Director Josh Leong’s live-action narrative short, Chicken, was inspired by true stories of real children he first met while volunteering in NYC juvenile detention centres in the summer of 2021. This topical film will screen in competition at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival, featuring a real prison chick-hatching program, that the filmmakers partnered with. In…
Category: Social Issues
Emmanuel Tenebaum’s Timely Film “Free Fall” Examines the Far-Reaching Arm of Tragedy – Review
September 11th, 2021 marked the 20 year anniversary of the largest terrorist attacks on American soil. The significance of this event not only lies within the number of lives that were taken or the brutality of the attack but also in how many people it touched. While it occurred in New York City, New York,…
Farbod Ardebili’s “Forbidden To See Us Scream in Tehran” Tells a Powerful Story of Freedom and the Love of Sisters
Farbod Ardebili tells a heart-wrenching and powerful story in his film Forbidden to See Us Scream in Tehran. The protagonist is a young woman named Shima (Mohadeseh Kharaman). She cares for her young sister, Sherin (Sarina Amiri) while living essentially a “double life” as a singer in an underground heavy metal band. The danger of…
Sting’s Song “Inshallah” Provides Musical Narration to Maya Sanbar’s Film Highlighting Refugee Children
Maya Sanbar has created a gorgeous and haunting world in Footsteps on the Wind. It has the feeling of a nostalgic childhood cartoon that morphs into a larger world to tell an important story. The film tells the story of a family (father, mother, brother, and sister) who are torn apart due to a variety…
Interview Jimmy Olsson: Racism is still very common all over the world
2nd Class is the latest film from director Jimmy Olsson that addresses the relevant important issue of Racism. We had the opportunity to talk to Jimmy Olsson about his film, his upcoming projects, and what message he would like people to take away from this film. Hi Jimmy, how are you doing? I am doing…
The Boarder Movie – the first ever film to talk about Reactive Attachment Disorder
Have you ever seen the documentary Rage? Where a little girl talks about wanting to ‘Kill her mommy’ the same way she would talk about eating sweets. That young child was suffering from RAD. When we heard about the film THE BOARDER – the first ever film to tackle RAD, we got very excited and…
Stars from Twilight Breaking Dawn, The River and Eastenders Support London’s Youth
Is it right for a 13 year old to aspire to be on the dole? Should young people choose employment or welfare? How can things be changed for our youth? On Monday 19th March these questions and more will be asked directly by 150 young people to MPs and Peers in the Houses of Parliament….
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