August 2012
25 posts
Why the Olympic Closing Ceremony was a dangerous,... →
“What Boyle’s Opening Ceremony had done was open up the doors; a box of delights; the best of what we are and what we can be in Great Britain, how we built this motherfucker. Showing us our truthful crazy-beautiful spirit and heralding in two weeks of sport in such a way that we felt something could be reclaimed and changed. We repaid him by being the best athletes, volunteers and audience...
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fyahblaze: Half Of A Yellow Sun : 80% of the... →
fyahblaze:
Adding to our last post on the cross-continental co-production that is the film adaptation of Half Of A Yellow Sun, I thought this revelation from a Variety profile of the film this morning was something to share: 80% of the film’s production budget came from Nigerian…
All of the Continent and the Diaspora needs to come together financially to make creative projects that...