sounds of nature are dissolving
In five decades of sound recordings of nature and animals, scientist of bioacoustics Bernie Krause has ascertained that many environments have been radically altered by human beings. Far too many. Sometimes, paradoxically, due to practices which are thought to be environmentally safe. Recording the progressive muffling of the habitat’s sounds, Krause warned about the biodiversity’s “health
Cowspiracy, the documentary unveiling the environmental impact of animal agriculture
Cowspiracy, documentary produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, shows the dramatic impact meat production has on our planet, and how environmental organisations do not address it.
“Roger Waters. The Wall”, the film-event against war
“Roger Waters. The Wall”, a film-event on the live tour of Pink Floyd’s monumental album, which was presented last year at the Toronto International Film Festival, will be released on 29th September in cinemas across the world. 36 years after its release, “The Wall” is still considered a masterpiece in the history of rock with over