How the Arab Spring Changed the Arab Screen and Why You Need to Start Paying Attention

"I took this video so that people know what really happened," whispers the protagonist of "Rags and Tatters," Ahmad Abdallah's urgent yet understated Egyptian drama set ami...

Retroscope - In admiration

“ You must be the writer?!” The tall man greeted me sitting in the large drawing room .

His unexpected, if direct greeting, knocked me down that night w...

Bono Joins Lupita Nyong’o At Broadway’s ‘Eclipsed’ Show To Raise Awareness About Missing Girls In Nigeria Here's Another Reason To Sing Bono's Praises

The U2 front man and known philanthropist surprised the audience at Broadway's "Eclipsed" show on Saturday when he joined Lupita Nyong'o onstage to raise awareness about 21...

One Woman's Holocaust Secrets Make For A Powerful Film

HOW GENEALOGICAL DETECTIVE WORK MENDS A SHATTERED FAMILY
ONE OF THE WORST PARTS OF THE HORROR THAT WAS THE HOLOCAUST IS THAT ITS ECHOES NEVER CEASE TO REVERBERATE. YOU...

ONE WOMANS HOLOCAST SECRETS MAKE FOR A POWERFUL FILM

One of the worst parts of the horror that was the Holocaust is that its echoes never cease to reverberate. You can blow up the gas chambers, you can burn down the camps, bu...

Exploiting Asia's Biodiversity Can Ensure Food Security, End Hunger

Experts came together at a regional consultation on Asia’s biodiversity to assess opportunities on how to ensure food security and enhance nutrition across the contin...

Climate Change Is Not Gender-Neutral

It is well established that the poor are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and that women—who account for the majority of the world’s poor&mdash...

Jones' L.A. Film Festival 2016 Puts The Focus On Diversity

With Tuesday's announcement of 42 world premieres across five competition sections, the Los Angeles Film Festival, produced by Film Independent, is continuing to make the c...

Harriet Tubman Is The New Face Of The $20 Bill

If you’ve got any $20 bills with Andrew Jackson’s face on them sitting in your wallet you might want to get them framed, because as of this morning they are a c...