<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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Reflection: A Walk with Water

Reflection: A Walk with Water

Jun 16, 2021

 ?There it is. Take it.? (William Mulholland, opening the gates to the Los Angeles Aqueduct, 1913) Water is a big deal here in California. It is not just about the presence or lack of rain (although that is important). For over 100 years, huge amounts of water...

Undine – Two Worlds

Undine – Two Worlds

Jun 4, 2021

?If you leave me, I?ll have to kill you.? Those words are not an empty threat by a thwarted woman. Christian Petzold?s Undine retells the folklore/myth of a water nymph who is compelled by her nature to destroy an unfaithful lover. That underlying story has found...

Grace and Grit – Death and Life

Grace and Grit – Death and Life

Jun 4, 2021

?Because I could no longer ignore death, I pay more attention to life.? Based on a true story, Grace and Grit, from director Sebastian Siegel, is story of love in the face of death. The specter of death is of such existential power that we would expect such a story to...

Spring Blossom – Young Love

Spring Blossom – Young Love

May 21, 2021

One of the rites of passage in the teenage years is to fall in love. In Spring Blossom we watch a young woman who doesn?t feel at ease with her peers begin an infatuation with an older man, who has his own issues about fitting in. Together they enter into a...

Two Gods – Who Will You Follow?

Two Gods – Who Will You Follow?

May 21, 2021

?Surely we belong to God and to Him we shall return.? In Zeshawn Ali?s Two Gods we see the struggles of people dealing with violence in their lives and neighborhoods. The documentary set mostly in Newark, New Jersey, focuses on Hanif, a Muslim casket maker and ritual...