Tag: Max Dana

Last year we shared with you a post by Max Dana on the French silent movie The Artist, directed by Michel Hazanavicius starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo. In her post Max wrote: ‘Jean Dujardin won the Cannes Film Festival’s Best Actor Award for his performance and I have heard the film has become the frontrunner to win Best Picture at the 2012 Oscars‘. As an Hollywood’s Golden Age expert, Max had a good intuition about it: The ...

We first mentioned Children Mending Hearts 3 years ago in our post: RAISE Hope for Congo: Activism you can wear. Then a year after, we posted about the Gala Fundraiser organized by CMH on  April 16, 2010 in Hollywood. Now we have some fresh news: the organization just launched the Global Arts After School pilot program at the Boys and Girls Club in Watts/Willowbrook, Los Angeles. About the brand new after school program: CMH After School is a program for ...

A few days ago, Max Dana posted about French movie ‘The Artist’. This silent movie in black and white is very good, and it is not because it’s a French movie; it is because the story is great and because Jean Dujardin is exceptional. Max showed a keen interest for the film from the outset and we are big fans of the movie as well so we will post about the film again and support it as much as we can!   ”  I love ...

A few days ago, we went to see a collective exhibition in Paris: “Photographies soudanaises” (Sudanese photographs). The gallery Clémentine de la Féronnière brought together, thanks to the Elnour collective founded by Claude Iverné in 2003, photographs by Rashid Mahdi but also by Richard Lokiden Wani, Gadalla Gubara, Madani Gahory, Osman Hamid Khalifa and Ahmed Omar Addow amongst others. Max Dana appreciates a lot the work done by ...

Swatch has teamed up with Kidrobot to create Kidrobot for Swatch. Set features the artist’s signature printed on the band and Dunny foot, and each of the 300 Kidrobot limited edition comes in a clear box for preservation and display. Among the selected artists are 3 of them we appreciate a lot: Frank Kozik, Gary Baseman and Joe Ledbetter (but sadly, no Pete Fowler!), and Max Dana appreciates a lot French graffiti artist Tilt; no doubt she will ...

Ten days ago, Max Dana posted about Imany, a successful folk/soul singer born in France. Since then, we have been listening to her music and we love her ! That’s why we decided to cross post Max’s blog so you can read (if you didn’t already) what Max thinks of Imany, and learn more about the amazingly talented singer…   When I first saw Imany, I thought: ‘What a beautiful woman!‘. Then when I first heard her sing, ...

We know Troy Davis story for a long time, and last week we selected his story for our Weekly Friday Digest. For a long time indeed we have been shocked by the treatment made of his case: he was sentenced to death but he might be innocent. Killing a man who could be innocent is something horrible, and this is what is scheduled to happen tomorrow. Max Dana wrote a blog about the situation and we think she found the right words about it. Also, Amnesty ...

Last June, an artist we liked a lot, has died. His name was Leon Botha and last year we published on the Sama Gazette an article about him by Max Dana: Leon Botha: when Art is beyond what you see. On this first update of September, we wanted to pay tribute to this great artist by publishing a new article posted by Max Dana on her blog. Comments are closed on this page but you can send yours on Max Dana’s Blog.     Leon Botha was a great ...

A few days ago, the global community celebrated the independence of the Republic of South Sudan. We cover the news and events about Sudan as often as possible, inspired by the commitment by Max Dana into raising awareness about Darfur and other part of Sudan. Max wrote about the celebrated day and she made some very interesting points. You can also read this post on Max Dana’s Blog and send you comments there.   South Sudan has gained its ...

Sunday Roundup is a rendezvous on Max Dana’s Blog. It sounds like our weekly Friday Digest which Max said it inspired her but we have to admit her news roundup is far more detailed than ours! You can also read this post on Max Dana’s Blog. When will international community take action? This is the question asked on Twitter by Susan Morgan, co-founder and the Director of Communications for Investors Against Genocide (I mention them here). ...