Credit where it’s due. THE LEGEND OF TARZAN doesn’t get everything wrong. For one, It has the virtue of addressing why a perfectly capable, perfectly intelligent black man with a Ph.D., George Washington Harris (Samuel L. Jackson as an actual historical character) needs a white man, that would be Lord Greystoke aka Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård)… Read More »
Hubert Sauper Explores the Irony of WE COME AS FRIENDS
I am rarely left speechless when conducting an interview, but on August 19, 2015, when WE COME AS FRIEND’s Hubert Sauper told me about how a group of Christian missionaries from Texas had convinced their Sudanese converts about the truth of the resurrection, I all but collapsed in bemused disbelief. It’s towards the end of… Read More »
The Power of VIRUNGA with Director Orlando Von Einsiedel, subjects Emmanuel De Merode and Andrea Baume
Emmanuel De Merode is a prince literally and figuratively. He holds the title courtesy of the Belgian government as a descendant of that country’s nobility. He has also dedicated his life to preserving the wildlife and wild areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, moving there from his home in Kenya to become the director… Read More »