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Congrats to “La Grande Bellezza.”

The film is an absolute masterpiece.

It is an amazing Fellini-esque film and symphonic soundtrack, about a 65 year old mid-life crising Italian writer looking for inspiration, who finds himself on a spiritual journey forced to look at his past, present, and future.

“Rush” deserves more credit. It is based on a true story about two rivalling racecar drivers; the very serious, pragmatic, Niki Lauda, from Austria, and the party going, popular, and good looking playboy, James Hunt, from England. I was routing for Niki.

The purpose of these photos is for people from all over the world to be able to enjoy the beauty of New York City during the Holiday Season! Come visit soon!

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Happy Holidays!

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I kiss the ground that Katniss Everdeen walks on too, but don’t forget to see the historical time period pieces including: “12 Years a Slave,” “The Butler,” and “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,” as well.

Nelson Mandela fought the battle for truth and justice, to end apartheid, wished that his wife and children would one day walk free in their own land, and explained that love comes more naturally than hate.

“People learn to hate. They can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart.”

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What happens to kids when they don’t have parents who support them, to bring them on casting calls, or soccer practice, or ballet lessons? Who makes sure their homework gets done and that they are eating healthy?

1.6 million kids in the US are homeless and, surprisingly enough, for many of them, it is out of their own volition. Most of the time they are running away from something, escaping a painful situation that they can not bear; abuse, bullying, loss, or addiction.

‘Most don’t like to talk about life before the streets. Most would do anything to FORGET ABOUT LIFE before the streets.’

Meet ‘Sugar’ a homeless girl living in the artsy bohemian town of Venice Beach, California with her ‘new’ family; Marshall, Ronnie, Sketch, and Free. After something tragic (explained later in the film), happens to her ‘real’ biological family, she is sleeping under an overpass, scrounging money from a social worker, Bishop, who, if she confides in, will give her a stipend. Leary, defensive, and untrusting of anyone in ‘the system,’ she feeds him just the bare minimum of information about her past, just enough to get paid and leave his office abruptly, making sure she is only referred to by her street name, ‘Sugar’. As the sessions continue, Bishop is hoping to establish a trusting relationship, break down her barriers, and uncover more information in order to help her and her other homeless friends obtain a better life.

As can be expected, petty crime, drug use, fights, and death become an everyday occurrence. She values the freedom that comes with the streets, where no one cares about what you wear, or where you came from, and learns Free’s secret to life, ‘when you know that life is going to end eventually, there is nothing really to worry about and when you aren’t worried, then it can become a lot more fun.’ However, it is not all ‘fun’ out there. The harsh reality takes it’s toll on her, and she grows tired.

In support and in conjunction with National Homeless Youth Awareness Month, SUGAR has also created FIGHTING FOR THE HOMELESS (http://igg.me/at/Filmanthropy/x/3548242), an Indiegogo Campaign with a goal to feed 10,000 homeless youth and draw awareness to the growing issue of homelessness. SUGAR has partnered with Subway, The National Coalition for the Homeless, My Friends Place, and Attention Homes in order to reach their goal of feeding 10,000 hungry and educating and inspiring the public to get involved. 80% of proceeds from this campaign will go towards the partnered organizations and shelters throughout the country in order to help them to continue their invaluable work towards feeding the hungry, eradicating homelessness and providing a safe haven for those plagued by life on the streets.

Article by Sharon Abella
Editor of One World Cinema
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http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/h/homeless_persons/index.html

Cookiness Evereat volunteers when she hears that she gets to eat cookies and food in order to win the games. Starring ‘Pita Bread’ as Peeta Mellark and ‘Finicky Eater’ as Finnick Odair.

LIVE STREAM!!! on

http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/the-hunger-games-catching-fire/

Editor of One World Cinema, Sharon Abella, and “Catching Fire” Film Producer, Jon Kilik

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Rome Film Festival Director, Marco Mueller (former head of the Venice Film Festival), has already proved himself with this year’s Rome line up, has the festival headed in the right direction with his sights set high for future years, and did an INCREDIBLE job assuring the safety and well-being for the thousands upon thousands of screaming young fans who warmly greeted the ‘Hunger Games, Catching Fire’ cast molto spiritosi, Beatles style!

From Christian Bale in “Out of the Furnace”, Spike Jonze’s “Her”, to ‘Dallas Buyers Club’, the lifetime achievement award which went to Aleksej Jurevic German’s Out of Competition Film, “Hard To Be A God,” the festival did not disappoint.

http://filmguide.romacinemafest.it/en/film.aspx?ID=8979&title=Trudno+byt%27+bogom+(Hard+to+Be+a+God),

Here are some of the winners.

