INTERVIEWS / REVIEWS

A Must Watch. THE REAL BLOW UP, a BBC documentary revisiting the beginings and careers of the new upcoming breed of British fashion photographers and their iconic models capturing on film the revolutionary Swinging London look, so influential for the iconic film, Blow Up by Michelangelo Antonnioni. Featuring interviews with Marianne Faithfull, Twiggy, David Bailey, Vidal Sassoon, Barry Lategan, Terence Stamp, David Hemmings, David Puttnam, Tom Wolsey, Veruschka, Jill Kennington, George Melly, Terence Donovan, Jean Shrimpton.

THE REAL BLOW UP - Part 2



AN INTERVIEW WITH RENE IATBA

Rene says "My series of films reinstates the necessity of granting ART diplomatic immunity without attacking or violating the human rights of the individual. Freedom of expression is quintessential to communication and therefore to education”.

ART is the only endeavor in which an individual can find freedom from politicians dictatorships and the asphyxiating grip of religious beliefs. An artist cannot create and follow instruction at the same time.

To punish individuals for relating their dreams, visions or discoveries is a cruel and undeserved punishment. As Nature’s Ambassador I have been warning people of the impending doom we will face if we continue ignoring Nature’s messages such as climate change. Those who believe in eternal life after death undervalue the importance of life after birth.

My goal is to eradicate censorship because I consider it to be a form of slavery which leads to self censorship which Is, without a doubt, slavery perfected.

Rene IATBA

For more about Rene IATBA, visit Rene I Am The Best Artist 


Rene IATBA, Nature Renaissance, I Am The Best Artist

Rene IATBA, Nature Renaissance, I Am The Best Artist

Rene IATBA, Nature Renaissance, I Am The Best Artist


Danny Seraphine interviewed by Natalie Denise Spearl at Robby Krieger/Scott Medlock Golf Invitational Tournament & Rock and Roll Concert, benefit to St. Jude Research Hospital for Children 



Undergroung Chic Sustainable Handbags participates at the MTV Music Video Awards 2015. Interview with guests and Ann Greeberg handbags designer

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Tick with Us. Two fabulous gals doing interviews

TICK WITH US PILOT



A REVIEW OF COBRA GYPSIES - THE KALBELIYA

I reviewed this documentary years back in 2015, but I would like to revisit it today for the enjoyment of my new readers. Cobra Gypsies, offers a contemporary and colorful window to the amazing ancient culture of the nomadic Kalbeliya tribes, living in rural Rajasthan, Northern India. The film explores their culture of eternal dance, syncopated music, snake charming, colorful fashion and the nomadic way of life of these exotic looking castoffs, ancestors to the modern Roma Gypsies living in Europe today.

KALBELIYA , COBRA GYPSIES


Cobra Gypsies seems like an amazing accidental ethnographic film and it is reminiscent of the aesthetics utilized by Nouvelle Vague visual anthropology filmmaker, Jean Rouch on documentaries like "Me a Black" (Moi, un Noir)"  but in a more transparent factual way.



Although, the Kalbeliyas posed for the camera like for a fashion editorial spread, the action permeates ingenuity and sets a frank connection between the Kalbeliyas subjects and the audience.




Raphael Treza, a French musician and filmmaker, creates in Cobra Gypsies not only a compelling documentary with an outstanding soundtrack, but a colorful digital postcard like 
a journal, postmarked in Rajasthan for the whole world to see. 

In 2010, the Kalbeliyas folk songs and dances of Rajasthan were declared a part of the Intangible Heritage List by the UNESCO.  
 
You can hear the soundtrack here