We sincerely hope no one reading this has a big presentation in the next 15 minutes or so, because this video will leave you red-faced, puffy-eyed and snotty. But if you're doing a presentation for a tissue brand or for allergy medicine, you could probably make it work. The Beagle Freedom Project (Bfp) recently pulled off one of the biggest beagle rescues in U.S. History: 38 beagles from five laboratories across 11 different states over the course of one month! "Despite 'animal industry' opposition and obstacles, Bfp quietly secured the release and freedom of dozens of 'purpose-bred for research' beagles after the labs deemed them 'experimentally spent,'" Bfp writes on...
- 8/19/2015
- E! Online
As 12 Years a Slave is tipped for the Oscars, trafficking's misery continues
In the opening chapter of Twelve Years a Slave, first published in 1853, the protagonist Solomon Northup, a New York carpenter, violinist and free man – until tricked into brutal bondage – reports modestly: "It has been suggested that the account of my life and fortunes would not be uninteresting to the public."
He was right. Today at the Oscars, the film version of Northup's experience, already garlanded with awards, and directed by Steve McQueen, is nominated in nine categories, including best film, best director and best actor. Last month, at the Baftas, McQueen, a patron of the charity Anti-Slavery International took the opportunity of being presented with the prize of best film to make a point that he may well repeat in Hollywood if he wins today. "There are 21 million people in slavery as we sit here," he told the audience,...
In the opening chapter of Twelve Years a Slave, first published in 1853, the protagonist Solomon Northup, a New York carpenter, violinist and free man – until tricked into brutal bondage – reports modestly: "It has been suggested that the account of my life and fortunes would not be uninteresting to the public."
He was right. Today at the Oscars, the film version of Northup's experience, already garlanded with awards, and directed by Steve McQueen, is nominated in nine categories, including best film, best director and best actor. Last month, at the Baftas, McQueen, a patron of the charity Anti-Slavery International took the opportunity of being presented with the prize of best film to make a point that he may well repeat in Hollywood if he wins today. "There are 21 million people in slavery as we sit here," he told the audience,...
- 3/2/2014
- by Observer editorial
- The Guardian - Film News
While Otomo Katsuhiro will always be best known as the director of Akira - based in turn on his own original manga - he has never allowed that one work to define him, constantly moving on with other projects - whether live action, animated or on the printed page - and showing an active interest in supporting other talents by appearing beside them in anthology projects, writing for other directors or lending his name and support as a producer. Otomo has actually released more animation as part of anthology work than as features and his latest such work, Short Peace, is coming soon.Otomo directs one of the four segments (Combustible) himself with Shuhei Morita (a contributor to Otomo's previous Freedom Project), Ando Hiroaki (co-director of...
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- 3/11/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Freedom is part of the Freedom Project, a big promotional endeavor started by Nissin Cup Noodles. Maybe the prospect of a series commissioned by a noodle company doesn’t sound too appealing, but if names like Katsuhiro Otomo and Shuhei Morita are attached you can be sure it’s at least worth trying out. And that it was. Find out more about this little 7-part Oav right after the break.
- 5/18/2009
- by Onderhond
- Screen Anarchy
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