Filmmaker Socheata Poeuv is interviewed on the Xfinity TV Blog about her documentary New Year Baby: “New Year Baby has been embraced by all kinds of audiences beyond Cambodian Americans, from Holocaust survivors in Tel Aviv to Americans in the Midwest.” The film premieres Xfinity’s Cinema Asia America series.
Seattle-based filmmaker Eli Kimaro was featured in this profile in the Seattle Times (in conjunction with the Seattle Globalist). Eli’s film A Lot Like You recently opened the Seattle Asian American Film Festival.
Filmmaker and journalist Jen Marlowe is currently in Honduras reporting on human rights abuses. Check out her blog post on Frontline Defenders about the situation and one activist in particular. Jen is in Honduras filming interviews about the security situation and risks faced by Human Rights Defenders for Front Line Defenders for an upcoming video …
Check out this album of photos from Rebekka Armstrong’s November 2012 trip to Washington State University.
Astronomer Phil Plait was a guest recently on the Center for Inquiry flagship podcast, Point of Inquiry. Phil helps us reflect on why doomsday scenarios are believed by so many, and which ones are actually likely.
Eli Kimaro‘s documentary A Lot Like You will air on PBS’ World channel on January 22nd, premiering the fifth season of the documentary series AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange. Congrats, Eli!
Human rights advocate Jen Marlowe remembers Martina Davis-Correia in this letter. Martina fought for 22 years to prove the innocence of her brother, Troy Davis, a man finally, and wrongly, executed by the state of Georgia in September 2011. She did this all the while fighting off her own breast cancer. Martina sadly succumbed to the cancer in December …
Also check out astronomer Phil Plait‘s very reasonable explanation of why the world won’t end tomorrow, December 21, 2012.
He’s done it again! Every December astronomer Phil Plait selects the most beautiful and interesting astronomy photos from the year. Check out his 2012 pics here.
Geologist Dave Montgomery‘s article “The Evolution of Creationism” made the cover of the November issue of GSA Today (the Geological Society of America). His article is derived from his latest book The Rocks Don’t Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah’s Flood. Both are reviewed on the Mountain Beltway blog, part of the American Geophysical Union site. …