Category Archives: Film

Journeying with Mahasveta Devi

This is a sequel to an earlier film ‘Journeying with Mahasveta Devi’, and the second in the trilogy being made on the Magsasay Award winning writer-activist made by Drik India. The viewed and the viewer, the act and the response, … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 3, 2012
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What really links the ‘urinating marines’ video with Abu Ghraib

In the digital age, people document and share everything – even insults to the fallen Jonathan Jones guardian.co.uk, Thursday 12 January 2012 18.17 GMT A still from a YouTube video allegedly showing US marines urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 17, 2012
Posted in culture, Film, Human rights, Imperialism, Islam, Killings, media, Media issues, Photography, Photojournalism issues, politics, war on terror | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Not for art’s sake

Abstract of keynote presentation given at National University of Taiwan 8th January 2012. Taipei Subscribe to ShahidulNews One of the videos presented. A compilation from several videos on major protests in 2011 Long before CSR had become a buzzword and … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 9, 2012
Posted in Bangladesh, Capitalism, Coal, Crossfire, culture, Democracy, Energy, environment, exploitation, Film, Gas, Governance, Human rights, Killings, Law, mining, Oil, politics, Resistance, Shahidul Alam, South Asia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Frank Miller and the rise of cryptofascist Hollywood

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Fans were shocked when Batman writer Frank Miller furiously attacked the Occupy movement. They shouldn’t have been, says Rick Moody – he was just voicing Hollywood’s unspoken values Rick Moody guardian.co.uk, Thursday 24 November 2011 23.00 GMT ‘A … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 25, 2011
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Pop Tech

Subscribe to ShahidulNews The inaugural talk at the Pop Tech Conference in Maine on 20th October 2011

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 22, 2011
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Simmering discontent

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Eid at Shaheed Minar by rahnuma ahmed We’d mourned deaths from road accidents at central Shaheed Minar earlier as well. When we rallied in support of Viqarunnisa students protesting against school rape, we had risen to grieve … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 8, 2011
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Shock & Awe Talk

Subscribe to ShahidulNews A politically incorrect letter to Tareque Masud by Mac Haque “I’ve overcome the blow, I’ve learned to take it well, I only wish my words could just convince myself,that it just wasn’t real. But that’s not the … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 29, 2011
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The Mexican suitcase

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Trisha Ziff is a curator of photography and documentary film maker whose films, focus on the photographic image. A Guggenheim scholar, her exhibitions have been seen at major international museums including: Victoria & Albert Museum, London; California … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 15, 2011
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Drik mourns

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier amongst five killed in road accident. Drik mourns the death of two dear friends, the injuries of three others and the numerous deaths of their colleagues and the thousands of uncounted others … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 14, 2011
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