<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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Suzi Q – A Rock Trailblazer

Suzi Q – A Rock Trailblazer

Jul 1, 2020

Suzi Quatro is for some a rock and roll icon. She was one of the first women in rock to play bass and be the front person. Before Deborah Harry or Joan Jett (both of whom we hear from), there was Suzi. But at least in North America, her fame is a bit tempered. Suzi Q,...

Unsettled – Looking for New Lives

Unsettled – Looking for New Lives

Jun 26, 2020

The life of a refugee is hard. It is even harder when the refugees are LGBTQ persons. In Tom Shepard?s documentary Unsettled, we meet four of these asylum seekers as the begin their time in the US. Subhi is a gay man from Syria, whose life has been threated many times...

The Surrogate – A Difficult Choice

The Surrogate – A Difficult Choice

Jun 11, 2020

The Surrogate is an exploration of making difficult ethical and emotional decisions. It gives us a situation that doesn?t have a clear correct answer, but does have various perspectives to look at the issues involved. We may have our own ideas of what should happen,...

Return to Hardwick – A Slice of History

Return to Hardwick – A Slice of History

Jun 5, 2020

The 93rd Bomber Group was a highly decorated American fighting unit in the Second World War. In Return to Hardwick we revisit a bit of the unit?s history. Hardwick Aerodrome 104, in England?s East Anglia, was an active airfield from which B-24 bombers would set out on...

Tommaso – Too Much Imagination?

Tommaso – Too Much Imagination?

Jun 4, 2020

In Abel Ferrara?s Tommaso, the lines between imagination and reality are never clearly demarcated. That is true not only for the viewer, but, as the film progresses, it is an increasingly difficult boundary for the protagonist to navigate. Tommaso (Willem Dafoe) is an...

Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy

Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy

May 22, 2020

?How can it be that a white British woman knows more about Mexican cooking that anyone else?? Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy is the story of a passion. When a British woman found her way to Mexico in 1957, she discovered a love for the food and the culture. For the past...