Portside Digest -
Why Don’t Americans Know What Really Happened in Vietnam?
February 11, 2015
Instead of confronting the truth, we scrubbed the record clean—and we’re still paying for it in Afghanistan and Iraq today.
https://portside.org/2015-02-11/why-don%E2%80%99t-americans-know-what-really-happened-vietnam
How the Little Guys Beat the Monopolists on Net Neutrality
February 11, 2015
A year ago, the FCC had sold out. Now it’s pushing real net neutrality. What happened in between proves that people power works.
https://portside.org/2015-02-11/how-little-guys-beat-monopolists-net-neutrality
Study Finds Fewer Female Protagonists in Hollywood’s Top Films
February 11, 2015
The latest report from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University found that not only has the number of top-grossing films with female protagonists dipped from last year, but that gender stereotypes continue to prevail in storylines.
https://portside.org/2015-02-11/study-finds-fewer-female-protagonists-hollywood%E2%80%99s-top-films
“Timbuktu”: A timely African film on Islam — and a spectacular breakthrough
February 11, 2015
With all the attention paid to what the Oscar nominations got wrong this year, especially with respect to Ava DuVernay's “Selma,” the academy should also get credit for recognizing Abderrahmane Sissako's landmark African film. “Selma” and “Timbuktu,” each named for an important city in the history of black people on planet Earth, both represent breakthroughs on their own terms and, ultimately “Timbuktu” might be more important than “Selma"on a global-historical scale.
https://portside.org/2015-02-11/%E2%80%9Ctimbuktu%E2%80%9D-timely-african-film-islam-%E2%80%94-and-spectacular-breakthrough
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