Katya Kazbek2019-06-25T11:58:03-04:00Art: Saïdou Dicko, The Kite, 2018Katya Kazbek2019-06-25T11:58:03-04:00Country: Burkina Faso|Self-taught Burkinabe multimedia artists makes collages of people who live in the shadows—or remain shadows about to metamorphose into something remarkable
Katya Kazbek2019-06-16T20:01:01-04:00Film: Joël Karekezi, The Mercy of the Jungle, 2018Katya Kazbek2019-06-16T20:01:01-04:00Country: Belgium, DR Congo, France, Rwanda|Two Rwandan soldiers try to survive the jungle after being separated from their platoon during the Second Congo War in the first all-black anti-war film from a young and promising Rwandan talent
Katya Kazbek2019-06-16T19:33:56-04:00Film: Mariah Wilson, Silent Forests, 2018Katya Kazbek2019-06-16T19:33:56-04:00Country: Cameroon, DR Congo, USA|Documentary shedding light on the people who help fight poaching and protect the endangered species in the often overlooked wildlife zones of Cameroon and DR Congo
Katya Kazbek2019-06-22T12:14:20-04:00Music: Tenzin Choegyal and Taro Terahara, The Awakened Heart, 2011Katya Kazbek2019-06-22T12:14:20-04:00Country: Australia, Japan, Tibet|Calming, healing collection of mantras, both ancient and contemporary, in a collaboration between Tibetan musician based in Australia and the Japanese master of the bansuri flute
Katya Kazbek2019-06-16T18:57:23-04:00Film: Anas Tolba, Between Two Seas, 2019Katya Kazbek2019-06-16T18:57:23-04:00Country: Egypt|Enthralling narrative of education and tradition coming to clashes in a small Egyptian island close to Cairo, with a remarkable ensemble of women actors who portray their characters with gusto and sass
Katya Kazbek2019-06-19T11:43:22-04:00Film: Toyin Ibrahim Adekeye, Bigger Than Africa, 2018Katya Kazbek2019-06-19T11:43:22-04:00Country: Benin, Brazil, Cuba, Nigeria, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, USA|A long overdue educational and mesmerizing documentary on the way Yoruba religion spread from West Africa to many regions of the world via slave trade routes: and people practicing it today
Katya Kazbek2019-06-16T19:33:56-04:00Film: Mariah Wilson, Silent Forests, 2018Katya Kazbek2019-06-16T19:33:56-04:00Country: Cameroon, DR Congo, USA|Documentary shedding light on the people who help fight poaching and protect the endangered species in the often overlooked wildlife zones of Cameroon and DR Congo
Katya Kazbek2019-06-16T18:57:23-04:00Film: Anas Tolba, Between Two Seas, 2019Katya Kazbek2019-06-16T18:57:23-04:00Country: Egypt|Enthralling narrative of education and tradition coming to clashes in a small Egyptian island close to Cairo, with a remarkable ensemble of women actors who portray their characters with gusto and sass
Katya Kazbek2019-06-19T11:43:22-04:00Film: Toyin Ibrahim Adekeye, Bigger Than Africa, 2018Katya Kazbek2019-06-19T11:43:22-04:00Country: Benin, Brazil, Cuba, Nigeria, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, USA|A long overdue educational and mesmerizing documentary on the way Yoruba religion spread from West Africa to many regions of the world via slave trade routes: and people practicing it today
Katya Kazbek2019-06-15T10:15:14-04:00Film: Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud, Fatwa, 2018Katya Kazbek2019-06-15T10:15:14-04:00Country: Tunisia|A father returns to his homeland of Tunisia to bury his son, only to discover that he had been radicalized prior to his death: a crucial feature from Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud starring singer Gahlia Benali
Katya Kazbek2019-06-19T19:25:04-04:00Film: Vikas Kanna, The Last Color, 2019Katya Kazbek2019-06-19T19:25:04-04:00Country: India|Eye candy premier feature from celebrity chef about the friendship of two untouchables: an orphan girl and a widow living in an ashram, and the political change it brought
Katya Kazbek2019-06-19T19:05:39-04:00Film: Indu Krishnan, Good Guy, Bad Guy, 2018Katya Kazbek2019-06-19T19:05:39-04:00Country: India|A smart documentary on the imperfections of charity cases portrayed through the director's relationship with a Bangalore ragpicker
Katya Kazbek2019-06-20T23:04:01-04:00Book: Su Wei, Invisible Valley, 2006Katya Kazbek2019-06-20T23:04:01-04:00Country: China|A glorious novel of magic, politics and polyamory set in Cultural revolution era rural China
