If you like a short film that has you querying what really is going on when the credits role “All Too Perfect” may very well be for you. Sam (Nabil Ayoub) and Alex (Bridget Ori) have a seemingly perfect relationship until Sam’s phone starts binging away. Alex jokes when she hears it was a callContinue reading ““All Too Perfect”: Counterbalance Collective Teases Us”
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“My Sweet Canary”: Documentary on Legendary Greek Songstress
No, this documentary is not about Greek opera star Maria Callas but a woman by the name of Rosa Sarah Eskenazi who was born in either 1897 or 1898 in the Jewish quarter of Istanbul. Eskenazi was known in the 1930’s as the Queen of Rebetiko which can be roughly equated as the Greek blues.Continue reading ““My Sweet Canary”: Documentary on Legendary Greek Songstress”
“Wake Up on Mars”: Virtual Human Rights Watch Film Festival Canada
“Wake up on Mars” is one weird documentary. A Muslim family flees persecution in Kosovo and seeks refugee status in Sweden but they are deported back to Kosovo yet again they flee to Sweden where finally they obtain their residency permits. However both teenage daughters are in a vegetative state apparently with “resignation syndrome” whichContinue reading ““Wake Up on Mars”: Virtual Human Rights Watch Film Festival Canada”
“Cloudy Sunday”: Epic Greek Tragedy
OK so you see the phrase “Epic Greek Tragedy” and you might surmise it is some ancient Greek play I am referring to. Quite the opposite. This is a 2015 Greek film delving into a most unpleasant topic which is the humiliating step by step process where in 1943 some 50,000 Jews in Thessaloniki wereContinue reading ““Cloudy Sunday”: Epic Greek Tragedy”
Bread & Olives; Good Greek German short film
Greek brothers Vangelis and Leonidas have a coffeeshop and bar that had to close due to harsh times in 2014 Greece so they phone their uncle Giannis in Munich who leads them to believe he owns a successful Greek restaurant in Munich so off the brothers go with their mother leaving Greece behind. Well GiannisContinue reading “Bread & Olives; Good Greek German short film”
Plant vs. a Human; “Green” a short Canadian film
Counterbalance Collective is a new game in town operating out of Toronto. Very determined young women operating as a collective learning their craft of making film by assuming interchangeable roles of film production. All done with high intentions and spirit but short on funds. I watched their little over 9 minutes short “Green” and theContinue reading “Plant vs. a Human; “Green” a short Canadian film”
Greek Middle Class Struggles in “Family Member”
In 2015 Greek Cyprus Sophia (Yioala Klitoa) and her husband Yorgos (Christopher Greco) are owners of a mini-mart and the mega marts and the Greek financial crisis are giving hard times to the family making ends meet. They need an extension from the bank for loan repayments, their daughter “urgently” needs a 50 Euro pairContinue reading “Greek Middle Class Struggles in “Family Member””
“Maxima”: What a David and Goliath Story: Human Rights Watch Film Festival Canada
I could easily summarize this documentary as “David vs Goliath”. However as a highly paid internet writer my audience expects more but certainly less than the 7 pages of notes I wrote on the film. I’ll keep it simple. Maxima Acuña and her family live in a remote part of the Peruvian highlands living offContinue reading ““Maxima”: What a David and Goliath Story: Human Rights Watch Film Festival Canada”
I Am Samuel”: The perilous state of being a gay man in Kenya: Annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival Canada
I was aware that Africa does not take to gay men in a permissive sense. The Kenyan penal code has been interpreted by the Kenyan judiciary to constitute a serious crime including imprisonment for up to 14 years. Angry mobs can descend upon a gay man and beat him to death. Being a lawyer, theContinue reading “I Am Samuel”: The perilous state of being a gay man in Kenya: Annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival Canada”
“I’ll See You Around”: Brilliant Portrayal of Numbness
The American film “I’ll See You Around” is a brilliant portrayal of numbness. Lucas (Lucas Monroe) has had a horrific traumatic event that has somewhat set the direction of his life. His father was murdered when he was six years old. Perhaps the most important line in the film is when he admits to MariahContinue reading ““I’ll See You Around”: Brilliant Portrayal of Numbness”
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