Text by Pascal Plantinga
Lunch for your ears – Pain in my heart
New York City, November 17, 1989
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Music listings – 1/10 through 1/16
1. Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars
Date: Monday, January 10, 2011
Time: 8pm
Venue: Drom (85 Avenue A, NY, NY 10009, 212- 777-1157)
Ticket: $25
Genre: Sierra Leone pop music
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars are a group of musicians who escaped the horrific violence of Sierra Leone’s civil war, landed in a West African refugee camp and formed a band to keep their spirits up and their hopes alive. From these humble beginnings the band has now grown to be an international musical sensation. Their can’t help but dance live shows and their musical message have earned them devoted fans around the world. They’ve known the horrors of war firsthand and have become ambassadors of peace. An unbelievable testament to the human spirit, the journey of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars exemplifies the universal healing power of music.
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Women’s Voices from the Muslim World: A Short-Film Festival in Los Angeles, March 17-19, 2011.
A collection of voices from women of all faiths living in Muslim-majority countries and Muslim women living as minorities around the world that fills the void in information created by traditional news, media and art sources. In competition for cash prizes of $35,000 and the opportunity to be featured in the Women’s Voices Festival in Los Angeles, March 17-19, 2011.
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“Women Are Heroes”: documentary film by JR (France)
Women Are Heroes is the first movie of the French young photographer JR who lives in Paris and has become a hero to many people around the world. He doesn’t use his real name, because most of the work he does is illegal. It has its premier showing today in Paris.
This documentary film takes place around the world and particularly in Brazil, India, Kenya and Cambodia. It begins in the favelas of Brazil, where we recognize the huge posters of JR and the reactions they provoke in women. Then in India, where we discover women caught between traditional customs and modern day. Then Kenya, where, again, women must live in a more chaotic and unstable that. Finally, in Cambodia, we will face the violence of the ultra violent expropriation against households headed by a matriarchal system that attempts to resist the face of real estate giants … Each woman in the film amazes us with her courage and faith. It took three years for JR to make this movie. More in JR’s website.
JR audio interview with the photographer by Jim Casper.
Exclusive interview: Sven Kacirek (Germany)
Photo by Jörg Maier
Date: December 14, 2010
Location: Turkish restaurant at W.4th St.
Interviewer: Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi
Photo: courtesy of Sven Kacirek
Last month I interviewed the German percussionist and electronica performer Sven Kacirek at a Turkish restaurant in the West Village. He was the headliner of the 2 days E Se Festival 2010.
