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15.09.2024 - 01:15 [ SAG-AFTRA & Sister Guild Members for Ceasefire / Medium.com ]

AN OPEN LETTER TO SAG-AFTRA AND SISTER GUILD LEADERSHIP

To Our Guild Leadership and Staff:

We are proud rank-and-file union and trade association members from every corner of our industry — working on screen, stage, set, and in the field — united in solidarity with the global call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and a just, lasting peace. As artists and storytellers, we cannot stand idly by as our industry refuses to tell the story of Palestinian humanity.

Following SAG-AFTRA’s statement in sympathy with Israel regarding October 7, many SAG-AFTRA and sister guild members have watched in horror as the Israeli government wages a war of collective punishment on the civilian population of Gaza — killing over 40,000 Palestinians, injuring over 90,000 more, forcibly displacing 2 million people, and openly targeting members of the press and their families. As the IDF continues its assault on “safe zones,” schools, and hospitals, and as civilians in Gaza die from starvation, dehydration, and lack of medical supplies and fuel, major human rights groups have labeled these acts as war crimes, human rights atrocities, and even genocide. The UN has described Gaza as a “graveyard for children” — and estimate that by mid-July “half of the population — more than a million people — could face death and starvation.” As of now, there is no end in sight — only escalation, death, and destruction.

15.09.2024 - 01:06 [ Hollywood Reporter ]

Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef and More Call on SAG-AFTRA Leaders to Protect Pro-Palestine Members From Being Blacklisted (Exclusive)

SAG-AFTRA members Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef, Susan Sarandon, Melissa Barrera and Cynthia Nixon are among the hundreds of union members calling on their organization’s leadership to keep people from being blacklisted for their views on Palestine.

In a statement provided with an open letter from organization SAG-AFTRA and Sister Guild Members for Ceasefire, members claim their numerous attempts to communicate with leadership about their concerns and work on a ceasefire statement together have been consistently ignored. When asked, SAG-AFTRA declined to comment on the claim or the letter.

29.08.2024 - 22:00 [ Rolling Stone ]

Francis Ford Coppola: ‘I Have Nothing Left to Lose’

At Cannes, where it premiered in May, Megalopolis managed to be the single most divisive film of the festival; love it or hate it, Coppola’s huge swing for the philosophical fences is a truly singular work — and is exactly the movie that he wanted to make. (It’s set to hit theaters on Sept. 27.) That Coppola somehow managed in his eighties to will this long-gestating pet project into being and self-finance it against his winery for $120 million is borderline unbelievable, even given his legacy as someone willing to bet a fortune and/or a film studio to follow a dream. “I have everything to lose here,” he says, referring to this portrait of the decline, fall, and Phoenix-like rise of a civilization. “And, in a way, I have nothing left to lose anymore.”

27.04.2024 - 02:55 [ Israelismfilm.com ]

Israelism

Two young American Jews – Simone Zimmerman and Eitan – are raised to defend the state of Israel at all costs. Eitan joins the Israeli military. Simone supports Israel on ‘the other battlefield:’ America’s college campuses. When they witness Israel‘s mistreatment of the Palestinian people with their own eyes, they are horrified and heartbroken.

They join the movement of young American Jews battling the old guard over Israel’s centrality in American Judaism, and demanding freedom for the Palestinian people. Their stories reveal a generational divide in the American Jewish community as more young Jews question the narratives their synagogues and Hebrew school teachers fed them as children.

27.04.2024 - 02:45 [ Forward.com ]

Were young American Jews lied to about Israel? A new documentary says yes

(February 24, 2023)

From directors Eric Axelman and Sam Eilertsen, Israelism follows two millennial Jews — Simone Zimmerman, co-founder of IfNotNow and Eitan, an American former IDF soldier who didn’t want to use his last name in the documentary — as they talk about becoming disenchanted with the Israel they were taught to defend and believe in growing up within the American Jewish system. (Filmmakers Axelman and Eilertsen are also millennial Jews, and in a director’s statement, Axelman wrote about their own, similar arc with Israel.)

