<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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Queen of Glory – Finding community

Queen of Glory – Finding community

Jul 15, 2022

Nana Mensah?s dark comedy Queen of Glory is a look at life within the Ghanaian-American community as someone who was raised there. The idea of community and its power to bring healing are central to the story. Sarah Obeng (Mensah) is a doctoral student at Columbia,...

Don’t Make Me Go – Finding life in death

Don’t Make Me Go – Finding life in death

Jul 14, 2022

?Every man dies, not every man truly lives.? That truism has several variations and possible sources. Often it is through the nearness of death that we begin to see what life is really about. That is the concept that Hannah Marks explores in Don?t Make Me Go. JOHN CHO...

Costa Brava, Lebanon – Dealing with the trash

Costa Brava, Lebanon – Dealing with the trash

Jul 13, 2022

?It takes more time to solve adult problems.? ?Then, why didn?t you start solving them sooner?? It?s tempting to call Mounia Akl?s Costa Brava, Lebanon a trashy movie, but that might give the wrong idea. It is a movie that looks at the trash we cannot avoid, no matter...

A Man of Integrity – Can ethics survive?

A Man of Integrity – Can ethics survive?

Jun 22, 2022

?Life teaches everybody. Some learn quick, others slow. Some learn too much, others not enough.? Iranian filmmaker Mohammed Rasoulof tells stories that deal with trying to live an ethical life in a less than conducive setting. A Man of Integrity shows the difficulty...

The Book Keepers – Journey in grief

The Book Keepers – Journey in grief

Jun 16, 2022

?The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.? Phil Wall?s documentary...