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CINEMA: The Tough Get Going In Thailand
The film industry in Thailand might be crippled by a lack of money, high taxes, censorship and other woes, it is not completely paralysed.CINEMA: Fusion of Cinema and Visual Arts
A year later than the rest of the world, Britain is now celebrating the centenary of film.CINEMA-BRITAIN: ‘Richard III’ Becomes a Failed Fascist Satire
Pity William Shakespeare. To get modern audiences to see his spectacular, biased history of King Richard III, director Richard Loncraine and actor Ian McKellen have dressed the play up in pseudo-Nazi garb.CULTURE-BURKINA FASO: Not Quite Mecca
At night, the dust-laden desert wind whips the mosques' crescents and walls, with a eerie whistling sound that evokes the mythical battles between angels and demons for control of the earth thousands of years ago.CULTURE: Photography from a Different Angle
An exhibition of pictures by African- American photographers, currently on show at Kingston's National Gallery, offers Jamaicans an opportunity to see a different sort of photography, according to organisers.MUSIC-CANADA: Morissette’s Angry Tunes Win Awards but Not Critics
Canadian pop star Alanis Morissette ought to be happy: her angry songs of lost love and self-assertion won her most of the top U.S. music prizes at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles last week.CINEMA: Do The Right Thing – And Do It Yourself
'Clockers', the most recent film by American director Spike Lee, has received far less hostile reactions from the media than some of his previous works.CINEMA-HAITI: Protection Urged for Fragile Sector
Like most other sectors of Haiti's economy, the country's film industry is in dire straits. Still, director Raoul Peck believes new life can be breathed into local film production.SOUTH KOREA: Made in Korea – With Great Difficulty
A 'Made in Korea' tag inside a garment would not normally provoke thought about this liberal, fast-paced Asian nation and the achievements of its technologically advanced economy and highly skilled industrial workforce.CINEMA: ‘Hearts and Minds’ Sheds Light on South Africa’s Dark Days
It was no mean achievement for the young director Ralph Ziman to make South Africa's first fully- independent feature film since the end of the apartheid regime.COMMUNICATIONS: Aboriginal Radio Goes Beyond Dreamtime
Radio and television services for the aborigines of Australia have come a long way in just 10 years.DRAMA-KENYA: Pub Theatre Pulls in Crowds
Aspiring drama groups in Nairobi unable, or unwilling, to pay high fees to stage their productions in proper theatres are taking their shows to where there is always an audience - in the pubs that abound in the capital.ART-USA: Artists Take to the Road
Sculptor Joe Pozycinski "follows the harvest" to sell his creations as he tours art festivals throughout the United States: Texas in the spring, the Midwest in summer and Florida during winter.LITERATURE: Irish Literature a ‘Model for Third World Authors’
"Ireland is a first-world country but with a third-world memory," says Declan Kiberd, a literary critic and one of Ireland's foremost intellectuals.JAMAICA-ENTERTAINMENT: Music as Real Business
Jamaica is stepping up efforts to establish an entertainment infrastructure that will translate into increased earnings from its thriving but largely under-exploited music industry.CRAFTS-INDIA: Jewellery Brightens Prospects for Craftswomen
The remnants of a dying art are on display along the narrow lanes of an old quarter in this historic city in India's western State of Rajasthan.ARTS-BULGARIA: Suicide Rate is Dramatic
Early in the new year, Naum Shopov, one of Bulgaria's leading theatrical actors, went behind the stage of the National Theatre here and cut his veins.FILM-ZIMBABWE: Film Industry Lags Behind the Times
Fifteen years after attainment of political independence beckoned a new surge of confidence in indigenous culture, Zimbabwe's film makers are still far behind counterparts elsewhere on the continent.FILM-LATIN AMERICA: Art and the Hollywood Machine
Latin American filmmakers attending the 13th Miami Film Festival spoke in one voice when asked to reflect on the nature of Hollywood. Almost to a man/woman they agreed the centre of the world movie industry is an intimidating place to work.CINEMA: When the Filming Gets Tough, Berlin Pays Attention
The 46th edition of the Berlin Film Festival, which is to start Feb. 15, pays special attention to films which "made it through": films which have been made under difficult conditions.CULTURE: Sawalif Showcases Social Ills of Gaza Strip
When Sa'ud Mohanna puts his artist's pen to paper, he does not need to go far to find an interesting subject matter.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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