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Devoti Tutti
Logline: Saint Agatha of Catania was killed in 251 Ad for resisting the advances of a Roman governor. Her story has always been told by men — until now.
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13-year old Agatha was the Malala of 2000 years ago: She refused to submit to the tyranny of a patriarchal, repressive society. For refusing sex with the governor,her breasts were cut off. Her ‘No’ resulted in torture and death. She was canonized and today the annual Feast of Saint Agatha attracts millions of visitors, who are passionate in their devotion to this courageous girl. Devoti Tutti tells Agatha’s story...
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Devoti Tutti
Logline: Saint Agatha of Catania was killed in 251 Ad for resisting the advances of a Roman governor. Her story has always been told by men — until now.
Elevator Pitch:
13-year old Agatha was the Malala of 2000 years ago: She refused to submit to the tyranny of a patriarchal, repressive society. For refusing sex with the governor,her breasts were cut off. Her ‘No’ resulted in torture and death. She was canonized and today the annual Feast of Saint Agatha attracts millions of visitors, who are passionate in their devotion to this courageous girl. Devoti Tutti tells Agatha’s story...
- 6/29/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Casey Anthony exacted some payback against her mother Cindy yesterday ... by refusing to see her in jail ... this after Cindy testified against Casey. Orange County Correction Department spokesman Allen Moore said Cindy tried scheduling a visit for 7:00 Pm, but Casey wasn't having it. Anthony has only met with her attorneys since the acquittal. After Cindy testified, she mouthed the words "I love you" in Casey's direction -- but Casey simply rolled her eyes. Casey...
- 7/9/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Cindy Anthony, who provided important testimony during daughter Casey's successful defense in a murder trial, was rebuffed in her attempt to visit Casey in a Florida jail on Friday, an official said. "This morning under policy, Casey was told of the visit and she has declined the visit so it will not occur," jail spokesman Allen Moore tells Reuters.In surprising testimony, Cindy took responsibility for seemingly incriminating computer searches prosecutors claimed Casey made before the disappearance of 2-year-old daughter Caylee. Cindy claimed she, not Casey, did the computer search for "chloroform" because she "was worried that it might affect my dogs,...
- 7/8/2011
- by Dahvi Shira
- PEOPLE.com
Allen and Albert Hughes at the Chateau Marmont. Photograph surreptitiously taken by Krista Smith. I meet the twin directors Allen and Albert Hughes at the infamous Chateau Marmont, in Los Angeles. Surrounded by hipsters in hats pulled over week-old scruff, we discuss their new feature, The Book of Eli. When I tried to take a few snapshots of them I was immediately reprimanded for breaking the Chateau’s no-camera rule. Don’t they realize they have legends in their midst? Half African-American (on their father's side), half Armenian (mother's), the Hughes Brothers, as they jointly credit themselves in their films, have have been at the directing game since they were 12 years old, when their mother gave them a simple video camera. Their first feature, 1993's Menace II Society, came out shortly after their 20th birthday. Three years later they made Dead Presidents, about disillusioned, black Vietnam vets. Then, in 1999, they produced and directed American Pimp,...
- 1/15/2010
- Vanity Fair
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