Король зерна

Зная меня, ответьте на следующий вопрос: какой из вариантов времяпрепровождения в четверг вечером пришелся мне больше по душе: выступление симфонического оркестра университета Миссури в Сент-Луисе, в котором я учусь по программе обмена студентов, рассказ о библейской интерпретации афроамериканцев в находящейся рядом с университетам католической благотворительной организации Chi Alpha, с которой я сотрудничал в качестве волонтёра во время моего первого семестра в США, или бесплатный показ документального фильма King Corn в историческом музее штата Миссури? Наверное, вы уже догадались, что я выбрал последнее (хотя сомневался я в выборе до последнего, простите за тавтологию).

Привлекло меня то, что это мероприятие проходило в рамках серии специальных показов телевизионного фестиваля независимого кинематографа Independent Lens - Community Cinema, выходящего на некоммерческом общественном телевидении США - PBS. Из-за подобных показов я уже четвёртый раз за три месяца посещаю музей (чаще - только университет) - там я уже посмотрел фильмы Banished, Other People's Pictures и Iron Ladies of Liberia.

More of An Inconvenient Truth

Today I have received the awaited book from eBay, but I have already changed my mind and decided to buy another movie for the paper on mass media criticism, Crank.

In March 2007, Al Gore talked about the ecological issue to Fredrik Skavlan on NRK1's talk show "First & Last".

An Inconvenient Truth

I've bought a DVD with the film based on Ale Gore's book, An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming.  May be, I will write a paper on exploring media stereotypes for my Mass Media Criticism class on this one?

I have also ordered the actual book from eBay.com auction where it is $10 cheaper than on Amazon.com and is expected in the same time interval.

Iron Ladies of Liberia in Missouri

I considered spending tonight's evening either at Black Poetry night at the university or at a movie night in the Catholic Center), but in the last minute I remembered about PBS' Independent Lens' Community Cinema series in the the Missouri History Museum screening Iron Ladies of Liberia.

Other People's Pictures in Missouri

The second Thursday in a row I went to the Missouri History Museum, this time to watch a screening of Other People's Pictures, a documentary about those who collect interesting photos of unknown people. They buy them and give them a new life.

There were only two guests at the follow-up discussion. John Foster has a website Accidental Mysteries, devoted to his and his wife's hobby. As for Bill Keaggy, he does not only stores hundreds of shots, but also collects ... grocery lists. He was the guest on The Morning News, and they told a lot about his passion. You can send him one, if you would like to enrich his online collection.

Banished in Missori

Today I attended first of this year's Community Cinema screenings of upcoming Independent Lens episodes on PBS, held in the Missouri History Museum. The special exhibition and reception before Banished was followed by the panel discussion about treating African American at present. The whole hall was full with people (the majority of black origin), and the other one was opened to participate through the camera broadcast during the discussion.

I also took with me some goodies from the showing: the copy of a local paper published 100 years ago and telling about turning African Americans away from many counties, that still have almost entire white population. You can download reparation dollars from the film's website or other staff for raising interest on its Independent Lens page.