Elections are defining moments in any nation, and in a rustic like Nigeria, they typically include a mixture of controversy, violence, and widespread doubt about whether or not justice will really prevail. The 2023 presidential elections, as an illustration, had been marred by mistrust surrounding the candidates, leaving many voters upset. Politics in Nigeria doesn’t…
It occurred to me that it’s time to share this essay of mine from Vibrant Lights Movie Journal, initially printed in 2006. The rationale for its publication then was the rerelease for the primary time in 37 years, since its first screening in France in 1969, of Jean-Pierre Melville’s movie of the WW II French…
Felix Gonzales Martinez & Katherine Carmona. Havana, Cuba . Fall 2021 Shibari, tattoos, and drag queens aren’t the primary issues to come back to thoughts when one thinks of Cuba. Nonetheless, photographer Jean-François Bouchard reveals us that there’s an underground in Cuba that’s various, artistic, and extremely aesthetic. Bouchard has been photographing hidden Cuba since…