More than 900 signees — including art-focused organizations and individuals — are urging the American government to evacuate artists, filmmakers and more from Afghanistan.
“We are writing to urge the United States government to do everything in its power to facilitate the departure from Afghanistan of at-risk Afghans, and to include artists, filmmakers, performers, and writers in that category. As a group of individuals—artists, filmmakers, performers, writers, curators—and institutions, acting in solidarity with our peers in Afghanistan, we recognize the vulnerability of the country’s cultural workers, who are already being targeted by the Taliban and forced into hiding,” says the letter, which was initially created by Arts for Afghanistan on August 24. “Like Afghan journalists, activists, and citizens who have assisted the US, cultural workers face threats to their lives because of the work they’ve done—and they are unlikely to get out of the country without immediate changes to...
“We are writing to urge the United States government to do everything in its power to facilitate the departure from Afghanistan of at-risk Afghans, and to include artists, filmmakers, performers, and writers in that category. As a group of individuals—artists, filmmakers, performers, writers, curators—and institutions, acting in solidarity with our peers in Afghanistan, we recognize the vulnerability of the country’s cultural workers, who are already being targeted by the Taliban and forced into hiding,” says the letter, which was initially created by Arts for Afghanistan on August 24. “Like Afghan journalists, activists, and citizens who have assisted the US, cultural workers face threats to their lives because of the work they’ve done—and they are unlikely to get out of the country without immediate changes to...
- 8/30/2021
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
November 13 – 26, Barbican Centre, Barbican Cinema on Demand, Lpff Vimeo on Demand.
Despite the pandemic uncertainties, the annual London Palestine Film Festival (Lpff) returns with arguably the best programme of films in years. Lpff 2020 is excited to offer a mix of both in-cinema screenings and online streams of the latest films about Palestine.
This year has brought an astonishing number of high-production and thought-provoking features, documentaries and artist moving image straight off the Venice, Berlin, and Nyon red carpets. Almost entirely made up of UK premieres, romantic dramas (Beyond Heaven Earth; Gaza Mon Amour), intricate investigative works (Letter to a Friend; Triple Chaser), dark humour (200 Metres), innovative cinema (An Unusual Cinema) and hard-hitting documentaries the programme is sure to satisfy audiences by challenging political narratives and cinematic forms.
Lpff is very happy to present four in-cinema screenings at two of Barbican’s flagship venues, Cinema 1 and the Theatre. In line with government guidelines,...
Despite the pandemic uncertainties, the annual London Palestine Film Festival (Lpff) returns with arguably the best programme of films in years. Lpff 2020 is excited to offer a mix of both in-cinema screenings and online streams of the latest films about Palestine.
This year has brought an astonishing number of high-production and thought-provoking features, documentaries and artist moving image straight off the Venice, Berlin, and Nyon red carpets. Almost entirely made up of UK premieres, romantic dramas (Beyond Heaven Earth; Gaza Mon Amour), intricate investigative works (Letter to a Friend; Triple Chaser), dark humour (200 Metres), innovative cinema (An Unusual Cinema) and hard-hitting documentaries the programme is sure to satisfy audiences by challenging political narratives and cinematic forms.
Lpff is very happy to present four in-cinema screenings at two of Barbican’s flagship venues, Cinema 1 and the Theatre. In line with government guidelines,...
- 10/30/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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