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HUNGER WARD — Skye Fitzgerald Interview

April 21, 2021 By Leave a Comment

HUNGER WARD — Skye Fitzgerald Interview

Click here to listen to the interview. When I spoke with Skye Fitzgerald about his devastatingly beautiful short documentary, HUNGER WARD, on February 26,2021, my first question was about how he dealt with the topic of Yemeni children dying from a deliberately induced famine. Specifically, what it was like to leave a hospital ward where… Read More »

Tagged With: Adel al-Hasani, air blockade, anorexia, child mortality, children, crimes against humanity, documentary, edema, famine, MISS AMERICANA, missile attack, Oscar nominated, starvation, Stephen King, war crime, wheat allergy, Yemen

THE CROCODILE HUNTER: COLLISION COURSE

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

THE CROCODILE HUNTER: COLLISION COURSE

I am never going to have an aesthetic appreciation of the bird-eating spider.  It’s about the size of a Bosc pear, hairy, and packing fangs that spout venom.  Steve Irwin, cable television’s Crocodile Hunter, on the other hand, has a starry-eyed, ebullient adoration for it that makes the creature seem a little less loathsome.  And… Read More »

Tagged With: Australia, based on a television series, children, CIA, crocodile hunter, crocodiles, kids wildlie, narrative, nature, spiders, Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin

Deepa Mehta Sails WATER

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Deepa Mehta Sails WATER

When I talked with Deepa Mehta on March 20, 2006, it was the third time I’d had the chance to interview this remarkable filmmaker. A magnet and a catalyst for controversy, she makes films that challenge not just society in her native India, but also the ones elsewhere that tolerate intolerance in the name of tradition. WATER, the third… Read More »

Tagged With: burning in effigy, children, cinema, controversy, Deepa Mehta, drama, Elements Trilogy, gender discrimination, gender rights, India, Indian Cinema, intolerance, movie, narrative, social justice, trilogy, widowhood, widows

Steve and Terri Irwin Talk THE CROCODILE HUNTER: COLLISION COURSE

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Steve and Terri Irwin Talk THE CROCODILE HUNTER: COLLISION COURSE

If there is a difference between the personnas that the Irwins project on their television show and film and how they are in person, I can’t fathom what it is. They’re engaging, fun, and passionate about educating kids (and maybe their parents, too) about the beauty and fragility of nature. They’re also fearless, it seems, about dealing… Read More »

Tagged With: Australia, based on a television series, children, CIA, crocodile hunter, crocodiles, narrative, nature, spiders, Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin

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