11.03.2024 - 16:46 [ Deadline Hollywood / Youtube ]

„Zone of Interest“ Wins Best Int‘l Feature | Academy Awards 2024

#oscars #academyawards
#oscars #academyawards

11.03.2024 - 16:40 [ Hollywood Reporter ]

‘The Zone of Interest’ Director Makes Gaza Statement in Oscars Speech

“Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation, which has led to conflict for so many innocent people — whether the victims of October the 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza — all the victims of this dehumanization… how do we resist?” Glazer asked.

Glazer, who is Jewish, then dedicated the film’s win to Alexandria, a 90-year-old woman he met,while working on the film and who inspired one of the key characters in The Zone of Interest. She had worked for the Polish resistance at the age of 12, leaving apples for prisoners as she cycled through Auschwitz.

28.06.2023 - 13:56 [ Jerusalem Post ]

Netanyahu trials: Milchan improved PM‘s image in Israeli media

Milchan had also introduced Mozes to Australian businessman James Packer, who „really liked each other.“ Netanyahu had also asked Milchan to look into laying the groundwork for news mogul Rupert Murdoch, who the prime minister felt had business and political interests aligned with the Netanyahu administration.

Under Case 2000, Netanyahu is accused of having engaged in fraud and breach of trust for meeting with Mozes about advancing legislation to cripple his news competitor in exchange for positive coverage.

28.06.2023 - 13:45 [ APNews.com ]

Hollywood mogul acknowledges gifts to Netanyahu may have been ‘excessive’ in 2nd day of testimony

He said he had instructed his aides to give the Netanyahus “whatever they want” and was assured by the prime minister that there was nothing illegal going on.

26.06.2023 - 08:20 [ PBS.org ]

Hollywood producer testifies about ‘supply line’ of gifts at Netanyahu’s corruption trial

The indictment accuses Netanyahu of using his influential perch to assist Milchan to secure a U.S. visa extension by drawing on his diplomatic contacts, among them former Secretary of State John Kerry. Prosecutors also accuse Netanyahu of working to push legislation that would have granted Milchan millions in tax breaks.

26.06.2023 - 08:02 [ n-tv ]

„Das Theater muss leer sein“

(23.04.2021)

„Ich habe Angst vor Beifall – von der falschen Seite. Wenn ich Theater spiele, darf im Zuschauerraum auf der rechten Seite niemand sitzen. Dann kommt der Beifall nur von links“, sagt Wawrczeck und macht eine kurze Pause. Dann fügt er hinzu: Allerdings sei das, wenn man unten stehe andersrum, dann säßen die Leute nur rechts. Deshalb dürfe da auch niemand sitzen. Fazit: „Das Theater muss ganz leer sein. Dann kommt kein Beifall von der falschen Seite und dann fühle ich mich sicher.“

26.06.2023 - 07:36 [ New York Times ]

Hollywood Tycoon Testifies in Netanyahu’s Corruption Trial

Mr. Milchan, 78, who produced blockbusters like “Pretty Woman,” “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” and “Bohemian Rhapsody,” also worked for years for Israeli intelligence as a weapons procurer. His colorful life and relationship with Mr. Netanyahu has helped turned the Case 1000 trial into a showcase of the nexus of money, power and influence in Israel.

23.06.2023 - 12:55 [ Times of Israel ]

Film mogul Milchan to testify at Netanyahu trial Sunday, as AG said to mull deal

Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan, a key witness in one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption cases, is set to testify at the premier’s corruption trial via video link from Brighton, England, beginning on Sunday.

The film producer is a witness in Case 1000 — one of three in which Netanyahu faces charges — involving suspicions that the premier illicitly accepted gifts including cigars and champagne from Milchan and another billionaire, James Packer.

12.06.2023 - 10:07 [ The Jerusalem Post / Nitter ]

Yair Lapid‘s investigation by the state attorney in Netanyahu‘s corruption trial took less than an hour but the cross-examination is expected to take days.

