Word: ruralism
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...Rodriguez's feature jumbles the zombie, cop, political thriller and rural-trash-melodrama genres. Like The Night of the Living Dead, it's about a random bunch of people trapped in a shack and beset by flesh-dripping, flesh-eating zombies. In the spirit of that 1968 classic, Planet Terror celebrates the community of the still-living, except that Rodriguez's humans do a lot less grousing than George Romero's did. It's also got deadly gases, go-go dancers, pretty disgusting shots of men with extreme gonadal anomalies, and Bruce Willis as the man who killed bin Laden...
...said that the admissions office was taking steps to ensure that additional financial obligations not deter any potential applicants from seeking admission. “I think part of the activity we hope to take on is more time out on the road to reach some of these rural high schools, these non-feeder schools,” Mueller said. “We’re really easy about giving fee waivers.” Another student spoke about the psychological benefit of receiving early admission to the College, saying he thought students would miss that perk under...
Einstein was descended, on both parents' sides, from Jewish tradesmen and peddlers who had, for at least two centuries, made modest livings in the rural villages of Swabia in southwestern Germany. With each generation they had become increasingly assimilated into the German culture they loved--or so they thought. Although Jewish by cultural designation and kindred instinct, they had little interest in the religion itself...
...Kabera, however, the most important aspect of the festival is Hillywood: "It is extremely important that we reach the rural areas, not only the urban middle class," he says. "In a country where 80% of the population can't read and write properly [the government estimates illiteracy at around 24%] movies can be an important tool to bring education to the people...
...Rwanda, where it is still taboo for a man to cry. But breaking conventions is exactly what a group of young filmmakers, actors and technicians who have staged tonight's showing intend. As part of Rwanda's annual film festival, the Hillywood project involves traveling the dusty roads of rural Rwanda equipped with a portable generator, projector and a giant inflatable movie screen. Its program comprises films dealing with such everyday issues as AIDS and ethnic conflict, acted in Kinyarwanda, the native language of most Rwandans, and shot in settings familiar to a rural audience...