Astronomer Phil Plait‘s recent visit to Eastern Michigan University earned him a story in the Ypsilanti Courier, where Phil’s humorous look at how Hollywood gets science wrong ended with a plea for the country’s space program: “The difference between us and the dinosaurs is that we have a space program.” he said.
News & Updates
02/07/2012 Season 3 of The High Bar begins on KBTC
Season 3 of Warren Etheredge‘s show The High Bar premiered last night on KBTC with an interview with comedian, author and actor Larry Miller. Congrats, Warren! http://thehighbar.tv/2012/02/07/larry-miller-on-a-better-life/
01/31/2012 Jen Marlowe’s play broadcast as radio drama
Activist Jen Marlowe‘s play There is A Field was adapted for the radio stage, and Part I was broadcast on blubrry. You can also hear Jen being interviewed about the play and the Palestinian teenager on which it is based.
01/31/2012 Quinn Norton’s Anonymous reporting featured on BoingBoing
Journalist Quinn Norton has been reporting on the Anonymous computer hacking movement for Wired magazine. Her last installment for 2011 is called 2011: The Year Anonymous Took On Cops, Dictators and Existential Dread, and was so insightful it was featured on Boing Boing. Keep up the good work, Quinn!
01/31/2012 Eli Kimaro featured in Seattle Times
Filmmaker Eli Kimaro is featured in the January 29th issue of Seattle Times. This thorough article describes Eli’s journey of making the documentary A Lot Like You, and what she found when she started investigating her father’s Tanzanian culture.
01/20/2012 Warren Etheredge: new video on Such a Character
We have a new video for speaker/instructor Warren Etheredge – it’s actually a video explaining his workshop for film students ‘Such a Character’: http://www.samaralectures.com/speakers-names/warren-etheredge/?post_type=speaker-videos
01/06/2012 New Loung Ung video
New video of Loung Ung from the Omega Institute, explaining the moment she went from being an activist to a writer: http://www.samaralectures.com/speakers-names/loung-ung/?post_type=speaker-videos
01/02/2012 New video! Warren Etheredge interviews Gary Oldman
Interviewer and film critic Warren Etheredge interviews actor Gary Oldman on his show The High Bar. They talk about his role in the recently release Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and trust and loyalty in real life: http://thehighbar.tv/2011/12/24/gary-oldman-on-trust-and-loyalty/
12/24/2011 Excellent book review of Jen Marlowe’s latest book!
Author, filmmaker and activist Jen Marlowe‘s latest book is titled ‘The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian’s Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker‘ and is co-written with Palestinian activist Sami Al-Jundi. Read the review on Mondoweiss, which includes “The book is a faithful telling of one man’s story that’s a microcosm of the Palestinian story and, in the end, of the human story”
12/24/2011 Jen Marlowe on the Troy Davis case
Two new videos of filmmaker and activist Jen Marlowe discussing the death penalty. One is from Yes Magazine Online, where she details the story of Troy Davis, a man recently executed in the state of Georgia despite strong evidence of innocence, and the other is an interview with RTAmerica where she talks about the country’s stance on the death penalty in general : http://www.samaralectures.com/speakers-names/jen-marlowe/?post_type=speaker-videos
