Thursday, November 30 2006
Iraq in Fragments (2006)
A meditation on chaos and coping, the documentary keeps its focus intently on Iraqis.
Thursday, July 28 2005
The Dreams of Sparrows (2004)
Director Hayder Mousa Daffar had a dream, to make a documentary about his Iraq. Not, he says, the Iraq that he sees 'on the internet, on the news... bombs and explosions', but a country where people lived, and survived, and aspired for more.
Thursday, May 5 2005
Noam Chomsky: Rebel Without a Pause: Noam Chomsky, Carol Chomsky - PopMatters Film Review )
Noam Chomsky is also a walking primer on how to be a public intellectual.
Thursday, April 7 2005
The Corporation (2004)
The film argues that today, corporations are the planet's dominant institution, such that their welfare, as individuals, takes precedence over all else.
Thursday, July 15 2004
The Corporation (2004)
The film argues that today, corporations are the planet's dominant institution, such that their welfare, as individuals, takes precedence over all else.
Tuesday, May 11 2004
Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance by Noam Chomsky
The world did not suddenly become extraordinarily dangerous on September 11, 2001. What has changed since then is the reinterpretation of basic terms now being used to justify US policies.
Thursday, January 8 2004
Power Trip (2003)
The real villain, as Power Trip portrays it, is the corrupt Georgian government, led at the time by Eduard Shevardnadze.
Thursday, March 13 2003
Bolivia (2001)
Adrián Caetano uses a lack of financing to his benefit; he keeps his camera on the action, and he keeps the action moving.
