Posted on September 8th, 2008 by visionist. Categories: Doc's & Flix, Sharing.
From CBC News Canada……
Stories of minority soldiers largely unknown
The hope is for Miracle at St. Anna to draw attention to the wartime contributions of minority soldiers, so much of which remains largely unknown to the general public, the director said.
A professor of film for New York University (who provided his cast with an extensive “war room” of movies, literature and research documents as part of their preparation), Lee ran through a host of examples, ranging from the black fighter pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen to the Nisei (second-generation Japanese-American) soldiers who fought on the European front.
Historically, he said, U.S. films depicting the war focus on only one perspective.
“John Wayne is kicking Nazi ass and he’s kicking Japanese ass. If it’s a western, he’s killing the savage Indians … I’m not trying to kill [Wayne's reputation], because it wasn’t his fault, but he was built up to represent America,” Lee said.
“We cannot continue putting out these lies again and again. Young people growing up have no idea that this stuff even happened.”
Next spring, Lee pointed out, George Lucas is set to release a film about the Tuskegee Airmen.
“Hopefully [St. Anna and Lucas's film] will spark the many other stories that have yet to be told about this great war and the so-called great generation.”
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There’s an interesting article (with some fly artwork by Philip Burke) in the New Yorker today about the experience of watching your music come out of a laptop. Its crazy bc we’ve been at some events and also get perplexed at how some DJs really look like they could be playing solitaire while their Serato does the tricks. Its convenient and completely in tune with our ‘digital age’ however its sorta boring to watch. Remember being mesmerized by the DJ flippin records, going back and forth between breaks, actually having to turn around to dig in their crates? Times are a’changin. The article talks to Brooklyn band “Battles” and I guess its worth mentioning that 1 of their guitarists, Tyondai Braxton, rocks a fro!!
I just clicked on this “belly art” headline because I thought it sounded familiar and turns out its Grace! Check out frolaborator Grace Kisa discussing her artistic contributions to Original Belly Works with CNN.com! These creations are really beautiful and so excited to see Grace getting much deserved shine! This is just ONE of the many artistic hustles this girl is working and its VERY inspiring- I have a feeling she’ll be keeping quite busy after this publicity! Congrats Grace!!
