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[Published online at Right Now Inc and Human Rights Arts & Film Festival, May 3 2013] On January 25 2011, citizens from across Egypt united to change the course of history. Following on from neighbouring Tunisia, Egypt became the second country to revolt against their authoritarian government in what became known as the Arab Spring. […]
July 3, 2012
[Published in The Big Issue, Issue 410, 3 July 2012] 3.5/5 STARS Australian filmmaker Genevieve Bailey was recovering from a car accident when her father died. She lost faith and left her native Melbourne to embark on a strange project — to interview 11-year-old children from 15 countries across the world. While Seven Up explored […]
February 10, 2012
[Published in The Big Issue, Issue 400, February 10 2012] REAL-LIFE ‘HORSE WHISPERER’ BUCK BRANNAMAN SPEAKS UP ABOUT LIFE, DESPAIR AND EMPATHY – AND HOW HE BECAME THE FOCUS OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY. Buck Brannaman seems an anachronism. Cream cowboy hat, lime press-stud shirt, blue jeans – it’s as if he’s stepped straight off the […]
January 4, 2012
[Published in Beat, Issue 1301, January 04 2012] Eddie Bocanegra is an unassuming figure. Slender, softly spoken, his kindly demeanor belies his past. Watching him stand before a roomful of elementary school children in Chicago, teaching them to paint as a way of expressing their feelings about gang violence, it’s hard to believe he’s only […]
November 9, 2011
[Published in Beat Magazine, Issue 1294, November 9 2011] When tattoo parlours now populate every suburban shopping strip in every city the world over, it’s hard to imagine an era when tattooing was a subterranean enterprise. These days, tattoos are the faded battle scars of teenage rebellion, fashion faux pas, lost love and regret. But […]
January 21, 2011
[Published on Beat.com.au, January 21 2011] The saga of the Bhutto family has all the trappings of a modern day tragedy. Often described as Pakistan’s answer to the Kennedys, this political dynasty has been plagued by assassinations, incarcerations and allegations of corruption across now three generations. Yet as documentary-makers Duane Baughman and Johnny O’Hara so […]
December 8, 2010
[Published in Beat, December 8 2010] Canadian pianist Glenn Gould (1933-1983) was a tortured artist to rival history’s greatest. Throughout the course of his life and career, Gould embodied this figure in its various incarnations. He morphed from the child prodigy to the eccentric, the recluse, the neurotic and the hypochondriac, his untimely death from […]
May 3, 2013
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