Sebastião Salgado captures the dignity of the dispossessed through large-scale, long-term projects. https://www.ted.com/talks/sebastiao_salgado_the_silent_drama_of_photography#t-997050 [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]
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We collaborate with BURKINA FASO Mask Fest FESTIMA, and have been fascinated with what masks represent, how cool they look, how deep AFRICAN culture is through their traditions and syncretism …
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Every summer, French-born designer, art director and photographer Pierre-Christophe Gam visited a new African country with his Cameroonian father and Egyptian-Chadian mother, and this multicultural heritage and upbringing shaped his …
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Films come to people in remote areas of the world . So great that they loved our BURKINABÈ RISING, we hope to hit the road together in 2018 . “Cinema …
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Congrats to our ally Amazon Watch on its successful campaign to get the license for the Belo Sun Mine revoked! If completed, the project would gouge a mega-mine in the …
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AFRO ear lobe uniqueness [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]
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This time in HAITI via Sopudep See how we support this school and the organization: http://culturesofresistance.org/groups-we-support-sopudep [Photo credit: SODUPEP.]
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We loved screening at the ADDA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL last week in Guwahati!! The film festival screened both K2 and the Invisible Footmen and our Cultures of Resistance film. We …
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Ramón Esono Ebalé, an illustrator and comics author from Equatorial Guinea, has been held in detention without charge since September 16. Our friends at Freemuse, Amnesty International, and Human Rights …
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Yesterday, December 5, was a worldwide celebration of agriculture and agroecology!! “Healthier soils grow more nutritious food, store carbon and strengthen resilience to droughts & flooding. That’s something worth celebrating!” …
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KARAMA HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FEST. We are so honored to be part of it this year! Many films will be screened at Royal Cultural Center. Come see us: Thursday, 7 …
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Located in the port city of Pidjiguiti, this is a monument to the more than fifty workers who were killed by police in response to a strike organized by the …
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Last week, the #GlobalFlagRaising for West Papua began, as the people of West Papua celebrated the 56th Anniversary of the day the West Papuan flag was first raised on 1st December, 1961. …
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Last week, the organization FRIENDS OF THE CONGO observed Congo Week, a cultural celebration for the community at the University of Kinshasa.
by MitkoAdditionally, the Lumumba Scholars presented the 2017 scholarship recipients and the engaging work of the Lumumba Scholars. See how our foundation supports Friends of the Congo and the scholars!! http://culturesofresistance.org/groups-we-support-fotc …
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We are so excited to be screening our film Cultures of Resistance in the second-ever Jerusalem International Film Festival, in solidarity with the Palestinian People!! our film will be showing …
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How did this unfold? Find out here: http://www.aljazeera.com/…/protesters-storm-burkina-faso-pa… Check out our new film on creative resistance in Burkina Faso in the wake of the popular uprising: http://culturesofresistancefilms.com/burkinabe-rising [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]
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Aime Parfait Gueswede, the artist known as Cesaire, uses plastic to create his art create large installations that illustrate his vision of the socio-political crisis in Burkina Faso. Featured in …
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Olive trees are synonymous with Palestinian resistance, and our friends at the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights are raising money to plant as many olive trees for Palestinian farmer families …
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With my friend Antoine from Street Art Sans Frontieres, musician Praktika and local Delmas. [Photo courtesy of Iara Lee.]
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My time in rainy ASSINIE has been about sharing meals w locals. Today I had placali sauce gombo (kopè). I also love kedjenou, and rice with sauce feuille or sauce …