Tag Archives: Florin Piersic Jr.

theatre behind bars (film: Visul – Cătălin Saizescu, 2023)

Posted on December 18, 2023 by admin

Educational programs that use theater as a therapeutic or rehabilitation methodology are part of the arsenal of many prison systems in the world. The American Cornell University has a ‘prison theatre’ course and the ‘Shakespeare Behind Bars’ program has been … Continue reading →

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unfinished puzzle (Film: Moon Hotel Kabul – Anca Damian, 2018)

Posted on March 4, 2019 by admin

The international military engagement in Afghanistan after 9/11 is nearing the 20th anniversary. It seems quite surprising to me that very few films have been made on this subject, about the impact that the foreign intervention has had on the … Continue reading →

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Allergies in Times of War (Film: Gruber’s Journey – Radu Gabrea, 2008)

Posted on September 15, 2012 by admin

In director Radu Gabrea‘s Gruber’s Journey the Romanian cinema gets it’s first film seriously approaching the painful theme of the episodes of the Holocaust that took place in Romania between 1940 when the dictator Ion Antonescu took power (in collaboration … Continue reading →

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