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Check out a short video featuring Chris Holland (Film Festival Secrets) & Heidi Van Lier (The Indie Film Rule Book) talking about the selection process at film festivals - at ATLFF site .

The Lost Tribes of New York City from Carolyn London on Vimeo .

Where Jordan explains String Theory to Bear & later they complicate their lives: Jordan & Bear: Episode 03 from Phase Four Productions on Vimeo .

Even though I am not a believer of any religion, I am all for taking great ideas from any area of human thought, perhaps re-branding them if need be, & then using them to try to solve current problems in the world/trying to make the world a better place to live. Because I think all knowledge - whether it is ultimately sold to humans as secular or divine - is a part of human intellectual work & heritage. So, basically, non-believers should feel free to take great ideas & practices from religions & use them & also believers should feel free to do the same with ideas & practices that are at the moment branded as primarily secular or agnostic or atheist ideas. A week or so ago I was speaking with some Buddhists (Sri Lankan family members & their friends) about what I see, comparatively, as lack of activity on the part of Buddhists world wide in helping the poor. Certainly not as much as I see Christians doing. Since it's always tricky discussing/debating

On my way back from the Atlanta Film Festival at the moment - had a great time at the ATLFF on Saturday, The State of Film Criticism Coffeehouse Conversation went really well (the hour flew by, event was well attended, great audience & panel & moderator) - learned some things, met some great people - ATLFF taped the discussion so we may see it up on the web at some point. Photos & more notes, & links, from my visit to Atlanta later today. Saw Moon at ATLFF, really good movie - links, clips, & notes soon. Also met up with We Fun team & Buster team - more on those films soon. Special thanks to Noralil for being an awesome host & Team ATLFF for creating a great film festival. - Sujewa

Paul Gilroy's book Postcolonial Melancholia sounds interesting - check out this review at the site Boston Review . From the review: "Paul Gilroy’s Postcolonial Melancholia is a deeply engaging exploration of this question. The book, Gilroy’s most recent assault on both racism and the concept of race, examines Britain’s urban centers to extend the cosmopolitan anti-race project he began in his influential books, There Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack and Against Race. Here, Gilroy applies the Freudian concept of melancholia, as it was adapted by German social psychologists to explain Germany’s postwar reactions to its “loss of a fantasy of omnipotence.” He argues that, while Britain attempts to deny the contemporary effects of its imperialist past, it has effectively reaffirmed the colonial order, with its racial divisions, through the post-9/11 “politics of security.” At the same time, this reaffirmation neglects the spontaneous and vibrant multiculturalism that has emerged i

Read all about it at Atlanta Journal-Constitution .

On to something lighter - check out the trailer for the rock doc We Fun : * Flick is playing at the Atlanta Film Festival this weekend, will try to catch it. More about We Fun, from the ATLFF site : We Fun is an insider's look at a small group of bands that have come to international prominence in the last year. Atlanta area bands like the Black Lips, Mastodon and Deerhunter that started playing at house parties and offbeat local venues are now playing festivals around the world. It is the story of the Peter Pan syndrome reaching critical mass and the creativity that follows. It is also a portrait of how a scene develops, in this case the Atlanta indie rock scene. It starts as simply with talented musicians who just want to play their music with no compromises, followed by venues that make themselves accessible to new and rising acts, and fans who take ownership and pride in helping to nurture a burgeoning community. Eventually, the rest of the world notices. There is fire, firewo

The videos are specifically about serving in the Israeli military vs. conscientious objectors - but outside of that limited context the videos are dealing with an important universal human issue - the obligation to the nation vs. obligation to the individual's sense of right & wrong (or just not wanting to kill other humans & or get killed). I think both videos make their point well/each is a great propaganda tool/device for their respective perspectives - check them out at this Sepia Mutiny post . (ultimately, i think, it is nearly impossible to have a country w/ out having a good military or just a military period, so hopefully enough talented & driven people will find their sense of right & wrong to be compatible with military service so that nations can exist - at least until we all collectively decide to give up war in like ten thousand years or so :) - that's what i think about this issue at the moment) - Sujewa

Interview with director Steven Soderbergh re: his new movie The Girlfriend Experience - at Village Voice (from 3/17/09, by Aaron Hillis - in case you've read that one already). And of course, soon to be gracing the top of every film site in the western world (i got the embed codes from Filmmaker Mag's post - thanks FMB ), the trailer for TGE: (note: prostitution = wrong/unhealthy, destructive (generally) - don't do it kids, arty movies about prostitution = could be good) - Sujewa

To be updated throughout ATLFF days (4/16 - 25) & beyond. 8. Indie Film Blogger Road Trip now available to view from Atlanta Film Festival's site - 4/15/09 7. The People Speak, Howard Zinn, movie & rock stars open Atlanta Film Festival (with a little help from Amnesty International) this Thu 4/16! - 4/13/09 6. Article about That Evening Sun, Beeswax, We Fun - 4/11/09 5. Break 'till Atlanta - 4/9/09 4. Both new movies about film journalism are a part of Atlanta Film Festival '09 - 4/6/09 3. BUSTER - a feature shot on super 8 - 4/6/09 2. Bunch of film festival people promoting one film festival at another film festival - 4/5/09 1. All the rules & secrets re: indie film & film festivals to be revealed on 4/17 in Atlanta! - 4/5/09

Go here to Atlanta Film Festival's website to watch Indie Film Blogger Road Trip (the whole 99 min. film, not just the 20 min. segment that was made available through Blip.TV & Vimeo a couple of nights ago). You'll have to register with B-Side (fast & easy) in order to watch the movie. About Indie Film Blogger Road Trip (from IFBRT's site ): "In the feature length documentary Indie Film Blogger Road Trip independent filmmaker & blogger Sujewa Ekanayake ( Date Number One , DIY Filmmaker Sujewa blog ) travels to several U.S. East Coast cities in the Summer of 2008 and discusses the thriving world of indie film journalism on the web, related Internet writings & other matters relevant to the indie film community with over a dozen bloggers who write about indie film and or media professionals who rely on indie film blogs to accomplish their daily work. Subjects discussed in the film include: professional development and breakthroughs as film journalist