Katya Kazbek2019-06-19T18:54:58-04:00Film: Jeon Go-Woon, Microhabitat, 2017Katya Kazbek2019-06-19T18:54:58-04:00Country: South Korea|Poverty and homelessness in South Korea imagined via a tender, funny and nuanced portrait of a young woman who refuses to wallow in misery
Katya Kazbek2019-06-17T22:58:06-04:00Film: Bogdan Theodor Olteanu, Several Conversations About a Very Tall Girl, 2018Katya Kazbek2019-06-17T22:58:06-04:00Country: Romania| Romania’s first queer film, a fresh take on a budding lesbian romance, and an exemplary, intelligent study of how class and other societal factors complicate grappling with one’s sexuality
Katya Kazbek2019-06-20T23:02:51-04:00Book: Jose Manuel Robledo and Marcial Toledano, Ken Games Series, 2009-2017Katya Kazbek2019-06-20T23:02:51-04:00Country: Spain|A series of graphic novels from the Spanish powerduo about a group of friends who are hiding their real identities even from each other
Katya Kazbek2019-06-19T13:12:30-04:00Film: Salomé Lamas, Extinction, 2018Katya Kazbek2019-06-19T13:12:30-04:00Country: Portugal, Transnistria|An essayistic, philosophical documentary feature on the aftermath of Soviet Union’s colonial rule with an emphasis on Transnistria
Katya Kazbek2019-06-19T19:29:26-04:00Film: Andrea Sorini, Baikonur. Earth, 2018Katya Kazbek2019-06-19T19:29:26-04:00Country: Italy, Kazakhstan|A trip to Baikonur, the biggest space launch facility on Earth, and its adjacent surroundings in rural Kazakhstan: a sci-fi inspired documentary feature from a young Italian filmmaker
Katya Kazbek2019-06-20T23:05:57-04:00Book: Tristan Roulot and Denis Rodier, Arale, 2019Katya Kazbek2019-06-20T23:05:57-04:00Country: Canada, Russia|An alternative history, where Rasputin is the one doing purges instead of Stalin, with the use of technology
Katya Kazbek2019-06-22T14:41:29-04:00Art: T. C. Cannon, His Hair Flows Like a River, 1973Katya Kazbek2019-06-22T14:41:29-04:00Country: Native American tribes, USA|Native American artist who explored the themes of identity and belonging during the Vietnam war
Katya Kazbek2019-06-19T23:07:18-04:00Film: Hari Sama, This Is Not Berlin, 2019Katya Kazbek2019-06-19T23:07:18-04:00Country: Mexico|Exploration of otherness and the radical art scene in Mexico City during the 1986 Olympics
Katya Kazbek2019-06-20T23:10:53-04:00Book: Huda Fahmy, Yes, I’m Hot In This, 2018Katya Kazbek2019-06-20T23:10:53-04:00Country: USA|Comic strips that capture the frustrations and the joys of a contemporary American woman in a headscarf: and the face palms that non-Muslim Americans around her ignite
Katya Kazbek2019-06-21T09:38:39-04:00Book: Carl Hoffman, The Last Wild Men of Borneo, 2018Katya Kazbek2019-06-21T09:38:39-04:00Country: Indonesia, Malaysia, Switzerland, USA|
Katya Kazbek2019-06-21T10:12:49-04:00Book: Nicholas Laughlin, So Many Islands, 2018Katya Kazbek2019-06-21T10:12:49-04:00Country: Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, Cyprus, Fiji, Grenada, Jamaica, Malta, Mauritius, Niue, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Samoa, Singapore, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago|
Katya Kazbek2019-06-23T11:33:22-04:00Art: Fijian Traditional DressKatya Kazbek2019-06-23T11:33:22-04:00Country: Fiji|
Katya Kazbek2019-06-21T10:12:01-04:00Book: G.S. Johnston, The Cast of a Hand, 2015Katya Kazbek2019-06-21T10:12:01-04:00Country: Australia, France|
Katya Kazbek2019-06-20T16:06:11-04:00Music: Yma Sumac, Mambo!, 1954Katya Kazbek2019-06-20T16:06:11-04:00Country: Peru|Peruvian goddess sings: four and a half octaves and a whole lot of mambo
Katya Kazbek2019-06-20T16:22:04-04:00Film: Laura Huertas Millan, Sol Negro, 2016Katya Kazbek2019-06-20T16:22:04-04:00Country: Colombia|A gentle portrait of a Colombian opera singer who struggles with addiction and mental health issues
Katya Kazbek2019-06-21T09:36:15-04:00Book: Eduardo Sánchez Rugeles, Blue Label, 2010Katya Kazbek2019-06-21T09:36:15-04:00Country: Venezuela|
Katya Kazbek2019-06-23T10:20:02-04:00Film: Lina Rodriguez, This Time Tomorrow, 2016Katya Kazbek2019-06-23T10:20:02-04:00Country: Colombia|
