Film Futurist

Snuck away from the reading to watch a few choice entertainment-y morsels. So, while I am still *fishing*, thought I’d spread the awesomeness. Credit for originally posting this goes to Maria Popova of Brain Pickings, who curates the best stuff online and shares it with the world. The work is by Egor Zhgun, a popular [...]

I’m always looking at Twitter in that way one looks at a melon baller in the back of the kitchen utensils drawer–kind of like, what else can I do with this thing? It makes the cutest perfect circular balls out of melons and it is awfully fun. And every once in a while when there’s [...]

Looking back at Moustapha Allassane, one of the earliest African animators, made this brilliant satirical animated film in 1966 – roughly the end of colonial era in most of Africa. Allessane who was born and raised in Niger, is the director of over 25 films and still works and teaches film in his home country.