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Film Festival To Feature International Fare

The best of alternative cinema from the slopes of the Hindukush and beyong are all set to rub shoulders with features from the heartland of the tropical haven that is India...

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Hollywood

Georgia Tech Awards Ivan Allen Jr. Prize For Social Courage To Jimmy And Rosalynn Carter

Georgia Institute of Technology President G.P. “Bud” Peterson awarded the 2017 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage to Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter February 17 ...

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Hollywood

Russell Simmons Invites New Yorkers Of All Backgrounds To Stand In Solidarity With American Muslims

New Yorkers of all faiths and ethnic backgrounds are being asked to gather on Sunday, February 19th, from 12:00 to 4:00 pm in New York’s Times Square, (at the corner ...

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Festivals

4-day International Film Festival In Bhubaneswar To Begin On Feb 23

The second Golden Triangle International Film Festival (GTIFF) will be held in Bhubaneswar between February 23 and 26. As many as 19 international films will be screened un...

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Gender

Myanmar's Long History Of Female Empowerment

Last week, as I peered over a sea of pink hats at the Women's March in Washington DC, one poster caught my eye. Next to a gigantic papier-mache earth was a sign, distant, b...

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Human Rights

India Honours 67-Year-Old Nepali Woman Who Freed 12,000 Girls From Sexual Slavery

A 67-year-old Nepali woman honoured with one of India's most prestigious awards for freeing thousands of girls from sexual slavery said on Friday it was the unbearable pain...

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Alternative Entertainment

Girl Power: A Major Exhibition Features 40 Female Artistes Who Have Elevated Knitting, Weaving, Sewing And Crochet To A High Art Form

It has been a week dominated by politics, with the swearing in of President Trump and huge women’s marches in the US, London and around the world. Many women marching...

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Hollywood

Richard Branson And Jennifer Lawrence Speak Out Against Immigration Bans

Sir Richard Branson has blogged about the immigration bans imposed by the US government over the weekend. “There are many reasons to be concerned about the Executive ...

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Gender

5 Ways Media Hurts Female Politicians

What do we see when we look closely at media coverage of female politicians and political candidates? Headlines from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign are indic...

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Festivals

Winners and Losers From Sundance 2017 (So Far)

Winter storms weren’t the only things causing headaches during the first week of the Sundance Film Festival. Buyers were griping that the movies being screened at thi...

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