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Director Oliver Stone: films cast imprint on American culture listen
04/26/13 Jim BleyerWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rollins College, Oliver Stone, film, art, society
Film director Oliver Stone has challenged socially accepted views of American history through films like Platoon and Wall Street. Stone spoke this month at Rollins College in Winter Park and he emphasized the roll of film on society.
Stone asserts movies wield enormous power to persuade and manipulate. The controversial director laments that unconventional views are underrepresented in the cinema. We were not allowed to interview Stone or record [his speech](http://www.rollins.edu/wpi/eve...
Be the first to commentDirectors Lana Wilson and Martha Shane discuss the documentary After Tiller
04/11/13 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: women's issues, abortion, choice, film, art
Lana Wilson and Martha Shane, the directors of After Tiller, discuss their film. After the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in Kansas in 2009, four American physicians-Dr. Leroy Carhart, Dr. Warren Hern, Dr. Shelley Sella and Dr. Susan Robinson were the only remaining providers of late-term abortions in the United States. Living under constant threat of violence, they continue to do their work. With unprecedented access into the lives of these doctors and the patients who seek their help...
Be the first to commentNancy Tong part of the Through Women's Eyes Film Festival talks about her film: Trailblazers in Habits
04/04/13 Nancy Tong with Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: film, women's issues
Nancy Tong is the director of the film "Trailblazers in Habits" which is a documentary about some of the first missionary sisters to go to China. Six Maryknoll nuns, with no prior missionary experience and unfamiliar with the culture, go to China in 1921. The film follows their path through the years of turmoil, chaos and revolution. The film also follows the involvement of the Maryknolls in America both as teachers and counselors at the Japanese/American internment camps during World War...
Be the first to commentCathryne Czubek the director of a Girl and a Gun is part of the Through Women's Eyes film festival
04/04/13 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: film, women's issues
Cathryne Czubek, the director of A Girl and A Gun, talks about the different attitudes many women have about guns. Guns are important issues in our society and involve all of our lives yet very little is known about how women feel about guns. The film is Surprising and frank, and not surprisingly 80 % of guns are purchased by women for self protection but women and guns challenge the male stereotype of the typical gun owner. A Girl and a Gun is part of Through women's Eyes which is part o...
Be the first to commentCeceilia Peck the director of Brave Miss World talks about her film which is part of Through Women 's Eyes
04/04/13 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: film, women's issues
Ceceilia Peck, the director of Brave Miss World, talks about Linor Abargil who won the Miss World award in 1998 two weeks after she was brutally raped. The documentary follows Linor's speaking out and campaigning to get other rape victims to speak out and talk about their experiences. Linor started a web sight Linorspeaksout.com and almost immediately heard from women throughout the world. The film follows Linor as she speaks to women and girls and is a horrifying testimony to the extent of...
Be the first to commentMandi Ballard talks about the film "Girl Rising"
03/28/13 Arlene EngelhardtFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: film, women's issues
Mandi Ballard, a local attorney, talks about the film Girl Rising. Girl Rising is about 9 girls from 9 different countries and how they have overcome poverty, war, natural catastrophes, cultural prejudice and violence to pursue their dreams of education. The film pairs the girls with women writers from the same countries and a powerful dialogue and understanding of the culture emerges. Girl Rising is a documentary bringing attention to the 66 million young...
Be the first to commentDiscussion with filmmakers James LaVeck & Jenny Stein
01/16/13 Duncan StraussTalking Animals Listen to this entire show:
A conversation with Tribe of Heart founders, James LaVeck & Jenny Stein, about their award-winning documentary films, film functioning as activism, and more. We also incorporated some listener calls.
Be the first to commentReview of women and films for 2012
01/03/13 Mary Glenney and Debbie TerryFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: film, women's issues
Debbie Terry and Mary Glenney reviewed the various roles of women in films for 2012
Be the first to commentDiscussion with the director of Tampa's International Freethought Film Festival
05/11/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: International Freethough Film Festival, Andrea Steele, film, art, Tampa Theatre
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. On the first part of today's program we'll meet Andrea Steele who is executive director of the International Freethough Film Festival.
The event will take place at the Tampa Theatre, located at 711 Franklin Street in downtown Tampa, Florida, USA. Opening night begins at 7:30 pm on Friday May 13, 2011. The weekend-long event will run through Sunday, May 15th. Information on the program can be found at the Website of the [International ...
1 commentsNew film warns about climate refugees listen
01/31/11 Sarah CurranWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: climate change, global warming, film, refugees
As the planet changes, the way humans co-exist with it will have to start changing as well. The film Climate Refugees puts a human face on the issue of climate change. It’s been shown at film festival around the world. Suzanne Haerther is the chapter coordinator for the US Green Building Council Gulf Coast chapter.
1 comments“We have had some major climate issues. And whether or not you believe that they are man made or just a natural cycle they are still displacing people and we are going to h...
