Film

Peter Steven explores the diversity of world media in the No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media and in this blog introduces a media phenomenon in Africa…

"Be bold and seek truth; be humble, but also confident in what you know and don't lose your curiosity in trying to figure things out; and based on your search for truth and discovery of truth, speak that truth loudly and clearly to power if given that chance."…

"...the only thing stopping us is ourselves…

"If we are civil and helpful to people they are likely to be civil and helpful back."…

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A road movie cum Western…

*Kechiche*, like Fatih Akin, the Turkish-German film-maker, shows us how the lives of migrants and their children straddle cultures, and, like Akin’s Head-On, Couscous is passionate and earthy.…

Israeli filmmaker *Yoav Shamir* challenges the idea that there is a ‘new anti-Semitism’.…

A documentary festival leaves you with some startling images.Indigenous women in La Paz, Bolivia dressed in long skirts and blousesthrowing each other around the ring in Lucha wrestling as enthusiasticfans cheer and jeer…

For a week each May, a desolate refugee camp plays host to the Sahara International Film Festival, helping to raise awareness of the plight of 'Africa's last colony'…