12.06.2023 - 09:50 [ Haaretz ]

Netanyahu Corruption Trial: Lapid Takes the Witness Stand in a Long-awaited Testimony

The head of the Yesh Atid party testifies as a prosecution witness in „Case 1000“, in which Netanyahu is accused of fraud and breach of trust for favors he allegedly received from businessmen Arnon Milchan and James Packer.

Lapid is expected to be asked about meetings he held with Milchan while he served as finance minister in Netanyahu‘s government, as well as appeals he received from the prime minister about the promotion of a law that would benefit the businessman.

23.05.2023 - 08:52 [ Haaretz ]

Netanyahu on Trial: PM Projects Panic Ahead of Hollywood Producer‘s Testimony

Milchan didn’t see his relationship with the Netanyahus as true friendship. In conversations with other politicians, he often imitated the couple and mocked their demands. Asked by police what would have happened had he not supplied the requested goods, he replied, “I imagine I would have been a less wanted guest” at the prime minister’s residence.

The Netanyahus, in contrast, described the Hollywood producer as one of their best friends. The prime minister said he spoke with Milchan more often than with his own brother, while Sara termed him a “close friend.”

26.04.2023 - 14:50 [ Popsugar.co.uk ]

„Who Watches the Watchmen?“ Means More Than You Think in HBO‘s New Series

(17 October 2019)

The United States wins the Vietnam War and President Nixon‘s Watergate scandal is never exposed — mostly because he enlists one of the Watchmen who has turned evil to kill Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Nixon also abolishes term limits, so he is still president in 1985, which is when the film is set.

(…)

The phrase dates back to the 1st/2nd century Roman poet Juvenal, who wrote satires about tyrannical governments, oppressive dictatorships and law enforcement corruption. The original phrase is „Quis custodiet ipsos custodes“ in Latin, which literally translates to „Who will guard the guards themselves,“ the modern version of which has become „Who watches the watchmen?“

06.04.2023 - 05:10 [ theGuardian.com ]

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass review – Oliver Stone returns to the grassy knoll

(24 Nov 2021)

But, exasperatingly, and despite speculation being the order of the day, the film never attempts to name any supposed second or third shooter, to say exactly where these gunmen would have been positioned, and how the inevitable witnesses to their activity would have been suppressed. The old question reasserts itself: can you do this with any historical event? Could you, with enough time, undermine the case against Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo in 1914?

14.11.2022 - 07:36 [ @DefenseAssange / Nitter ]

Q&A with @IthakaMovie filmmaker Ben Lawrence and Julian Assange’s brother @GabrielShipton following the film’s U.S. premiere at @DOCNYCfes

12.11.2022 - 15:26 [ Stella Assange #FreeAssangeNOW / Nitter ]

LEIPZIG will kick off the German tour of @Ithakamovie! GlobaLE Leipzig Film Festival will screen Ithaka followed by a Q&A with @cmihr, Director of @ReporterOG (Reporters Without Borders Germany), 15 Nov @ 20.30 pm

12.11.2022 - 14:30 [ Globale-Leipzig.de ]

Programm 2022 – Kommende Veranstaltungen

Wann: Di 15 November 2022 20:30 – 23:00
Sonderveranstaltung: Ithaka – a father. a family. a fight for justice.

Australien / 2022 / 110min / Ben Lawrence / OmU. Im Anschluss: Gespräch mit Christian Mihr (Geschäftsführer, Reporter ohne Grenzen Dtl.). Eine gemeinsame Veranstaltung mit dem Aktionsbündnis Free Assange.

12.11.2022 - 14:26 [ ithaka.movie ]

ithaka – a father. a family. a fight for justice.

Ithaka shines a light into the darkest corners of society, highlighting what the most powerful nations will do in order to hide their crimes. Stand up for global press freedom and your right to know as we fight for Julian Assange.

13.09.2022 - 10:30 [ Haaretz ]

How Mossad Chief Got Arnon Milchan to Boost Music Career of Oligarch‘s Daughter

(13.02.2019)

On a summer evening about a decade ago, an unusual group entered the spacious Israeli beach house home of Israeli Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan. His guest at his home in Beit Yanai, to which he had made a special trip from his home in Los Angeles especially for the meeting, was Meir Dagan, the director at the time of Israel’s Mossad espionage agency.

