RR’s Reporter in Afghanistan, Colin Kane. Part 1.
UNDERSTANDING THE PEOPLE, UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXT
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Music Interview: ‘Nneka’. Words by Jareh Das
Review: David Byrne’s ‘Playing The Building at the Roundhouse’. Words by Josh Knowles
Interview: Sin Nombre film Director Cary Fukunaga. Words Anna Leach.
Director of knuckle-gnawing thriller Sin Nombre talks to Anna Leach about danger, research and why his next film is a musical.
Studiously modest, square-jawed and possessed of a sense of social responsibility that would make Nelson Mandela proud, Cary Fukunaga is the thinking indie kid’s film-maker.
The 32-year-old Californian has just written and directed a film about immigration and gangs in central America: Mexico and Honduras. It’s called Sin Nombre and it’s out in cinemas now.
Review: Katori Hall ‘Mountaintop’. Words by Jareh Das.
Michael Jackson Flashmob takes over Amsterdam. Words by Isabelle O’Kane, images by crisspix.
We gave them a dance & they brought Michael Jackson’s spirit to Amsterdam…
On Sunday 19th of July over 1,000 people showed up at Vondelpark, Amsterdam to learn Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” dance and to perform en masse later that day as a “flashmob”.
Review: ‘Scottee – Eat Your Heart Out’ words by Anna Leach
Hackney Empire 11th July 09
“Scottee doesn’t like it when men in wigs lip synch – so that’s what I’m gonna do” said one of Scottee Scottee’s performers in his performance art variety show Eat Your Heart Out.
And several of them did just that. My favourite wig-wearing lip-syncher was Nando, a very skinny boy in a shirt who kept his eyes covered by an amazing fringe wig while mouthing to French opera with a magnifying glass over his lipstick-smeared lips.
Festival Review: ‘The Garden Festival’ words by Tanja Canning, Photo’s & Film by Helen Marshall
The Garden Festival, Petrcane, Croatia, 8 – 15 July