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Politics and activism take center stage at Cannes

Fri, 18 May 2012 08:29:00 -0700
One doesn’t usually associate the Cannes Film Festival with politics and activism, but both were in the rainy air on Friday, when news hit the trade publications that Harvey Weinstein had acquired the documentary “The Oath of Tobruk,” French philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy’s film about the fall of Muammar Qadaffi, as well as “Code Name Geronimo,” action filmmaker John Stockwell’s dramatic feature ...
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‘Lizz Free or Die’ is Winstead’s latest chapter of social activism and commentary

Mon, 21 May 2012 07:06:55 -0700
In 1991, Lizz Winstead produced and starred in her one-woman show “Don’t Get Me Started.”  Turns out she just was getting started: Since her days on the stand-up comic scene in Minneapolis, Winstead has played stages all over the world, co-founded “The Daily Show” and Air America and wrote, produced and starred in the off-Broadway variety show “Wake-Up World.” Her first book of essays, “Lizz ...
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Undocumented Latino youth turn to activism to combat obstacles

Fri, 11 May 2012 09:54:04 -0700
Undocumented Latino youth in the US face futures clouded by fewer rights than their documented peers and the constant fear of deportation. Such status constraints usually aren't fully understood until young adulthood, said UC Irvine anthropologist Leo Chavez, and the awareness often serves as a catalyst for political and civic involvement.
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