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23 April 2012

China: Reactions to TV Ban on Japanese Porn Star, Sola Aoi

Written by Oiwan Lam · East Asia

Chinese netizens are frustrated by the government's ban stopping Japanese porn star Sola Aoi from appearing in television shows. To show their support, they displayed a slogan at a Guangzhou football match, which has captured imaginations.

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Mexico: Human Rights Abuses and the Presidential Elections

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

The documentary A Schizophrenic State by Charlotte King follows the stories of San Salvador Atenco and Oaxaca, two places in Mexico who suffered human rights abuses by the ruling political parties, including a Governor who now would like to become President.

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21 April 2012

This Week in the Caribbean Blogosphere

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

In last week's summary of the regional blogosphere, a young comtemporary artist from Barbados made the observation that the region is “more than the beach and coconuts.” Here's a round-up of what Caribbean netizens were talking about this week, with not one mention of beaches or coconuts...

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20 April 2012

Video: Better Aid and Development Discussions Through Islam Crash Course

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · South Asia

An ongoing discussion over at the Uncultured Project has been the relationship between the lack of knowledge on what Islam is about and how aid and development organizations relate to the Muslim community. Shawn Ahmed shares a simple and short video explaining what Islam is in an attempt to pave the road to better understanding of a large group of people who could be Aid recipients.

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18 April 2012

Cuba: Youth Film Festival Marked by Controversy

Written by Rafael Gonzalez · Translated by Georgi McCarthy · Latin America

The 11th "Muestra Joven del audiovisual cubano" [Youth Festival of Cuban Audiovisuals] took place this year from the 3rd to the 8th of April. The festival was marked by poor media coverage and the resignation of its coordinator, director Fernando Pérez.

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Video Highlights: Syrian Activism, Children's Issues and Dolphin Deaths

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Middle East & North Africa, East Asia

A selection of Global Voices' most recent and interesting stories like the Syrian protests in Middle East and North Africa, China and India's female gendercide phenomenon in South Asia and East Asia and viral video campaigns with Children in Mexico and the massive dolphin die-off in Peru for Latin America.

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14 April 2012

Armenia: Support for Georgi Vanyan

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

Following the cancellation last week of a festival of Azerbaijani films in Armenia amid threats of violence, alternative voices online comment on the campaign targeting the organizer, peace activist Georgi Vanyan.

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13 April 2012

Argentina: “I Don't Believe in Schools but I do Believe in Education”

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

Educacion Viva (Live Education) has released the first of their videos challenging traditional education systems, titled I Don't Believe in Schools but I do Believe in Education. In the subtitled video, more than 20 men and women read aloud a poem on the educational system and how it is different from what they believe education is.

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12 April 2012

Tanzania: Farewell to a Film Star

Written by J. Nambiza Tungaraza · Sub-Saharan Africa

Tanzania bid farewell to one of its most popular film stars, Steven Kanumba, with an emotionally-charged funeral on 11 April, 2012. He died early on Saturday morning, aged 28, after an altercation with his girlfriend Elizabeth ‘Lulu’ Michael.

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Spain: Christ Dances to Brazilian Pop Hit in Religious Procession

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Western Europe, Latin America

During the religious procession marking the end of the Christian Easter week in Alhama de Murcia, Spain, the image of the Resurrected Christ was struck by the Telomania, when the brotherhood carrying the image decided to play and dance to Michel Teló's international hit "Ai Se Eu Te Pego".

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Updates about Film

23 April 2012

Cuba

El Yuma writes about the visit of Cuban experimental art group Omni Zona Franca to New Orleans. Omni is on tour in the US this spring, performing various works, and showing a documentary about their work. They describe the documentary as follows: “Their lives are marked by the actual performance of life, giving communities other ways to enjoy life and art to the fullest. What's going on in the country? What's going on in the spirits of the people? What about freedom?”

• Ellery Roberts Biddle

20 April 2012

China

China law blog has an article looking into the draft of the China's Film Industry Promotion Law which has been in process for years. The writers explain the potential controversy on the draft law.

• Oiwan Lam

19 April 2012

Spain

In topics centered around children and youth, the Barcelona International Audiovisual Festival is calling for entries with a 31 May, 2012 registration deadline for audiovisuals that not only entertain but also educate and teach. More information on Young People's Media Network.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

18 April 2012

Austria

Students between the ages of 10 and 20 worldwide are invited to produce short films (max. 3 min) on the articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a special focus on sustainability, migration / refugees and global warming for the Video competition for the 2012 this human world Film Festival in Vienna. via YPMN

• Juliana Rincón Parra

Ghana

African Movie Critic shines light on Akan/Twi movies from Ghana: “I have always said local movies in both Ghana and Nigeria (e.g. Yoruba movies) ALWAYS seem to have a better story line. Why is that? Is it because the actors and actresses are able to perform better and let the story shine when acting in their own local dialect? And if so why not maybe do more of such movies with confidence that nonetheless it will still make international film festival.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Egypt

Al Jazeera World broadcasts a small film entitled “Egypt:The Other Homeland”, narrating the history of the once thriving Greek community in Egypt through personal interviews and archive material. At the beginning of the 20th century,there were about 200,000 Greeks in Egypt. Today, the Greek community there has approximately 1,000 members.

• Veroniki Krikoni

16 April 2012

Kenya

Hot Secrets blogs about Africa Movie Academy Awards: “The list of nominees for this year’s Africa Movie AcademyAwards (AMAA) has been released. Kenya has a total of 14 nominations. The organizerand founder said, “Our theme this year is Africa Rising. Africa’s economies areconsistently growing faster than those of almost any other region of the worldand our film industries are following suit.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

15 April 2012

Armenia

Unzipped again comments on last week's cancelled festival of Azerbaijani films in Armenia's second largest city of Gyumri. The blog concludes that the campaign and demonstration against local peace activist Georgi Vanyan illustrated that the ‘mob rules' and “state structures in Armenia failed to protect constitutional rights and freedom of their citizens.“

• Onnik Krikorian

12 April 2012

Nepal

The documentary ”Ujyalotira” (Towards the Light) is made by the Ban Landmines Campaign Nepal (NCBL) and the Women Development Society (WODES) and aims to raise awareness on the impact the conflict in the region is having on the children.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

11 April 2012

Indonesia

On twitter, a video of a large wave crashing on a beach is making its rounds: some people share it as a video from the 11 April, 2012 Indonesian Quake, and others insist it is 2004 footage rehashed.

• Juliana Rincón Parra