Also in attendance was a Russian oligarch close to President Vladimir Putin and the oligarch’s young daughter. They were joined by several others as well.

(…)

While he was head of the Mossad, Dagan viewed the development of close ties with Russia, with Putin and with his close circle of associates as a strategic goal, and he accompanied the Israeli prime ministers under whom he served — Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert and Netanyahu — in their meetings with the president of Russia.

11.09.2022 - 19:45 [ luogo commune ]

„September 11 – The New Pearl Harbor“

„September 11 – The New Pearl Harbor“ is a 5 hour documentary that summarizes 12 years of public debate on 9/11. While aimed primarily at a general, uninformed audience, the film also contains some new findings that may be of interest to advanced researchers.

This film is intended as an educational, non-profit operation, and must remain so in order to fulfill all the requirements for the usage of copyrighted material. As such, the entire film is made available online for free from day one.

09.09.2022 - 11:45 [ Fox News ]

Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan admits double life as Israeli spy

(April 6, 2016)

In a far-reaching interview aired Monday with Israel‘s Channel 2 TV‘s flagship investigative program „Uvda,“ Milchan detailed a series of clandestine affairs in which he was involved and particularly how he helped purchase technologies Israel allegedly needed to operate nuclear bombs.

„I did it for my country and I‘m proud of it,“ said Milchan, who ran a successful fertilizer company in Israel before making it big in Hollywood.

09.09.2022 - 11:26 [ ,Times of Israel ]

At Netanyahu trial, defense asserts assistance to billionaire Milchan was legitimate

(06.09.2022)

In a 2013 interview with the Hebrew media, Milchan acknowledged that he had worked for the Israel Bureau of Scientific Relations, which worked to secure scientific and technical know-how for secret defense programs.

That interview led US authorities to grant him merely a one-year visa extension instead of the 10-year visas he had previously received. Milchan sought Netanyahu’s help in obtaining a new 10-year visa, and the former prime minister arranged for the Hollywood mogul to speak directly to then-US secretary of state John Kerry on the issue.

22.09.2021 - 20:03 [ France24 ]

‚Historic night‘ as Somalia screens first film in 30 years

„This is going to be a historic night for the Somali people, it shows how hopes have been revived… after so many years of challenges,“ said theatre director Abdikadir Abdi Yusuf.

11.09.2021 - 18:20 [ luogo commune ]

„September 11 – The New Pearl Harbor“

„September 11 – The New Pearl Harbor“ is a 5 hour documentary that summarizes 12 years of public debate on 9/11. While aimed primarily at a general, uninformed audience, the film also contains some new findings that may be of interest to advanced researchers.

This film is intended as an educational, non-profit operation, and must remain so in order to fulfill all the requirements for the usage of copyrighted material. As such, the entire film is made available online for free from day one.

30.07.2021 - 12:27 [ France24 ]

Fire destroys Brazil film archive

A film warehouse in Sao Paulo was partially destroyed by a fire Thursday just months after employees of the Cinemateca Brasileira had warned of such a disaster, accusing the government of deliberately neglecting the cultural institution.

22.06.2021 - 13:51 [ Express.co.uk ]

‚More like the USSR at every turn!‘ Britons chilled as EU to censor UK television content

Scheming eurocrats provoked outrage when it emerged they were drawing up plans to pull our critically-acclaimed shows like The Crown and Peaky Blinders from European streaming services. The news – which emerged in a memo sent to the EU’s 27 member states – was quickly compared to Soviet Russia which was notorious for its thought police tactics.

22.06.2021 - 13:48 [ HollywoodReporter.com ]

European Union Prepares to Cut Brit Film and TV Content Post Brexit

The EU is considering proposals to exclude British programs from European quotas, a move that could severely hit international sales of U.K. films and TV series to the EU.

