Category: Community

Respect over Conflict

Acceptance over conflict, it’s all a matter of perspective Social Perspective – there are only two ways of responding to any challenging social circumstance or situation, positively or negatively, these are basic responses in individuals within the wider community, especially when feeling vulnerable or under threat. Human nature being what it is, usually tends towards the negative, as…
The Neighbors’ Window

The Neighbors’ Window – Oscar Winning Short Film Written & directed by four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker Marshall Curry it tells the story of Alli (Maria Dizzia), a mother of young children who has grown frustrated with her daily routine and husband (Greg Keller). But her life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move…
Portrait of Havana

A series of intimate vignettes are woven together by the memories and dreams of people in central Havana.Directed by Giovanni P. Autran 2016 New Orleans Film Festival – World Premiere2017 Maryland Film Festival2017 Marfa Film Festival2017 Brooklyn Film Festival2017 Boston International Film Festival2017 Indie Grits Film Festival2017 Mammoth Lakes Film Festival2017 Woods Hole Film Festival2017…
The Way to Go

Ancient sports for children in Ireland’s most ethnically diverse town. Ballyhaunis in the west of Ireland is at first glance a traditional farming town, a place that in the past has been deeply affected by the emigration of its young. But today Ballyhaunis is unique in an Irish context. The majority of children in the…
Poor Kids Tell

Poor Kids (Documentary) – Real Stories * 3.5 million children are growing up in poverty in the UK. It’s one of the worst rates in the industrialised world and successive governments continue to struggle to bring it into line. Struggling & without a voice, ‘Poor Kids’ shines a light on this pressing issue. Want to…
Freedom in Liberland

• Sometimes it’s easier to start your own country than to change the one you’re in. According to the internationally recognized law of terra nullius (“nobody’s land”), if no one has a claim on land, anyone at all can claim it as their own. Or at least they can try. This is how Czech politician…
We are One

• Young Irish Muslims talk about growing up in Ireland, Islamophobia and choosing to wear the hijab Read more: http://on.irishtimes.com/BEQPiIp
A Musical Slave in Dublin

The Musical Slave – “NO PLAN” (a song about a horse yard in Dublin) • In a part of Dublin known as the Liberties – which is also where the Vikings settled 1000 years ago – there is a small community of rebel horse-owners. And a few years ago, a travelling street musician who…
People design people

The ‘data’ compiled by Quincy L at Medium includes the tags Startup, Tech, Life Lessons, Entrepreneurship, and Design. How People Design Our Lives • The ‘ideal’ seven-minute Medium read of ‘How People Design Our Lives’ – engineered to specification. This is actually quite a good camping kettle but could not quickly find an image of…
Desert Cosmonauts

What is Burning Man…? • It depends on who tells you, and how it’s told. It depends on whether it’s your first time or if you are a veteran, if you go alone or accompanied. It even depends on the alignment of the stars that year. This summer, the partners of La Despensa agency, faithful…