Review

Life on the run in Casablanca

February 2007 -

WWW, What a Wonderful World is a wonderful film. Bensaidi has succeeded in making an entertaining film that leaves much unexposed.

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Difficult journey through Algerian society

January 2007 -

Barakat is Algerian director Djamila Sahraoui's first full-length film. The movie is set in the Algeria of the 1990s, when a bloody war raged between Muslim extremists and the army.

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Romantic views of poverty and desperation

November 2006 -

Rajesh Jala, Floating Lamp Of The Shadow Valley

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Resistance[s] - experimental films from the Arabic world

July 2006 -

The dvd compilation Resistance[s] shows the surprising and varied work of eight filmmakers from the Arabic world.

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Living between hope and fear

May 2006 -

The world is in the grip of fear. According to the compilers of Culture of Hope, however, there is true hope in the life of many people in regions where living conditions are difficult.

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Graphic designers in modern Iran

April 2006 -

New Visual Culture of Modern Iran contains an overview of contemporary posters, book covers and free-style graphic work of varying quality.

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Aimless activity in Mexico City

January 2006 -

Marcos is a driver in Mexico City. One day he abducts a baby. Review of Battle in Heaven (Batalla en el Cielo).

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War-torn Angola longs for a new future

november 2005 -

Pakleppa opens his film 'Angola saudades from the one who loves you' with an optimistic promise.

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Amartya Sen on the cultural roots of democracy

October 2005 -

In 'The Argumentative Indian' the Indian philosopher and Nobel price winning economist Amartya Sen argues that cultural traditions contributed to the development of democracy in India.

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Rescripting the 'Ramayana': an old habit

September 2005 -

Hema Ramakrishna’s recently published English play 'Sanctuary!' is her interpretation of scenes from the Indian epic Ramayana. Plurality and the constant questioning of previous characterizations are central to the Ramayana tradition.

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