04.05.2021 - 09:17 [ Achse des Guten ]

Wehrkaftzersetzung durch staatsfeindliche Propaganda

Es geht nicht um eine bessere Alternative zum Bestehenden, sondern darum, Zweifler als eine Gefahr für das Wohl und die Gesundheit aller anständigen Bürger zu denunzieren, „feindlich-negative Elemente“, wie Dissidenten in der DDR genannt wurden. Schlimm genug, dass sie der Regierung nicht vertrauten, sie fallen ihr auch noch in den Rücken, und das in einem Moment, da „Solidarität“ und „Zusammenhalt“ gefordert sind.

Ein Hauch von „Landesverrat“ liegt in der Luft, die noch nicht verschriftlichte Anklage lautet auf Wehrkaftzersetzung durch staatsfeindliche Propaganda.

04.05.2021 - 09:16 [ Heise.de ]

„Dann bin ich auch ein Delegitimierer“

Das Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz hat sich für die „Querdenker“-Bewegung eine neue Extremismus-Kategorie ausgedacht: „Verfassungsschutzrelevante Delegitimierung des Staates“. Teile dieser Bewegung dürfte der Inlandsgeheimdienst aber schon im Bereich Rechtsextremismus auf dem Radar haben. Wie ist Ihre Einschätzung dazu?

Hajo Funke: Einerseits verstehe ich das Motiv, diese institutionell schwer greifbare „Querdenker“-Bewegung bezüglich ihrer Gefahren beobachten zu wollen. Die Gefahren sind Verschwörungsfantasien und Antisemitismus, die Hinnahme oder Integration von Neonazis in deren Reihen, neue und alte Rechte sowie vor allem die rechtsextreme AfD.

25.04.2021 - 17:04 [ Achse des Guten ]

Warum im Kriegszustand?

Der Regisseur und Mitinitiator der Initiative #allesdichtmachen Dietrich Brüggemann hat sich auf Twitter an die Öffentlichkeit gewandt. Da Achgut.com seit dem Wochenende ausführlich über die Causa berichtet, die immer höhere Wellen schlägt, dokumentieren wir hier sein Statement.

25.04.2021 - 16:34 [ Achse des Guten ]

„Mein Name ist Liefers. Ich bin Schauspieler. Ich möchte drei Überlegungen mitteilen”

Am 4. November 1989, ein paar Tage vor dem Fall der Mauer, hielt Jan Josef Liefers eine Rede in Ost-Berlin. Kritiker wie er wurden damals von dem DDR-Regime als Klassenfeinde diffamiert, deren Aussagen angeblich von Faschisten und Nazis gefeiert würden. In den Augen des Regimes gab es nur die guten Sozialisten auf der einen Seite, die durch die Regierung friedlich vertreten sein sollten und die abtrünnigen, verantwortungslosen und unmoralischen Nörgler und Hetzer auf der anderen Seite. Ihnen wurde, besonders von Seiten der Staatsmedien vorgeworfen, mit ihren Meinungen Hass zu schüren und dem Faschismus und der rechtsradikalen Gesinnung das Wort zu reden.

Ich habe an diesem Wochenende die Rede von Jan Josef Liefers abgetippt, denn über dreißig Jahre später steht er aufgrund einer Satire wieder in der Kritik, rechten Staatsfeinden das Wort zu reden…

24.04.2021 - 19:24 [ Nachdenkseiten ]

#allesdichtmachen – Das Ende des Schweigens

Mit ein wenig Optimismus hätte man ja zumindest erwartet, dass sich endlich einmal namhafte Vertreter des Kulturbetriebs zur prekären Situation der Kultur geäußert hätten, die im nun mehr als ein Jahr andauernden Ausnahmezustand vollends unter die Räder gekommen ist. Doch #allesdichtmachen beschränkt sich zum Glück nicht auf die eigene Branche, sondern greift in den einzelnen Clips ein sehr breites Themenfeld auf – Themen, die seit Beginn des Ausnahmezustands auch immer wieder von den NachDenkSeiten kritisch beleuchtet wurden.

