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...past five years in the West Bank village of Bil'in, there have been weekly rallies against the Israeli separation barrier, a section of which runs through the town. On Feb. 12, villagers protested while dressed as members of the Na'vi tribe from the 3-D blockbuster Avatar. The film, with its themes of oppression and resistance, has struck a particular chord with Palestinians, who now have cause to celebrate. The wall is being rerouted following the final implementation of a 2007 Israeli Supreme Court order; the move returns about 700,000 square meters of land...
...hard to believe that it has been just over a year since President Obama was sworn into office. The feeling of the nation then was hopeful. American voters had just torn down the nation’s final color barrier, and the youthful, eloquent, and charismatic president-elect offered a welcome promise of change. “All this we can do. All this, we will do” the President declared on that bitter-cold January day, in reference to a lengthy list of dire issues facing the nation. Obama vowed to tackle the nation’s toughest...
...neither of these are what make CRASH-Bs such an absolutely absurd event. What’s really unfathomable about CRASH-Bs is the low entry barrier. You don’t have to be Olympic or National team caliber. You don’t have to be a college star. In fact, you don’t have to be any kind of great athlete...
Maybe the barrier between elite athletes and the rest of us isn’t that great. Or maybe there is just a lot of elite athletes that never get discovered...
This, Green goes on to say, is a barrier that the industry must break through. “Most films like ours go straight to DVD,” says Green...