e’Lollipop [IMDB], one of South Africa’s most famous and successful films, has been re-released on DVD in advance of a sequel, e’Lollipop 2: Tsepo’s Story .
From the film website:
“First released in 1976, this extraordinary motion picture story of two South African children and their dog, Sugarball, touched the hearts of audiences around the world.
Despite the [...]
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South African journalist and pundit Ivo Vegter has rapidly become one of my favourite daily reads (his is one of the 30 surviving feeds in my “daily” list that once numbered 300 feeds).
One contemporary cultural phenomenon that he was dead right about is Facebook. In 2007, when Facebook was peaking, Ivo started [...]
Freddy Hagen is an extraordinarily talented Danish photographer.
Recently he returned from a trip to the Middle East and has uploaded some slide shows.
One in particular is a must see, Cairo Megacity. It is a slide show with music and both the music and photographs are utterly beautiful.
His other slide shows are also superb. Don’t miss [...]
The happy innocent days when Serbs thought that with Slobo gone, they would be treated fairly.
I have received a number of emails from friends curious to know the inside track on the Kosovo situation from their man on the ground in Serbia.
The problem is that when one is very close to the situation, and are [...]
“Tokyo traffic can be crazy. Perhaps not as crazy as it is frustrating, but it’s certainly a lot easier to get through the mess on a Monkey rather than in a car.
However, despite our gripes about traffic lights that seem very poorly timed, it turns out that the entire system is much more centralized [...]
Allison Stokke, reluctant Internet celebrity
Love the headline, which is for an article about the stunning Ms Allison Stokke (above) who has become an unwilling Internet celebrity thanks to the photo above being posted on a sports blog. Click the picture to go to the Washington Post story about the whole affair.
From UNICEF Photos of the Year 2007
“Portrait of soon to be wed Faiz Mohammed, 40, and Ghulam Haider, 11, at her home in a rural village of Damarda in Ghor province. Ghulam said she is sad to be getting engaged as she wanted to be a teacher. Her favorite class was Dari, the local language, [...]
Considered to be a classic of the Mondo genre, some consider “Africa addio” to be a racist exploitation shockumentary whilst others consider it to be a an artist classic with a magnificent score. Could it be both?
Review by Conrad H Roth - considers it a masterpiece.
Duke at BlogCritics says “Africa Addio is a masterpiece, [...]
Thugs attempt to set the policeman on fire
The Serbian press has spent most of the week soul-searching in the aftermath of a truly terrifying attack that took place on Sunday.
A plain clothed police officer from the elite Gendarmerie Unit - Nebojsa Trajkovic (42) - was identified in the stands by hooligans from Red [...]