UNAFF brings international documentaries to campus Gillie Collins October 17, 2014 1 Comment Why is mid-October is my favorite holiday season? Because the United Nations Association Film Festival is back on campus, of course. Read More »
“Difret” spotlights feminist issues in Ethiopia Gillie Collins October 6, 2014 0 Comments In the opening scene of “Difret,” Zereseney Mehari’s first feature film, human rights lawyer Meaza Ashenafi (Meron Getnet) reassures one of her clients: “Don’t worry,” she says. “There... Read More »
How to find love at the Anderson Collection Gillie Collins September 30, 2014 0 Comments You are one of the first visitors to be seduced by the Anderson Collection at Stanford University. Just inside the doors, a long, gradual staircase takes you up and away. Read More »
Cantor exhibit explores Robert Frank’s early photography Gillie Collins September 25, 2014 1 Comment In 1955, Robert Frank left New York City for the open road. Over the course of the next two years, he traveled across the U.S., taking photographs for his magnum opus, “The Americans.” Cantor Arts... Read More »
The Suicided Activist II: Aaron Swartz beyond Post-Mortem Diagnosis Gillie Collins September 8, 2014 2 Comments The shock of an early death — especially of a celebrated thinker and inventor like Aaron Swartz — is fodder for our collective imagination. Swartz’s suicide catapulted him into the mainstream... Read More »
The Suicided Activist I: “Making Sense” of Aaron Swartz’s Death Gillie Collins September 4, 2014 5 Comments In January 2013, Aaron Swartz — hacktivist, inventor and prodigy — hanged himself in his Brooklyn apartment. He was 26. Since his death, the media has tended to interpret Swartz’s suicide as... Read More »
“To Be Takei”: Interview with Directors Jennifer Kroot and Bill Weber Gillie Collins August 22, 2014 2 Comments In 2011, when Tennessee’s “don’t say gay” bill threatened to make the word “gay” illicit in schools, protesters held signs: “It’s okay to be Takei.” George Takei — first famous for... Read More »
‘The Kill Team’ provides slanted account of Maywand District murders Gillie Collins August 1, 2014 10 Comments “I couldn’t take it anymore. I wanted to tell somebody what was going on,” said Specialist Adam Winfield, recalling his time with the Fifth Stryker Brigade, Second Infantry Division, stationed... Read More »
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