June 16, 2019 “I can’t wait for this story to go away…” is uttered by a radio personality towards the end of the film Roll Red Roll, the true crime documentary exposing over 400 texts and digital data loops of evidence in the 2012 rape case involving small town football all-stars amidst the “Go Red” fan furor Steubenville, Ohio. As much as this very human reaction to trauma … [Read more...]
Nov. 17, 2009 Last week, when the Guardian reported, “Tens of thousands of children have been sexually abused in Zimbabwe in a growing epidemic that has shocked human rights activists,” I blinked back my tears of outrage, knowing full well that this is the battle Betty Makoni has been fighting for an entire DECADE with The Girl Child Network. Betty is a Top Ten CNN Hero of … [Read more...]
July 9, 2009 Update 7-13: 24 hrs. left for them to qualify this round, lend a hand if you can! "Default." Say what? It’s rare that I’d ‘advocate for default’ but in this case, it’s well-warranted, as it’s an important movie-in-the-making (trailer after the jump) by the same name! The DEFAULT movie is the passion project of two filmmakers (now friends) of mine that I met via … [Read more...]
April 24, 2009 Back to our green media focus in a minute, since we're all trying to figure out whether somethin' can be done about all this consumption? But first, here's some fabulous news for change agents out there. Just in time for our Consuming Kids screening and powerhouse panel tonight in Berkeley, (and again Sun. 4-26 in San Jose and Tues. 4-28 in Palo Alto) MEF , … [Read more...]
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