So thematisiert der Clip des Schauspielers Volker Bruch beispielweise das Klima der Angst, das gezielt von Politik und Medien geschürt wird.

24.04.2021 - 19:16 [ Achse des Guten ]

#allesdichtmachen: Bleibet Antifaschisten!

Die Maßnahmengläubigkeit ist eine in sich geschlossene Ideologie, in welche die menschenfreundliche Außenwelt – etwa geöffnete Stadien in Texas und Mississippi – nicht vordringt. In manchen US-Bundesstaaten sind alle Maßnahmen längst aufgehoben, ohne dass die Intensivstationen überliefen, während in anderen signifikant gelockert wird. Das zeigt: Die Regierungstreue vieler Deutscher geht so weit, die Freiheit selbst dann nicht einzufordern, wenn sie einem nur einen Ozean weit entfernt vorgelebt wird. Rein psychologisch ist diese Abwehr verständlich: Sollte sich am Ende die Selbstbeschränkung als überflüssig erweisen, würde für sie eine Welt zusammenbrechen. Je mehr Risse diese bekommt, desto stärker muss jeder Gedanke an umsonst erbrachte Opfer bekämpft werden.

23.04.2021 - 20:49 [ Zeruyu / Youtube ]

Meret Becker #allesdichtmachen

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23.04.2021 - 20:46 [ allesdichtmachen / Youtube ]

Heike Makatsch #allesdichtmachen

#allesdichtmachen​​
#niewiederaufmachen​​
#lockdownfürimmer

23.04.2021 - 20:42 [ allesdichtmachen / Youtube ]

Jan Josef Liefers #allesdichtmachen​

#allesdichtmachen​​
#niewiederaufmachen​​
#lockdownfürimmer

23.04.2021 - 20:31 [ Claus Strunz, Mitglied der BILD-Chefredaktion / Twitter ]

#allesdichtmachen ist die wichtigste Aktion deutscher Schauspieler seit langer Zeit. Wenn Politik nicht mehr als verhältnismäßig wahrgenommen wird, dürfen Künstler nicht schweigen. @BILD @JanJosefLiefers #merkel #lockdown #Infektionschutzgesetz

23.04.2021 - 20:28 [ Klaus Uckrow / Twitter ]

#allesdichtmachen ist einfach großartig. Herzlichen Dank an die Künstler für ihre Leistung und ihren Mut zur Meinung

23.04.2021 - 20:23 [ Bild / Twitter ]

#allesdichtmachen – Schauspieler kritisieren die Corona-Politik

05.04.2021 - 13:53 [ Haaretz ]

Netanyahu Corruption Trial: Witnesses Set to Take the Stand

(today)

The second group of witnesses are to testify in the so-called Case 1000 – the illicit gifts affair. First up will be businessman Arnon Milchan, who according to the indictment gave Netanyahu gifts valued at hundreds of thousands of shekels. The prosecution recently announced that it had moved up the testimony of the witnesses in this case, following a report in Haaretz that the prosecutors feared the prime minister could exert undue influence on Milchan.

05.04.2021 - 13:47 [ Times of Israel ]

Netanyahu made ‘highly irregular’ phone calls to key witness in graft case — TV

(17.02.2021)

According to Channel 13 news, Netanyahu phoned Milchan on consecutive days last year around May or June, apparently around the time of the Shavuot holiday, telling him how much he and his wife Sara love the Hollywood producer and his family.

The calls came after Netanyahu pressured Milchan to release lawyer Boaz Ben Tzur so he could instead represent the prime minister, the network said.

27.03.2021 - 16:30 [ Wikipedia ]

Echo Park, Los Angeles

First established in 1892, and long before „Hollywood“ became synonymous with the commercial film industry, the area of Echo Park known as Edendale was the center of filmmaking on the West Coast.

10.11.2020 - 18:15 [ University of Oxford ]

Science reveals secrets behind the success of Game of Thrones

In other words, Martin keeps his characters’ networks within the limits that his readers’ human minds were designed by evolution to cope with.

