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THE LEGEND OF TARZAN

July 3, 2016 By Leave a Comment

THE LEGEND OF TARZAN

Credit where it’s due.  THE LEGEND OF TARZAN doesn’t get everything wrong. For one, It has the virtue of addressing why a perfectly capable, perfectly intelligent black man with a Ph.D., George Washington Harris (Samuel L. Jackson as an actual historical character) needs a white man, that would be Lord Greystoke aka Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård)… Read More »

Tagged With: 19th century, Africa, Belgian Congo, book to screen, Congo, diamonds, diplomatic mission, hippopotamus, King Leopold, ostriches, slavery, Tarzan

Hubert Sauper Explores the Irony of WE COME AS FRIENDS

August 26, 2015 By 1 Comment

Hubert Sauper Explores the Irony of WE COME AS FRIENDS

I am rarely left speechless when conducting an interview, but on August 19, 2015, when WE COME AS FRIEND’s Hubert Sauper told me about how a group of Christian missionaries from Texas had convinced their Sudanese converts about the truth of the resurrection, I all but collapsed in bemused disbelief. It’s towards the end of… Read More »

Tagged With: Adam Hochschild, Africa, Afrique Noir, Anuradha Mittal, Barney Broomfield, Belgian Congo, Chinese oil companies, Chinese oil fields, Christian missionaries, colonialism, director, documentary, globalization, Hubert Sauper, King Leopold, King Leopold’s Ghost, land grabs, Mel Gibson, North Sudan, OaklandInstitute.org, oil business, phallic airplane, Ronald Reagan, slave trade, solar-powered bible, South Sudan, Sudan, Sudanese elections, TALES OF THE GRIM SLEEPER, talking bible, The Oakland Institute, U.N. Peacekeeping Forces, United Nations

The Power of VIRUNGA with Director Orlando Von Einsiedel, subjects Emmanuel De Merode and Andrea Baume

December 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment

The Power of VIRUNGA with Director Orlando Von Einsiedel, subjects Emmanuel De Merode  and Andrea Baume

Emmanuel De Merode is a prince literally and figuratively. He holds the title courtesy of the Belgian government as a descendant of that country’s nobility. He has also dedicated his life to preserving the wildlife and wild areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, moving there from his home in Kenya to become the director… Read More »

Tagged With: Africa, Belgium, Congo, Congolese civil war, conservation, government corruption, King Leopold, mountain gorillas, oil drilling, SOCO, Virunga

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