Elsie Herring was a resident of Eastern North Carolina in the United States that fought tooth and nail against the big pork processors in Duplin County. Her grandfather as a former slave purchased tracts of land in the county for farming purposes. The Big Pork Megacorps mushroomed in Eastern North Carolina in the 1980’s andContinue reading “RKS Film: “The Smell of Money”: A Big Battle Against Big Pork Megacorp!”
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RKS Film: “Road Trip”: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Panah Panahi has crafted a clever film in the Iranian film “Road Trip”. It is a wonderful film and does not hand feed you. It is delightfully vague and I believe perhaps intentionally so or has Iranian autocracy hardwired Panahi as a matter of survival to be discrete? If you know the repression of IranianContinue reading “RKS Film: “Road Trip”: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”
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: “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: “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: “See You Again”: Possibly the Best and Most Honest LGBTQ Ever Made?
I have been reviewing LGBTQ films for a few years now. Lynch me if you wish but my take of this “film genre” is there is a divide between depicting the LGBTQ community as LGBTQ human beings as opposed to LGBTQ human beings being LGBTQ. If we are looking for true diversity and inclusion doContinue reading “RKS Film: “See You Again”: Possibly the Best and Most Honest LGBTQ Ever Made?”
RKS Film: “Holy Boom”: Intergenerational and Ethnic Explosion in Athens!
The Hellenic Film Society USA continues with its Greek Films on Demand programme where for the first ten days of the month two Greek films are available for streaming at a nominal cost. One of the April films “Holy Boom” is a 2018 production that weaves together ethnic and intergenerational conflicts facing Greece. On PalmContinue reading “RKS Film: “Holy Boom”: Intergenerational and Ethnic Explosion in Athens!”
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