EARTHX FILM FESTIVAL 2022, MAY 12-15 Festival Welcomes Directors with Ties to Texas Ben Masters, Raj Patel, John Claiborne Brown, Brandon Holmes, Alejandra Vasquez, and Kathryn Francis Festival Showcases Powerful Texas Stories of Nature and Conservation, Climate Change, Oil Drilling vs. Property Rights, Boom and Bust Oil, Fast Fashion and more Dallas, TX (April 21,Continue reading “TEXAS FILMMAKERS AND STORIES TAKE CENTER STAGE AT“
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RKS Film: “Peace by Chocolate”: Struggles of All Sorts
“Peace By Chocolate” is based on a true story. The film could have easily taken the route of another food namely cheese but it does not. Yes it has a happy ending but after many struggles between the characters. Tareq (Ayham Abou Ammar) and his family flee war in Syria which has destroyed Tareq’s father’sContinue reading “RKS Film: “Peace by Chocolate”: Struggles of All Sorts”
RKS Film: “Silent Beauty”: A Monstrous Chain of Pedophilia
“Silent Beauty” has very few moments of beauty in it and what beauty there is displaced by a monstrous chain of pedophilia. Director Jasmin Mara López is on Facebook one day and a picture of her grandfather with her niece explodes bringing to her the necessity of telling family members she was repeatedly abused byContinue reading “RKS Film: “Silent Beauty”: A Monstrous Chain of Pedophilia”
RKS Film: “Make People Better”: Toronto Hot Docs Film Festival
“Make People Better” is documentary about genetic engineering of human embryos. Your initial reaction may be strongly against “playing God”. After the documentary you might be thinking if controlled and regulated there is a valid use for it. He Jiankui (JK) is a young Chinese biologist that had gone further than others by genetically engineeringContinue reading “RKS Film: “Make People Better”: Toronto Hot Docs Film Festival”
RKS Film: “The Eye of the Storm: The Political Odyssey of Yanis Varoufakis”
The six-part series “The Eye of the Storm: The Political Odyssey of Yanis Varoufakis” pays close attention to the “Great Greek Default” in three of the episodes while in the subsequent three episodes digs deep into theories of political economy and is involved with political movements to change the world order particularly climate change. VaroufakisContinue reading “RKS Film: “The Eye of the Storm: The Political Odyssey of Yanis Varoufakis””
RKS Film: “Geographies of Solitude”: Toronto Hot Docs Festival
“Geographies of Solitude” features Canada’s Sable Island which is 20 miles long and 1 mile wide. It is some 100 miles off Nova Scotia. It might be described as barren and lonely as there is no residential population and no place to stay for potential visitors. Zoe Lucas has been living on Sable Island forContinue reading “RKS Film: “Geographies of Solitude”: Toronto Hot Docs Festival”
RKS Film: “My Two Voices” (Mis dos voces)
The documentary “My Two Voices” by Lina Rodriguez offers an intimate portrait of three Latina women who have immigrated to Canada. It may throw you initially because you hear their voices but it is not until the conclusion of the documentary you see their faces. Strangely this works in such a way that you focusContinue reading “RKS Film: “My Two Voices” (Mis dos voces)”
RKS Film: “Split at the Root”: An Examination of Zero Tolerance Policy and American Immigration Policy
“Split the Root”, which will be showing at Toronto Hot Docs Festival, examines the Zero Tolerance Policy and the cumbersome and inconsistent handling of asylum cases in the United States. The Zero Tolerance Policy (ZTP) can perhaps be best understood as a reaction from the right to the continual and never-ending stream of Mexicans andContinue reading “RKS Film: “Split at the Root”: An Examination of Zero Tolerance Policy and American Immigration Policy”
RKS Film: “Donbass”: Mockumentary? Black Comedy? Absurdity? Chilling?
Sergey Loznitsa’s “Donbass” from 2018 is certainly not dated. Considering the Russian rampage in the Ukraine it is chillingly relevant. A dozen or so vignettes explain what life is like in the Eastern Ukraine where Russian separatists attempt to steal the Donbass for Holy Mother Russia. It is difficult to categorize the film into aContinue reading “RKS Film: “Donbass”: Mockumentary? Black Comedy? Absurdity? Chilling?”
RKS Film: “Blue Queen”: No Such Thing as an Honest Gangster!
The Hellenic Film Society USA continues its “Greek Films on Demand” which runs from the first to the tenth day of each month. Two Greek films are available for viewing at a nominal charge. One of April’s films is “Blue Queen”. In crime films you have probably encountered the double cross. Well in “Blue Queen”Continue reading “RKS Film: “Blue Queen”: No Such Thing as an Honest Gangster!”
