Word: poignant
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Then there are the people who claim that a ring is a constant reminder of the effort, accomplishment and enjoyment of one’s college years. Yet can’t we get even more poignant Harvard memorabilia for a tiny fraction of the cost? Why not keep photos in our wallets that remind us of college? Instead of pictures of babies and girlfriends, your wallet could contain photos of keg stands, late-night studying in Lamont and the moment you receive your diploma. At no cost, you can put nostalgic photos on your computer’s wallpaper...
Opener “The Wrong Way” begins with pumping jazz saxophones and turns into some kind of evangelical gospel cry as soon as the vocals kick in. The song is a poignant call to arms for liberty in the face of racial and social adversity, a message that resonates powerfully despite the track’s playful pace. “Hey, desperate youth! / Oh, blood thirsty babes! / Oh your guns are pointed / your guns are pointed the wrong way,” Adebimpe sings with disarming import...
...been studying with her for the past two years. “I think she definitely taught me to look at images, like to pair them up,” Morse said. As an example, she tells of one of Subrin’s films that used simple, poignant images—no action shots—of suicide victims. This attention to the “scene” and still images is a technique not often used in film-making, but one that Subrin has given new life...
Cleeta Fisher, 66, who accompanied her son Brian Fisher and his wife Virginia Cornelius to Nanchang City, China, last August to pick up their baby daughter Cornelia WenHai, recalls the poignant moment when she first met her granddaughter: "Brian and Virge were handed the baby, and they handed her to me. And I thought, 'Hello, welcome to the family.'" It was a familiar scene for Cleeta, all the more emotional because Brian is her adopted son. "I had tears of joy and flooding emotions that went back 38 years to when the adoption-agency worker placed Brian in my arms...
...challenges of motherhood, expressed in the film’s most effective segment, “My Robot Baby,” wherein a mother adopts a mechanical baby to prove herself adept at adoption. When the baby starts to break down, the mother faces a frightening and poignant dilemma. Runs through March 18. Tickets $9. 5:45 pm and 9:30 pm. Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline...