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‘80s Cliques, Hughes and White Kids

enrico

While chatting with Amy Holmes and John Hockenberry on NPR’s The Take Away, Wesley Morris, a film critic from The Boston Globe, threw this out there: “Yeah, I mean, I think there is a kind of universality to some of…read more

“Slacktivism”

enrico

I sat wallflower during a recent and friendly Progressive Exchange email sing-along about lazy activism, or “slacktivism” as it’s now being called. The term seems to have come into being this year and usually refers to activism that occurs online…read more

Insight or Incite?

enrico

Insight vs. incite… an admittedly garish distinction, maybe even shallow, but when you see two films side-by-side that both tackle significant issues confronting two neighboring African countries, such a blunt and gimmicky comparison can be helpful.

In the first…read more

Good Pitch at Hot Docs

enrico

Pitching a film can be intense, but at Hot Docs it is was particularly… well.. let’s just say that I didn’t expect the Spanish Inquisition. Imagine yourself, the filmmaker-heretic, encircled by 15 to 20 broadcaster-monarchs who are themselves surrounded by…read more

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