Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, flips the script in this response to the Jay Z and Kanye West song, N****s in Paris. We support the appropriation of cultural forms such as hip hop for liberatory purposes. In this case, Bey challenges ideas of sitting at the table of oppressors and the adoption of […]
Category Archives: Movie/Music Reviews
Documentary Film Review: Why We Fight
posted by A-I.com Editor 1
Why We Fight (Eugene Jarecki, 2005) is a documentary which questions from an Amerikan perspective the motives and intent of the US’s recent invasions and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. According to the film, war mainly serves to strengthen the power of and enrich the ‘military-industrial complex,’ a term coined by former US president Dwight. […]
Captain Amerikkka: Whitewashing History
posted by terrynasunder
Captain America [sic] is an obvious work of fiction. The Nazis never had day-glow, power-of-the-gods weaponry, nor did the US have super-human soldiers. However, there is a frightening whitewashing of history that occurs in this Hollywood super-hero flick. The United States involvement in WWII is one of the only times the US has been even […]
Protest Obama in Denver, This Tuesday
posted by raimd
Just as one war criminal, Alberto Gonzalez, came to Denver and left, this Tuesday the War Criminal in Chief, Barack Obama will be in Denver. Obama is in Denver to stump for his jobs bill and ultimately his reelection.There are also planned protests from anti-war activists. From a posting circulating on Facebook: “Obama will be […]
Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
posted by raimd
[Spoiler Warning] Within popular bourgeois media, the social contradictions of real life are overlooked yet alluded to through allegory. This is the case with Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Rupert Wyatt, 2011). In the CGI special effects-laden movie, a chimpanzee named Caesar is born with enhanced intellectual capacity. Caesar eventually comprehends his and […]
Movie Review: Rabbit Proof Fence (2002)
posted by raimd
Based on a true story, Rabbit Proof Fence (Phillip Noyce, 2002) chronicles the journey home of three Aboriginal children, Molly Graig, her younger sister Daisy and cousin Gracie, who escaped after being abducted by the Australian government. The girls, age 14, 10 and 8, ran away from a government residential school for ‘half-caste’ children in […]
The End of Poverty?: A Documentary Film Review by Antonio Moreno
posted by raimd
The End of Poverty?: A Documentary Film Review by Antonio Moreno (The End of Poverty?, Director Philippe Diaz, 2008, 106 minutes) Intro The End of Poverty? is a documentary, made by Philippe Diaz, that examines the questions around global poverty and its causes. It starts with the question, “in a world with so much wealth […]
“The Baader Meinhof Complex” and the Real Red Army Faction
posted by raimd
We previously wrote a review on the movies Machete and The Baader-Meinhof Complex, both movies dealing with revolutionary violence, here. A reader, J., wrote back in response, dealing with the part of the review on the Baider-Meinhof Complex film, a fictionalized account of the Red Army Faction in then-West Germany:
D.A.M. – Palestinian Hip Hop
posted by raimd
As this is Israel Apartheid Week, where groups are raising awareness about the apartheid state of Israel in its war on the Palestinian people, we thought it appropriate to show some resistance on the cultural front. Both videos are from D.A.M., based out of the city of Lod.
Review: Mexico, the Frozen Revolution
posted by raimd
By Siglo, Monkey Smashes Heaven (www.llco.org) Mexico: The Frozen Revolution Directed by Raymundo Gleyzer, 1971 The documentary Mexico: The Frozen Revolution was directed by Raymundo Gleyzer in 1971. Gleyzer was a documentary filmmaker from Argentina who was involved with Cine de la Base, committed to bring revolutionary films to the people. In 1976 Gleyzer was […]
Movie Review: Machete and The Baader Meinhof Complex
posted by raimd
Movie Review: Machete and The Baader Meinhof Complex Machete (2010, Ethan Maniquin and Robert Rodriguez) and The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008, Uli Edel) are two recent movies set in imperialist countries, both depicting armed struggle against reactionaries. Machete garnered criticism prior to its release, including campaigns by White supremacists to have the film pulled from […]
Movie Review: Shutter Island
posted by raimd
Movie Review: Shutter Island (Martin Sorsese, 2010) (www.raimd.wordpress.com) [spoiler warning] Shutter Island, the cinematic thriller by director, Martin Scorsese, adapted from a novel by Dennis Lehane, presents a choice between two narratives. Reality is skewed in the movie. Tension unfolds in an purposeful, ambiguous way, forcing the audience to choose between reality and delusion, normalcy […]
Recent Comments