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Progress, Shame, and Silencing the Margins - Panel discussion

Via The Other Journal
Progress, Shame, and Silencing the Margins - Panel discussion of the Film Up The Yangtze
Moderator: Dwight Freisen
Panelists: Cal Uamoto, Eliacin Rosario-Cruz, Chelle Stearns, Christopher L. Heuertz
The following panel discussion took place at the Film, Faith, and Justice forum in Seattle, Washington on October 23rd, 2008.
Film, Faith, and Justice is a forum exploring [...]

Pray the Devil back to Hell

Pray the Devil Back to Hell

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Film Faith and Justice 2008, Seattle

I’ve been invited to participate again in the Film, Faith and Justice Festival. Last year I moderated a panel discussion on immigration issues. This is the 3rd festival that The Other Journal puts together. Each one of them have been provocative and challenging.
Some of the issues that will be address this year will be poverty, [...]

This is what Democracy looks like : The Battle in Seattle

Cut from the footage of over 100 media activists, This is What Democracy Looks Like captures the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle. The film marks a turning point in collaborative filmmaking and acheives a scope and vision possible only through the lenses of over 100 cameras.
See full video online.

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The Ordinary Radicals : The Trailer

I’m looking forward the release of this project. Some good friends of mine will be part of this inspiring and important film

 
The Ordinary Radicals

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Art & Spirituality

In August 2006 a young man entered the sanctuary at the church where I work (Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral) and vandalized various of the liturgical symbols.  I had my camera with me at the time and had the opportunity to take some photos of the aftermath.
 
Last month a fellow artist contacted me about collaborating in [...]

What Would Jesus Buy - About the Film

What Would Jesus Buy

What Would Jesus Buy? follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse: the [...]

Brown is the New Green

Brown is the New Green

Brown is the New Green:
George Lopez and the American Dream - Synopsis
Finally there is someone that you can invest in that looks like you, speaks like you, relates to things you relate to, and make our culture okay to talk about.” - George Lopez

Numbering 44 million, Latinos are not only [...]

Mirror Image

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Batismo de Sangre - Trailer

 
 
Based on the book with same title by Frei Betto
-En un libro fascinante publicado en Brasil y reeditado más de diez veces, Batismo de Sangue. Os dominicanos e a morte de Carlos Marighella (Río de Janeiro, Ed. Bertrand, 1987), traza el retrato del dirigente del principal grupo revolucionario armado, asesinado por la policía en [...]

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