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Blog Entries by E. Nina Rothe from 05/2011

Octubre's Diego Vega on Miracles, Family and Fake Money

| Posted 05.04.2011
Read More: Daniel Vega, Diego Vega, Octubre, Peru, New Yorker Films, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, The Purple Month, Black Christ, Lord of the Miracles, News

Octubre, an upcoming release written and directed by Diego and Daniel Vega, is a fine piece of film-making. From the exquisitely filmed shots to the high-caliber performances, nothing is left to chance.

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Hot in the City: The Rooftop Films Summer Series

| Posted 05.10.2011
Read More: Rooftop Films, The-Redemption-of-General-Butt-Naked, Rooftop Films Summer Series, La Bocca Del Lupo, The Extraordinary Ordinary Life of Jose Gonzalez, Film Screenings, Outdoor Theater, News

If you don't yet know about the best kept secret in NYC, then you are missing out on one of my favorite summer activities, the Rooftop Films Summer Series.

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Life Imitating Art: How Cairo 678 Forecasted the Lara Logan Incident

| Posted 05.16.2011
Read More: Egypt, Mena, Lara Logan, Cairo 678, Seattle International Film Festival, Mohamed Diab, News

Cairo 678 is an important film -- one all women should watch and all men should pay attention to.

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Third Annual Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival: Chantal Akerman, a Gorilla Woman and Bollywood

| Posted 05.31.2011
Read More: IndieBrazil 2011, Brazilian Cinema, Los Angeles, Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival, Bollywood, News

We may not necessarily think of experimental cinema when we think of the land of bossa nova, Bahia and bikinis. Yet there is an abundance of wonderfully unusual indie, alternative work coming out of Brazil today.

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