Reconciling Personal Accounts of the Holocaust in Shalom Italia, Premiering Monday, July 24 on POVThree Italian Jewish brothers search for the cave where they hid from the Nazis Shalom Italia. CREDIT: TAMAR TAL ANATI On the run from Nazis, three Italian Jewish brothers spent months during their childhood hiding in a cave in the Tuscan countryside. Nearly 70 years later, after emigrating to Israel, the three reunite in the country they were forced to abandon and rediscover their hiding place. “For years I’ve wanted to find that cave, the place to which we owe our lives,” says Bubi, the youngest of the trio. Amid hearty Tuscan meals and sweeping landscapes, the octogenarians’ quest…
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THE MAKING OF A STAR – ON YOU TUBE PRESENTING PRINCESS SHAW hits PBS
The Making of a Star—On YouTube—in ‘Presenting Princess Shaw,’ Hits PBS POV An unexpected pair reveals music’s cross-cultural impact Presenting Princess Shaw. CREDIT: IDO HAAR By day, Samantha Montgomery cares for the elderly in New Orleans. By night, she writes and sings her own songs as Princess Shaw on her confessional YouTube channel. Little does she know that her fiery-red hair and soulful voice have captured the attention of a video artist 7,000 miles away on an Israeli kibbutz. In an unexpected musical mash-up, Princess Shaw finds herself at the center of a viral video hit by Israeli producer Ophir Kutiel, known as Kutiman on YouTube, whose video mixes of amateur…
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Friends Face Down Syrian Regime in The War Show, Airing July 3, 2017 on POV
Friends Face Down Syrian Regime in The War Show, Airing July 3, 2017 on POV Film depicts ongoing destruction in strife-torn country The War Show. CREDIT: BOND/360 Syria’s Arab Spring, like other similar movements in the region, began with hope. In early 2011, autocratic governments throughout the Middle East and North Africa seemed to be on the verge of receding peacefully, and Syrian protestors massed to demonstrate against the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad. The uprising quickly gave way to conflict, however, and by 2016 the Syrian civil war had claimed 470,000 lives and displaced 11 million people. The new documentary The War Show focuses on some of the idealists…
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LA FILM FESTIVAL: THE BOOK OF HENRY
Saw the book of Henry and my family was alarmed at my actual sobbing in the theater How many times do we watch an injustice happen to a compete stranger or even a next door neighbor and run a blind eye? Better yet, what if a loved one passes on and has a final wish they are insistent be carried out…would you do it? My Uncle had been missing for three years and one of my elder relative’s final wish was to find him. Well, when we finally did, as fate would have it he would die by very suspicious circumstances just a few months later. Did I want to…
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LET IT FALL
A few months ago, during a horrible rainstorm my GPS gave me shortcut that landed me in a park in the dark. Feverishly driving to get out and get home safely, I was abruptly pulled over the “park police”. As a resident of Los Angeles and with racial tensions at an all time high across the county, I don’t have to tell you that I was alone and I was frightened. Luckily for me, I was released without incident. However, like today, Los Angeles in the 1980’s was full of turmoil and racial tension, Also, like today, the trust and mistrust of the police department…particularly the LAPD is a never-ending…
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Tribeca Film Festival 2017 – For Ahkeem
I am a native of St. Louis, Missouri. The city I grew up in you could leave your car unlocked. You could leave your front door open. The whole neighborhood would be our babysitter and our disciplinarian when my Mom had to work or go to school. Holidays were spent with family driving all over the city. 4th of July was on the riverfront under the Arch eating BBQ, dancing and waiting for fireworks. It was a simpler time and a time that sits fondly in my heart and in my memory. In watching “For Ahkeem”, I was devastated to see a St, Louis I no longer recognize. …
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United Shades of America
I became acutely aware of Bell when I stumbled upon his episode and interview with the Imperial Wizard of the KKK during his first season. I thought anyone brave and bold enough to have that conversation has my full and undivided attention.
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UNFORGETTEABLE
Back in the day, a little film called "Fatal Attraction" had the male population petrified of having an affair. Really, would you want your psychotic side piece snatching your kid, cold calling your wife or come home to find the family pet boiling on the stove?
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Unforgettable – Interviews with Dawson, Heigl and Cheryl Ladd
This was by far the most fun I have ever had at a press junket!!! Why? Girl Power Baby! It was a room full of women discussing real issues like mental health, unrealistic expectations on women to be perfect, women’s intuition, the unconditional love of a mother and so much more. Kinda not the discussion you think would take place to promote a film opening, but it was right on time! Directed by the incomparable Denise Di Novi and starring a stellar cast of women – Katherine Heigl, Rosario Dawson, Whitney Cummings and Cheryl Ladd, this film will literally have you screaming at the screen like you are in the…
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STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI 40th Anniversary Celebration
Moderated by Amy Ratcliffe (host of “Lattes with Leia” podcast), fans in attendance enjoyed a conversation about strong female characters central to the Star Wars universe and how they have inspired generations of fans; panelists included: Dave Filioni (executive producer Star Wars Rebels), Ashley Eckstein (“Ahsoka Tano”), Tiya Sircar (“Sabine Wren”) and surprise guest Daisy Ridley (“Rey”). The three actresses were surprised on stage with the reveal of their new Adventure Figures by Hasbro from the just-announced Star Wars Forces of Destiny. As part of the reveal, fans were treated to a sneak peek at the first animated Forces of Destiny short, which will launch on Disney YouTube in July…
