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Blog Entries by E. Nina Rothe from 04/2011

Tribeca Film Fest 2011: Shakespeare, Wisdom and Love in the Arab World

| Posted 04.11.2011

This year's TFF offers some incredible treats for those interested in traveling the world through the cinematic lens. It seems to belong to the many Arab and Middle Eastern films featured in the festival.

Filmmaker Zeina Durra Talks About The Imperialists Are Still Alive!

| Posted 04.14.2011

Zeina Durra's upcoming film The Imperialists Are Still Alive! is a truly groundbreaking feat. In it Durra -- herself a beautifully exotic woman with a...

J.S. Mayank's Supernumerary at the Newport Beach Film Festival

| Posted 04.25.2011

Most of us who are passionate about films wish to live in an alternate universe. That is the basic premise of J.S. Mayank's 26-minute film Supernumerary.

Magical: DFI Presents Mahmoud Kaabour's Grandma, A Thousand Times at Tribeca Film Festival

| Posted 04.28.2011

I love Arab cinema because it embodies the quiet self-assuredness I so adore in people from the region, and their ability to display genuine feelings, unapologetically and without being afraid of appearing weak.

The TFI Tribeca All Access Program: Where Films Find Their Wings

| Posted 04.29.2011

"Relaxed and supportive" are hardly words we associate with show business. But those two words were used by filmmaker Michael Collins to describe an insider's secret, passed around carefully in cinematic inner circles: