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THE ALL THAT NEWS EDITION
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 G21 Interviews: Marc Rothemund by BRAD BALFOUR
G21 INTERVIEWS: MARC ROTHEMUND - Media Editor Brad Balfour talks with the German director of the acclaimed new film "Sophie Scholl" about his exploration of German history.
G21: What motivated you to do this film? MR: The only motivation I had was a person interested in finding out what happened in these last final day to this 21 year-old woman. It was just a personal interest. I started researching without being sure I was going to make a movie about it. You have to have a personal motivation for this topic and this character. I'm glad that this is one of the few movies that isn't always about the man in uniform and the blonde clichéd guys. I think it's much better to share this time and identify with a person that was a quite normal young woman and to see this time through her eyes. Of course I could have chose one of the other members but she was the only woman. She was only [the] one distributing not writing them which meant she could have saved her life. She was the youngest. All the other members of the White Rose that were witnessing the murders of children [on the Eastern Front in Russia], and they reported it to her. It's also easier to identify with someone who was not witnessing by herself and to get the reports. She was a really interesting person. And now this story of Sophie Scholl and the performance of Julia really touches hearts around the world. Its not just about German history. In South America, China, Korea and Japan, and they only overcame their military dictatorship say 30 years ago, and they admired this character because of it is a very international topic. It's a matter of civil courage and standing up against injustice, It touches hearts around the world. The recent screenings in New Jersey were unbelievable. They all hoped that the young Americans will see this kind of character. They weren't just talking about Germany. ... READ MORE  REACTION: On "Porn & Feminism by JOY WANJIKU
Nairobi, KENYA - I have read Barasa's article with keen interest and I must say the author has looked at the whole issue of pornography and feminism from a fresh angle. He gives great insight into the whole debate. However, there are some things I feel were not critically looked at or needed further exploration and I have taken the opportunity to highlight what I agreed and disagreed with in the article. To begin with, I agree with the definition given by the author drawn from that of Andrea Dworkin, a feminist writer, and her lawyer compatriot, Catherine Mackinnon that pornography is a form of subordination of women. However, I think pornography is more than subordination; if you ask me, it is also a form of sexual perversion because
Secondly, Barasa argues that the 'girl' who walks out of a movie hall complaining that women are treated as sex objects, implies by her statement that a woman is a tangible object. Well, a woman is a tangible object, Barasa, although that is not the only thing that she is. I think we cannot separate the fact that a person is a physical, spiritual, and emotional being. In that sense, the you in one way is not tangible, it is an essence, like the soul; but the physical you is tangible and therefore, it is possible for that you, the physical one, to be treated as an object.
However, I do agree with the author that by focussing on physical pornography, we forget that there can be mental pornography. ... READ MORE
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So oblivious to the drinking menace are we that the popular pages in the entertainment magazines are photo spreads of which hip hop star has been snapped having blacked out in which joint, always with a semi-celebratory caption. ... READ MORE
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New York, NY, USA - In "Sophie Scholl," German actress Julia Jentsch plays a young woman who joined her brother and friends in the White Rose, an anti-Nazi student organization; they wrote several tracts that were circulated until they were caught and several members of the group, including Scholl, were executed. Of all them, Scholl had the least connection and could have saved herself when grilled by the Gestapo. Instead she went to her death proclaiming the virtues of their resistance. German director Marc Rothemund delved into her story for his dramatic feature debut (he had done TV films and two comedies), found new details about the story and focused his film on her final days.