" I am cut to the brains

February 27, 2020

The gender gap in prison discipline is real and significant.

Women in prison are given disproportionately longer punishments for infractions committed while behind bars, a new federal study concludes. Female prisoners are more likely to be punished for nonviolent offenses, like disobeying or talking back to corrections officials, and kept at facilities far from their families. 

February 10, 2020

January 14, 2020

When They See Us

So far I've only seen the the final episode.  Searing. Horrifying. Almost unbearably real. Acting-directing-editing-cinematography superlative.

December 12, 2019

From the Equal Justice Initiative

Not a question of never forget. The imperative is to know and remember.


On this day in 1922, more than 1,000 white people lynched Arthur Young in Perry, Florida. No one was ever held accountable for the lynching. The mob also turned on the black community of Perry, burning several black-owned homes, a church, the Masonic hall, and a school.

November 27, 2019

For Sama - Devastating Syrian Documentary

Frontline Season 2019 Episode 19 | 1h 24m 18s

In a time of conflict and darkness in her home in Aleppo, Syria, one young woman kept her camera rolling — while falling in love, getting married, having a baby and saying goodbye as her city crumbled. The award-winning documentary unfolds as a love letter from filmmaker and young mother Waad al-Kateab to her daughter — Sama.

November 05, 2019

The Eyes of Van Gogh

We are proud to have been included in this book -

The Encyclopedia of Best Films: A Century of All the Finest Movies - https://books.google.com › books

Jay Robert Nash - 2019 - ‎Performing Arts - Van Gogh, Theo (1857-1891; Theodorus Van Gogh; art dealer and younger brother ... 1990 (Martin Scorsese); The Eyes of Van Gogh, 2005 (Alexander Barnett; ...