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· August, 2006

Stories about Film from August, 2006

India: Is The World Really Flat? It looks like.

This round-up is a patchwork quilt of blog postings with a global flavor. And flavor is the key word since we end our journey with a culinary post that takes us back to the 15th century which was the start of another globalization era....

Written by Kamla Bhatt
31 August 2006

Tanzania: Darwin's Nightmare

Bongoland Reflections offers his views on Darwin’s Nightmare, a documentary that has stirred controversy and angered the government of Tanzania for drawing a connection between fish trade and illegal arms...

Written by Ndesanjo Macha
25 August 2006

Kazakhstan: Responding to Borat

Sean Roberts reports that awarenes of Kazakhstan in the United States is much higher than it was a few years ago as a result of Sascha Baron-Cohen's “Borat” character. He...

Written by Nathan Hamm
24 August 2006

Nepal: Svankmajer's political allegory

Samudaya.org on Svankmajer's Lunancy – “Svankmajer appears in the opening scene to present a short monologue: the film, he says, debates the ideology governing the operation of a lunatic asylum—whether...

Written by Neha Viswanathan
23 August 2006

China: community DV shoot

Joel Martinsen in DANWEI reports on a community DV shoot project in Beijing's Tiantongyuan neigbourhood. The 30 minutes film is titled How can I rescue you, my daughter?

Written by Oiwan Lam
17 August 2006

Peru: Audio of Film Festival Seminars

Did you miss last week's Festival Elcine in Lima, Peru? Not to worry, the audio from the lectures and seminars have all been released for free on the internet, according...

Written by David Sasaki
16 August 2006

China and Japan: the Ants

Richard in the Peking Duck introduces a new Japanese movie “the Ants” which explores the topic of WWII war crime with merciless honesty.

Written by Oiwan Lam
16 August 2006

Posts from Peru

Some of the recent political news inspired new posts in Peruvian blogs; here are some of them: Jomra takes a look at Quechua in Congress: a small step for a...

Written by Juan Arellano
12 August 2006

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