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· July, 2006

Stories about Film from July, 2006

India: The Corporation

Dispatches from Zembla reviews a Canadian documentary, The Corporation – reflecting on trends in business, the market and everything else.

Written by Neha Viswanathan
25 July 2006

Guatemala: Migration Documentary

Patrick posts a clip from Luis Argueta's most recent documentary, “And There I Am Documenting Silent Voices,” which follows the stories of Guatemalans who emigrate to the U.S.

Written by David Sasaki
24 July 2006

Bahrain: Up and away

Bahraini Rants the new superman movie: “… it was cool, but it brought about a lot of superhero movie talk.. Would it kill Superman to use his powers for a...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
20 July 2006

China: Journey to the West

There are some discussions about Spielberg’s plans to remake Journey to the West. However, some worries that western director will turn the Monkey King into his Hollywood cousin, King Kong....

Written by Oiwan Lam
19 July 2006

Guatemala: Two Documentaries

Need a break from the sea of words online? Patrick at Guatemala Solidarity Network highlights an excerpt from the documentary, ‘Guatemala No Nos Tientes’ as well as a series of...

Written by David Sasaki
14 July 2006

South Korea: Anti-Amercian movie?

The USFK bashing Korean movie, “The Host” is about to begin screening in Korea; GI Korea Blog comments that the movie is too anti-American. However, Michael Hurt from Scribblings of...

Written by Oiwan Lam
10 July 2006

Egypt: Censor The Yacoubian Building?

The Yacoubian Building, a movie based on Alaa Al-Aswani's bestselling novel, is to be reviewed by the Egyptian parliament after 112 MPs demanded censorship of the homosexual scenes in the...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
6 July 2006

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