Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’re reviewing each short category. See the Documentary section below and the other shorts sections here.
Body Team 12 – Liberia – 13 minutes
For Americans the Ebola scare was a handful of cases and nurses who weren’t as careful as they should have been. To the world it was thousands upon thousands of dead bodies—loved ones that family members can’t normally mourn because every second the deceased’s blood lays in the streets is an extra second risking greater contamination. It’s easy to forget the scope of epidemics like this when ground zero isn’t in our own backyard. We blame countries for being inferior, rejoice in our capabilities to put a lid on things, and go about our daily business as though nothing is wrong. This isn’t the case for citizens of Liberia where outbreak numbers exploded exponentially. It was a plague destroying their country.
Body Team 12 – Liberia – 13 minutes
For Americans the Ebola scare was a handful of cases and nurses who weren’t as careful as they should have been. To the world it was thousands upon thousands of dead bodies—loved ones that family members can’t normally mourn because every second the deceased’s blood lays in the streets is an extra second risking greater contamination. It’s easy to forget the scope of epidemics like this when ground zero isn’t in our own backyard. We blame countries for being inferior, rejoice in our capabilities to put a lid on things, and go about our daily business as though nothing is wrong. This isn’t the case for citizens of Liberia where outbreak numbers exploded exponentially. It was a plague destroying their country.
- 1/28/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Danièle Delorme and Jean Gabin in 'Deadlier Than the Male.' Danièle Delorme movies (See previous post: “Danièle Delorme: 'Gigi' 1949 Actress Became Rare Woman Director's Muse.”) “Every actor would like to make a movie with Charles Chaplin or René Clair,” Danièle Delorme explains in the filmed interview (ca. 1960) embedded further below, adding that oftentimes it wasn't up to them to decide with whom they would get to work. Yet, although frequently beyond her control, Delorme managed to collaborate with a number of major (mostly French) filmmakers throughout her six-decade movie career. Aside from her Jacqueline Audry films discussed in the previous Danièle Delorme article, below are a few of her most notable efforts – usually playing naive-looking young women of modest means and deceptively inconspicuous sexuality, whose inner character may or may not match their external appearance. Ouvert pour cause d'inventaire (“Open for Inventory Causes,” 1946), an unreleased, no-budget comedy notable...
- 12/18/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Veteran French producer Gilbert De Goldschmidt has died, aged 85.
De Goldschmidt passed away on 1 January in in Switzerland. No cause of death had been released as WENN went to press.
He began producing films for the U.S. military and created Madeleine Films in 1951.
He also helped to develop successful productions including Jean-Gabriel's The Wanderer and the Oscar-nominated Hoa Binh, comedies including Alexander, The Troubles with Alexander and The Tall Blond Man, and several French TV commercials.
De Goldschmidt twice headed Unifrance film, which promotes French film around the world, and served on the Cannes jury in 1983 and on the Venice jury in 1988.
He is survived by his wife, France, two children and four grandchildren...
De Goldschmidt passed away on 1 January in in Switzerland. No cause of death had been released as WENN went to press.
He began producing films for the U.S. military and created Madeleine Films in 1951.
He also helped to develop successful productions including Jean-Gabriel's The Wanderer and the Oscar-nominated Hoa Binh, comedies including Alexander, The Troubles with Alexander and The Tall Blond Man, and several French TV commercials.
De Goldschmidt twice headed Unifrance film, which promotes French film around the world, and served on the Cannes jury in 1983 and on the Venice jury in 1988.
He is survived by his wife, France, two children and four grandchildren...
- 1/15/2010
- WENN
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