2 short comments on SOPA and PIPA
2nd Term
Auto-avalição
Creio que mereço um 12 este período, porque o que faltou em quantidade compensei em qualidade. No próximo período pretendo aumentar o meu contributo para o blog e dar azo a mais discussões, comentando os posts dos meus colegas e partilhando notícias que sejam propensas a partilhas de ideias.
Persepolis
Persepolis is a movie about a girl’s relationship with her country. Through the movie, we see how the extremely severe and rigid political measures of the Iran government influenced so many lives (Marjane Satrapi’s included) and how the same people handled them.
One of the aspects that I founded very interesting about this film was the relationships of Marjane with the different members of her family, especially the one involving her Uncle Anouche. This one defined a great part of her personality when she grew up.That relationship also introduced Marjane to Marxism and made her understand the importance of fighting for what you think its right instead of just going with the flow.
In the end, Persepolis tells the History of Iran, while also showing us a heartfelt coming-of-age story.
Protests & Revolutions
January 2012
The Egyptian Revolution
I found this movie, while looking at list of films who were screened in the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. It's called 1/2 Revolution and it's about the Egyptian Revolution. here's the official synopsis:
January 2011—downtown Cairo—a close-knit group of activist friends struggle to stay alive and stick together as waves of protests escalate around them in their neighborhood near Tahrir Square during the first chaotic days of the Egyptian revolution. Armed with cameras and focused determination, directors Omar Shargawi and Karim El Hakim take to the streets to capture historic events out of view of the world’s media. What emerges is an astonishing cry for unity. As the violence and uncertainty build, Karim and his young family’s apartment becomes ground zero. Friends and neighbors flock together, fighting to survive the counterpunches thrown by police and the armed gangs of thugs swarming the streets below their balcony.
January 2011—downtown Cairo—a close-knit group of activist friends struggle to stay alive and stick together as waves of protests escalate around them in their neighborhood near Tahrir Square during the first chaotic days of the Egyptian revolution. Armed with cameras and focused determination, directors Omar Shargawi and Karim El Hakim take to the streets to capture historic events out of view of the world’s media. What emerges is an astonishing cry for unity. As the violence and uncertainty build, Karim and his young family’s apartment becomes ground zero. Friends and neighbors flock together, fighting to survive the counterpunches thrown by police and the armed gangs of thugs swarming the streets below their balcony.
First of all, I thought this film offers a brand new perspective of the Arabian Spring, since we only saw this revolution from the outside, and this film shows how it affected so many people's life’s on a daily basis.
Since documentaries like this one usually don’t become blockbusters, this film won’t get a theatrical release in Europe and it will go straight to DVD in our country. However if you are interested in knowing more about a revolution that continues to unfold before our eyes, I believe you will be able to see it online in a couple months.
1st Term
FILM REVIEW: Lost in Translation:
This was the 2nd time I've watched Lost in Translation. The 1st time I watched it I hated it. Maybe it was because I was too young to understand how subtle the story was, but whatever the reason, (was) I found myself enjoying this movie in this 2nd viewing.
Even though I still think some scenes are way too long, now I can understand what the intention of the director was. I believe she wanted to make a movie about the feeling of loneliness that sometimes we have even if we are surrounded by millions (which happens to be what the main characters feel while visiting Tokyo).
Bill Murray plays his character with such elegance that even if you aren't a fan of the film as a whole you still get attached to him.
Colloquy about Human Rights
a very good review, Milton! Congrats!!
Last Tuesday in order to celebrate the Human Rights Day; the History and/or Political Science teachers organized a colloquy appropriately titled “The defense of human rights” with the presence of a former professor of António Gedeão Dr. Ricardo Presumido. He talked about the Holocaust, current struggle to defend human rights in some countries and also about MEMOSHOÁ.
topic 2: HUMAN RIGHTS
women's rights
CR leaders
etc
Homework
Milton - Pg.85, q. 9
Yes. First of all to improve my English. When you’re learning a language, the best thing you can do is to study it daily. Therefore it’s helpful to listen to that language on a daily basis; we (the students) usually do this by watching movies or/and TV shows as well as listening to music. When you are learning a foreign language, you also learn about the culture of the people who speak it. Because of that, I would also like to live and study in Britain, to learn more about British people and their culture; because I believe that while learning English sometimes students gain more knowledge of american culture than british culture. In my case, that didn’t happened, but still I think that there’s always something interesting to discover in a culture, no matter how much we already know about it.
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