06.11.2020 - 19:02 [ Netzpolitik.org ]

Musikindustrie schießt mit der Schrotflinte auf Open Source

Aber die Software, die neben Youtube auch Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo und weitere Dienste unterstützt, ist auch unter Journalist:innen, Wissenschaftler:innen und Aktivist:innen beliebt.

25.10.2020 - 12:44 [ ORF.at ]

Rom: Festnahmen bei Protesten gegen Maßnahmen

Angesichts der landesweit wieder steigenden Infektionszahlen steht die Regierung von Premierminister Giuseppe Conte unter wachsendem Druck, strengere Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung des Virus zu ergreifen. Es wurde erwartet, dass er im Lauf des Tages striktere landesweite Maßnahmen verkünden werde. Dazu soll unter anderem die Schließung aller Kinos und Theater gehören.

23.10.2020 - 20:13 [ Press TV ]

Thousands of students march with torches in Hungary for academic freedom

The institution, which has nurtured many of Hungary‘s leading directors and filmmakers, has been caught up in a culture war as Prime Minister Viktor Orban‘s government seeks to enforce a conservative shift to end what it sees as the domination of the arts by liberals.

11.10.2020 - 15:25 [ The Hill ]

New York theaters display banners urging governor to reopen cinemas

While Cuomo has lifted restrictions on some businesses in the state, including restaurants, gyms and churches, New York movie theaters still remain closed to the public.

11.09.2020 - 18:00 [ luogo commune ]

„September 11 – The New Pearl Harbor“

„September 11 – The New Pearl Harbor“ is a 5 hour documentary that summarizes 12 years of public debate on 9/11. While aimed primarily at a general, uninformed audience, the film also contains some new findings that may be of interest to advanced researchers.

This film is intended as an educational, non-profit operation, and must remain so in order to fulfill all the requirements for the usage of copyrighted material. As such, the entire film is made available online for free from day one.

12.06.2020 - 04:18 [ NBC News / Youtube ]

Nationwide Protests Prompt Changes In Movies, TV And Sports | NBC Nightly News

As nationwide protests condemn racial injustice, shows like Live PD and Cops have been canceled. Disney is under pressure to rename a theme park ride and NASCAR is banning the Confederate flag.

03.06.2020 - 14:39 [ Boots Riley / Twitter ]

We should demand that every TV show and movie in production that has a police and/or pentagon or intelligence agency “advisor“ on it must fire those “advisors“ immediately they’re a huge part of the probl

27.05.2020 - 19:09 [ ORF.at ]

Auch Kinos können schon ab Freitag wieder öffnen

Noch vor Kurzem hatte es geheißen, dass die Kinos erst mit dem nächsten Kulturöffnungsschritt Anfang Juli ihre Pforten öffnen können, nun ist es schon am Freitag so weit: Die heute veröffentlichte Novelle zur Covid-19-Lockerungsverordnung macht Filmvorführungen ab 29. Mai bei Einhaltung der vorgegebenen Sicherheitsbeschränkungen möglich.

05.05.2020 - 22:00 [ theIntercept.com ]

“Capital in the 21st Century”: Finally, a Movie That Tells the Story of How We Got Into This Mess

All societies maintain what anthropologists call “social silence” about the society’s most significant subjects. As Tett puts it, what matters most “is not discussed because those topics are considered boring, irrelevant, taboo, or just unthinkable.”

“Capital in the 21st Century” understands that the daily facts about capitalism seem boring, irrelevant, etc., to most people because they’re not part of a story. They’re like baseball scores when you don’t know anything about baseball’s rules or teams or history. But understanding the story of capitalism is like understanding all of that about baseball, plus having a team to root for, and realizing that, if your team loses, you’re going to die.

