Sunday, 29 November 2015

ARTIST USES EIFFEL TOWER TO SEND CLIMATE MESSAGE

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On the eve of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) in Paris, the city's iconic Eiffel Tower was used to transmit a...
Friday, 23 October 2015

REVIEW: 'SAND DOLLARS' SHOWS POISONED PARADISE

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By Dimitri Keramitas Sand Dollars , directed by Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas, is an assured, lushly filmed story set in the ...
Wednesday, 30 September 2015

WHAT HAPPENED TO CULTURE IN DEVELOPMENT GOALS?

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The United Nations’ member states this month adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as the world tries to build on the successes ...
Monday, 21 September 2015

GRIPPING BIOPIC OF WRITER MANTO DISTURBS VIEWERS

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By Zofeen T. Ebrahim KARACHI, Pakistan - Though much-rejected and scorned during his lifetime, the great South Asian short-story write...
Saturday, 12 September 2015

ARTISTS RELEASE 'LOVE SONG' FOR CLIMATE AGREEMENT

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Several internationally renowned artists, including Jamaica’s Sean Paul and Benin’s Angelique Kidjo, have released a song urging world lead...
Tuesday, 8 September 2015

PERU’S 'SIGO SIENDO' SHOWS PATH TO MUSICAL WISDOM

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By Dimitri Keramitas Sigo Siendo - winner of the Best Documentary award at the Lima Festival de Cine - is a fascinating meditation on ...
Sunday, 6 September 2015

UNESCO SPOTLIGHTS THE 'MEMORY OF SLAVERY' IN ART

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“Ignorance or concealment of major historical events constitutes an obstacle to mutual understanding, reconciliation and cooperation among ...
Monday, 24 August 2015

REVIEW: INDIAN FILM 'UMRIKA' LOOKS BEHIND MIGRATION

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By Dimitri Keramitas Prashant Nair’s Umrika comes at a critical moment of migration crisis in Europe, where thousands of refugees ...
Thursday, 9 July 2015

JAMAICA’S MOUNTAINS NOW ON WORLD HERITAGE LIST

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Jamaica’s Blue and John Crow Mountains - which provided refuge for the island’s indigenous people and later for Africans fleeing slavery - ...