As more and more of the American population gets vaccinated, restrictions are being rolled back and a return to normal life finally seems on the horizon. This includes the reopening of many shuttered movie theaters and an anticipated removal of capacity limits on attendance. The Tribeca Film Festival has confirmed that it plans to host…
Photo Credit for Feature Image: Carlos Austin If a decade ago virtual reality was associated to a remote future, or even science fiction, this phantasmagorical world is very much part of our current reality, and it is thriving. Someone who knows this well is international award-winning director and virtual theatre pioneer Kiira Benzing. Through the…
School shootings have, unfortunately, become an all-too-recognizable facet of American society. Their prevalence and the lack of adequate political action taken to curb access to firearms has resulted in the deaths of far too many young people. The effects surviving such an ordeal has on those present when a previously safe zone is invaded have…
It’s not easy to find something that the whole world knows about and can relate to, and the coronavirus pandemic is one of the few exceptions. Yet for something that’s traveled from continent to continent and infected millions of people, there’s so much that’s still not known about it and a tremendous amount of misinformation…
Activism involves fighting for a cause, and very often advocating for those who cannot do so themselves. It’s easiest for people to internalize injustices when they are the ones being discriminated against or oppressed in some way. True passion can motivate people to speak out on behalf of someone else and for something that they…
WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn Premieres at SXSW 2021 Reflecting the old chestnut, “truth is stranger than fiction,” the documentary, WeWork: Or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn illustrates that saying perfectly. Director Jed Rothstein’s doc feature tells of the incredibly swift rise of WeWork co-founder…
Indoctrination is a powerful and dangerous thing. Getting someone to believe in a cause can make them an advocate for it, continuing to spread one way of thinking to others who might be susceptible. It’s difficult to convince someone else that they are wrong, and severity and consequences are often the only effective ways of…
The American dream is a concept that doesn’t always live up to its glorious reputation. Those who grow up elsewhere longing for the promise American has to offer rarely have the means necessary to be able to partake in that luxurious lifestyle, and if they do make it to the fabled country, their existence won’t…
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