11.09.2019 - 13:01 [ Luogo Comune old.luogocomune.net ]

„September 11 – The New Pearl Harbor“ – A Film by Massimo Mazzucco

INDEX for DVD 1

INTRODUCTION

0.01:02 – 12 parallels between Pearl
Harbor and September 11
0.14:10 – The debate: main issues

PART 1 – AIR DEFENSE

0.14:55 – Where are the interceptors?
0.16:12 – The „incompetence theory“ (radars, transponders)
0.22:00 – The military drills
0.29:40 – Specific warnings
0.33:08 – The chain of command
0.38:10 – Promotions, not punishments
0.39:50 – The Mineta case
0.47:38 – Debunkers: „Mineta was mistaken“
0.53:18 – The Mineta case – A summary

PART 2 – THE HIJACKERS

0.57:15 – „Piss-poor student pilots“
0.59:38 – Marwan al-Sheikki (UA175)
1.01:52 – Ziad Jarrah (UA93)
1.03:06 – Hani Hanjour (AA77)
1.04:00 – The debunkers‘ positions
1.06:00 – 2 simulations of the Pentagon attack
1.13:10 – Someone knew?
1.16:40 – Airport security cameras
1.20.15 – The missing black boxes

PART 3 – THE AIRPLANES

1.26:50 – Passenger planes or military drones?
1.28:20 – Impossible speeds
1.37:30 – What happened to the passengers?
1.38:35 – The cellphone calls
1.48:30 – The debunkers‘ position
1.50:38 – If not from the planes, from where?

INDEX for DVD 2

PART 4 – THE PENTAGON

0.02:35 – Downed light poles
0.03:30 – The missing plane
0.04:30 – The official version
0.05:24 – Problems with the official version (wing, ailerons, tail, engines)
0.13:09 – The mystery hole
0.14:10 – The debunkers‘ explanations
0.16:20 – Conclusions on damage analysis
0.17:00 – The missing tapes
0.18:30 – Security video analysis
0.23.40 – Pentagon summary

PART 5 – FLIGHT 93

0.24.15 – The empty hole
0.28.00 – The debunkers‘ explanations
0.33:00 – Plane crash or bomb explosion?
0.34:50 – The debris field
0.37.20 – The shootdown hypothesis
0.38:50 – The small white plane
0.41:40 – „Let‘s roll“
0.44:25 – Summary of Flight 93

PART 6 – THE TWIN TOWERS

0.45:10 – Introduction
0.47:45 – The Towers‘ small dirty secret
0.53:10 – Larry Silverstein
0.56:15 – NIST vs. Architects & Engineers
0.58:00 – Robust or fragile buildings?
1.04:45 – The initial collapse – Explanation #1
1.05:45 – The initial collapse – Explanation #2
1.07:35 – Problems with the official explanation
1.18:00 – The full collapse – No official explanation
1.18:50 – Law of physics violated
1.20:50 – The Twin Towers and freefall
1.27:50 – Debunkers‘ response to A&E

INDEX for DVD 3

(Twin Towers continued)

0.00:20 – The hypothesis of controlled demolitions
0.01:08 – Debunkers: „Impossible to place explosives“
0.07:34 – Explosions in the Twin Towers (witnesses)
0.15:00 – „Fuel in elevators shafts“ theory
0.23:25 – Debunkers: „Explosions not recorded by tv cameras“
0.30:26 – Squibs
0.33:00 – Explosive force (montage)
0.35:00 – Ejecta
0.38:00 – Diagonal cuts
0.40:15 – What happened to the hat trusses?
0.42:20 – Extreme temperatures
0.45:30 – Debunkers‘ explanations
0.46:45 – Twisted and mangled beams
0.47:40 – Molten steel
0.51:05 – Molten concrete
0.53:50 – Pulverization
0.57:40 – Victims vaporized
1.02:20 – Conclusion on the Twin Towers

PART 7 – BUILDING 7

1.05:10 – Introduction
1.06:35 – Official version by NIST
1.09:36 – Collapse computer simulation
1.11:00 – Fire computer simulation
1.12:20 – Debunkers: „Building 7 weaker“
1.14:25 – Preknowledge
1.19:00 – Symmetry
1.20:00 – Freefall

EPILOGUE

1.22:30 – John McCain
1.24:35 – The last word

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