Dr George Tiller was gunned down in cold blood in front of his family whilst at a Sunday Service in a church in Wichita, Kansas in 2009. The killer was a rabid anti-abortionist activist who wanted to stop Dr Tiller performing third-trimester abortions. After he succeeded there were only four other Doctors left in the … Continue reading
I got totally swept away with this stunning uplifting movie about the genius who is the celebrated Chinese artist and political activist. Filmmaker Alison Klayman’s debut feature documentary chronicled his life for 3 years starting with his role as a Consultant to Herzog the architects as they constructed the ‘Birds Nest’ Olympic Stadium, and then he immediately infuriated the … Continue reading
Most of the time when the Holocaust is being discussed the emphasis is on the millions of Jews who were part of the genocide, and less about the very lucky survivors. The immediate period following the cessation of the War when people were released from the Concentration Camps only to struggle with their new … Continue reading
When a young pretty Danish girl was broke and stranded in Japan she asked a handsome American seamen in the Port in Yokohama for help, and a couple of bottles of Sake later, she was smuggled aboard his ship that was setting sail for Casablanca. A few days into the voyage they had fallen madly … Continue reading
In our present day culture when our eyes are more likely to be glued to our cellphone screens rather than each other, it’s particularly refreshing to come across new-found excitement for a craze that is sweeping the globe which demands that we are set aside our personal tech gadgets and get fully immersed with our … Continue reading