Global warming, suburban sprawl and urban life are all over the art world right now (see this show at the New Museum). Those concerns were on the mind of the wide-ranging designer/inventor Buckminster Fuller, who died in 1983. Fuller’s work is on display within the walls of the Whitney Museum. WNYC’s Collin Campbell […]
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Women on the Frontlines
April 28, 2008 – 3:34 pm
WNYC’s Brigid Bergin spent some time at the TFF yesterday. Here’s what she had to say about one of this year’s feature documentaries:
“LIONESS is a documentary about a group of women soldiers who end up on the frontlines in Iraq, in spite of official U.S. policy baring them from combat. Directed by Meg McLagan […]
Hooray for Dhallywood
April 28, 2008 – 1:48 pm
Nora Ali, the first Bangladeshi Miss Junior USA pageant, plays the Bangladeshi and U.S. national anthems.
We’ve been watching the Tribeca Film Festival since it got underway last week. But New York’s movie buffs turned out in droves last night for another film event: the Dhallywood Music & Film Awards. Dhallywood’s where the booming Bangladeshi […]