<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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Can You Dig This: Urban Gardening Brings Hope

Can You Dig This: Urban Gardening Brings Hope

?If you put beauty into a place that generally doesn?t have it, that?s a game changer.? Can gardening change people?s lives? That is the question that led Delila Vallot to make Can You Dig This?, a documentary that features urban gardening in some of the must...

The Lady in the Van: The Stranger at Our Gate

The Lady in the Van: The Stranger at Our Gate

?In life going downhill is an uphill job.? Perhaps the most mind-boggling thing about The Lady in The Van is part of the writing credit: Written by Alan Bennett based on his memoir [emphasis mine]. It seems unbelievable that this situation has a basis in reality....

Censored Voices: In the Fog of the Six Day War

Censored Voices: In the Fog of the Six Day War

?We may not do the best service to what?s called ?national morale,? but we?ll do a small service to the truth.? In 1967 Egypt, Jordan, and Syria made plans to annihilate Israel. When the dust cleared, Israel not only successfully defended itself, it captured the Sinai...

The Wonders: Of families and beehives

The Wonders: Of families and beehives

In The Wonders, teenage Gelsomina is growing up with her family (parents and three sisters) in the Tuscan countryside. Her father is a beekeeper, but Gelsomina is really much more in tune with the bees than he is. In hopes of helping to make ends meet, her father...

Sanjay’s Super Team: Pixar gets religion

Sanjay’s Super Team: Pixar gets religion

I love a good short, and Sanjay?s Super Team (which plays before The Good Dinosaur) is excellent. With no dialogue and only a few minutes long, Sanjay?s Super Team teaches us lessons of faith and passing on traditions to new generations. As young Sanjay plays with his...