TOP PRIZE WINNER, ‘Tir’
http://filmguide.romacinemafest.it/en/film.aspx?ID=8966&title=Tir

WINNER BEST DIRECTOR, Kiyoshi Kurosawa ‘Seventh Code’
http://www.romacinemafest.it/ecm/web/fcr/en/home/sections/competition/content/sebunsu-kodo-seventh-code-by-kiyoshi-kurosawa-competition.0000.FCR-3426

WINNER BEST ACTRESS: SCARLETT JOHANSSON for Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’

WINNER BEST ACTOR: Matthew McConaughey for “Dallas Buyers Club”

“Hunger Games: Catching Fire” was Out of Competition, however,
was an absolute success with the fans who camped out OVERNIGHT just to catch a glimpse or perhaps an autograph from Jennifer, Josh, and Liam. It was truly amazing. In what felt much like the gladiator ring, girls were crying, screaming as if the Beatles had just come to town, security guards were literally pushing rows and rows of thousands of excited fans back, while Jennifer cleverly entertained them by organizing a wave, to which the fans in the upper tiers, quickly followed suit. Adorable, passionate fans!

The film does NOT disappoint!

Write up soon!

‘Catching Fire’ Producer: Jon Kilik, One World Cinema Editor: Sharon Abella, and Rome Film Festival Director, Marco Mueller.

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WINNER OF AUDIENCE AWARD AT DOC NYC! Congrats!

In 2004, Bill Clinton tells Cornell University’s graduating class, “We can not escape each other. We are interdependent, and living in an era that is bringing people together for common good.” He suggests reading ‘Nonzero’ by Robert Wright.

Travel to the remote areas of Antuyo (population 100), and Purus, Peru, where many work in agriculture and ranching, have never traveled very far from home, and some, live without electricity. Observe as the students in the towns are given a $100 laptop computer as part of the One Laptop per Child initiative (an initiative to deliver laptops to children living in developing areas as a way to eliminate poverty by providing primary education for school/play).

Two of the students (Roy and Bernardo), bring the laptops home to show their parents. What are their concerns? Do the students need to see the rest of the world via internet, and learn about other nations and cultures? Should they be learning how to build roads and continue to work on developing the land around them within their own communities? Can the internet help them better their lives? What are the pro’s and con’s when the most remote, isolated areas of the world become interconnected?

Follow Director Michael Kleiman as he documents Peruvian students reactions to their first time on the “WEB” at Documentary NYC

2:00 PM, Sat. Nov. 16, 2013 – IFC Center – Buy Tickets

5:00 PM, Tue. Nov. 19, 2013 – IFC Center – Buy Tickets

WEB

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‘PAD YATRA: A GREEN ODYSSEY‘

ECOLOGICAL COMPASSION ONE STEP AT A TIME!

Featuring GYALWANG DRUKPA.

Shot with SOLAR POWER by Himalayan monk, NGAWANG SODPA

The film begins at Midnight on August 5, 2010, in Ladakh/’Little Tibet’ (a region of India inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir which lies between the Kunlun mountain range to the north and the Great Himalayas to the south). The area, which is usually peaceful and dry, is hard hit by a rare weather phenomenon known as cloudburst. Two inches of rain falls in the first sixty seconds. The cloudburst triggered catastrophic mudslides and flash floods. A disaster never before witnessed in the area.

GYALWANG DRUKPA, one of the main spiritual leaders in the Himalayas, goes to the area and the Druk White Lotus School to assess the damages and offer support.

The message is clear, these DISASTERS are NOT NATURAL, THEY ARE MAN MADE, they are saying that the Earth is seeking REVENGE, and that many of the problems in the world stem from selfish and egotistical behaviours.

Now an annual activist movement held around the world, the ‘Pad Yatra,” a spiritual and environmental pilgrimage or foot journey, initially began with 700 of GYALWANG DRUKPA’s students (Buddhist monks, nuns, other spiritual leaders, and a few Westerners), trekking through the back paths of the Himalayas (world’s tallest mountain range), traveling from remote village to village, with a call to save the Earth’s ‘3rd Pole,’ the largest field of glaciers outside of the ice caps, which are being impacted by global warming.

The group sets an example for the rest of the world by spreading their ecological message by picking up littered plastic bottles while trekking hundreds of miles through treacherous ravines and harsh weather conditions. Over 800 pounds of plastic were collected along the trek, hundreds of villages visited, and tens of thousands educated on environmental preservation. PLANT TREES, RESPECT LIFE!

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Rockslides threaten Hemis Monastery and it’s annual June/July Festival as a result of climate change.

http://plasticpollutioncoalition.org/

Article by Sharon Abella
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