arts and culture
Guiomar’s story: Putting Paulo Freire’s philosophy of literacy into practice
April 8, 2021When Guiomar Albuquerque was 13 years old, she began to teach fishermen in the Ilha do Maruim (Mosquito Island) favela of Olinda how to read and write.
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A virtual birthday celebration for Paul Robeson on April 9
April 6, 2021Paul Robeson (1898-1976), actor, singer, athlete, civil rights activist, and humanitarian, is the inspiration for The Robey Theatre Company and the man from whom The Robey gets its name.
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‘Coastal Elites’: Diary of the Plague Year
April 5, 2021It's the first excellent film that speaks to what we have been through as a society during the pandemic.
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‘Pros and Cons’: Scamming neoliberal scammers
April 2, 2021The popularity of these series is an indication of the anxiety experienced by a class which is every day watching itself falling into an increasingly regressive two-class system.
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‘The Present’: The future is the gift
March 31, 2021“The Present” is a thin slice of life, one day with the Palestinian Yusef (Saleh Bakri) as he attempts to buy an anniversary gift for his wife Noor (Mariam Basha).
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