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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
Read More: Arab Cinema, Kevin Spacey, Tribeca Film Festival, Juliano Mer-Khamis, Robert De Niro, Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Arab Documentaries, Shakespeare High, The Bang Bang Club, News

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.

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Filmmaker Zeina Durra Talks About The Imperialists Are Still Alive!

| Posted 04.14.2011
Read More: Rooftop Films, The Imperialists Are Still Alive!, Zeina Durra, Ifc, News

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...

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

| Posted 04.25.2011
Read More: Newport Beach Film Festival, J.S. Mayank, Marathon, Tribeca All Access, Supernumerary, Chris Fore, Short Films, Mckenzie Cowan, News

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.

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

| Posted 04.28.2011
Read More: Mahmoud Kaabour, Tribeca Film Festival, Dfi, Grandma a Thousand Times, Amanda Palmer, News

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.

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

| Posted 04.29.2011
Read More: Tribeca All Access, Havana Marking, Give Up Tomorrow, Tribeca Film Festival, Jesus Henry Christ, Tribeca Film Institute, Robert De Niro, News

"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:

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