Located in Northern Iraq, the Yazidi Home Center houses the Yazidi—a Kurdish minority religion with monotheistic roots in the pre-Zoroastrian Iranic faith. In 2014, Daesh (ISIS) killed and abducted thousands of Yazidi women and girls, imprisoning them and selling them … Continue reading SABAYA
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Limbo and Four Good Days, both you’ll find in theaters, and three new additions to CU-Boulder’s International Film Series’ virtual theater: The County, About … Continue reading
Some folks call it the simple life. Maybe it is compared to the big city, but farm living sure ain’t easy. And simple isn’t the best way to describe it anymore—with robotic arms milking cows every morning and oversized rumbas … Continue reading THE COUNTY
Lyz Lopez started skiing when she was 4. Who knows what first drew her to the sport, but 11 years on the slopes have shaped Lyz the prodigy into Lyz the competitor. She’s 15 now, and with proper instruction, she … Continue reading SLALOM
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Hemingway, the latest PBS documentary from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, and pick out a few highlight for this year’s Women+Film Festival, screening virtually … Continue reading
Almost two months later than last year’s ceremony and encompassing two venues, 2021’s Academy Awards will cap the cinematic year that couldn’t get started and never seemed to end. On Sunday, April 25, it’ll be Oscar night on ABC with … Continue reading And the Nominees Are: 2021 Oscar Nominated Short Films
The Inheritance opens with a static image: A diagram of a notched wheel labeled, “African/American Ritual Mode.” Under the wheel, a legend depicts the icons for preachers, sacred images, congregation, chorus, and elders. All icons are represented in the diagram, and … Continue reading THE INHERITANCE
In Istanbul, stray dogs walk the streets, side-by-side Turkish residents. It hasn’t always been this way. Government programs have tried to eradicate these stray dogs, but pushback from the people has prevented full-blown annihilation. Even today, governmental officials are exploring … Continue reading STRAY
The best music and the best whiskey come from the same part of the country.” You don’t find taglines like that very often. Then again, you don’t come across movies like Heartworn Highways that often either. First released in 1976—available Feb. 5 … Continue reading HEARTWORN HIGHWAYS
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