FOOTNOTE

The opening scene of this film is a ceremony where Uriel Shkolnik is being honored as a new member of the prestigious Israeli Academy, and the camera stays completely focused on Eliezer his father who sits in the audience totally stony-faced even when Uriel is lavishly praising him.  It neatly sets the whole timbre of … Continue reading

Footnotes

Footnotes is a charming French musical about a group of striking female workers who want to save their livelihoods when the powers-that-be threaten to close the factory which makes expensive couture women’s shoes. It’s the story that makes it a delight and the characters who are the core of the plot, but it’s just that … Continue reading

FOR 80 DAYS

Axun’s ex son-in-law Mikel is rushed to hospital after a tragic car accident and as he is completely alone , she feels obliged to visit him.  Whilst there she meets Maite who’s visiting her brother, also in a coma, and suddenly realizes that this is her best friend from high school.  In fact the two … Continue reading

For 80 Days aka 80 Egunean

  Axun’s ex son-in-law Mikel is rushed to hospital after a tragic car accident and as he is completely alone, she feels obliged to visit him.  Whilst there she meets Maite who’s visiting her brother, also in a coma, and realizes that this is her best friend from high school. In fact the two of … Continue reading

For black gay men in US the chances of contracting HIV are 1 in 2

The leading UK newspaper The Guardian has made a mini-documentary about what they call the hidden HIV epidemic in America.  Reporter Leah Green went to Atlanta which has a very large black gay community and discovered that if you are a gay, black man in America today, your chances of contracting HIV are 1 in 2.  That is in sharp contrast … Continue reading

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