Topless protests to go worldwide (video)

Amber Larson, Ashley Wells, Seven, CC Liu (trans.), Wisdom Quarterly; FEMEN.org/en

FEMEN means death to patriarchy, life to gender equality, and topless "sextremism"

WARNING: Toplessness, drinking, mild nudity, revolution! (CinemaCopainLtd) Produced by Alain Margot 2014 (montage by Loredana Cristelli, music Cristina Yakovleva). Runtime: 95 min.

Vlad the Adolf Reincarnation?

NYON, Switzerland - April 29th, 2014 saw the first screening of the newest documentary on the FEMEN women's movement.

The world premiere of "I am FEMEN" was held at "Visions du Réel," the largest Swiss documentary film festival.

 
The film, shot by Swiss director Alain Margot, tells the story of the Ukrainian women's movement becoming a worldwide phenomenon.

 

Devas agree. Topless for attention (femen)

"I am FEMEN" analyzes the organization, reveals its secrets of how it successfully creates protests, slogans, tactics, and strategic "sextremism." to advance liberty and equality and oppose patriarchy and sexism. 

It gives viewers insight into the thoughts and experiences of female activists living in a world of constant provocation.

This is a film about the world of feminism, protest, and revolution.

 

Look, mom, I'm meditating with my shirt on!

Alain Margot began the documenting process literally from the beginning of the movement. She was able to capture the formation and development of the organization, experience its growing pains -- its losses and the joy of its victories. 

 

It is a cinematic "masterpiece" that will NOT be showing at the local corporate cineplex. But it will be screened in some daring theaters with a planned release date of May 14, 2014. More

In French, too!

"Poor for being [a] woman?" (FEMEN)

"Je suis FEMEN" (un film documentaire d' Alain Margot): Oxana ["Shachko"] est une femme, une militante, une artiste. Adolescente, sa passion pour la peinture d'icônes la pousse à entrer au couvent, mais c'est au sein du mouvement Femen qu'elle met finalement à contribution son talent. Elle a co-fondé avec Anna, Inna et Sasha le fameux groupe d'opposantes féministes au régime, qui l'amène de son Ukraine natale aux quatre coins de l'Europe. Entre rage de créer et envie de changer le monde, Oxana livre sa personnalité discrète, envoûtante et multicolore, à l'image de ses œuvres passionnées. Montage: Loredana Cristelli, musique: Cristina Yakovleva. Documentaire cinéma durée: 95 minutes.

Is a bigger Buddha better? (video)

Amber Larson, Maya, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly; Fareed Zakaria, Global Public Square (CNN)

The Buddha, Statue of Liberty (USA), The Motherland Calls (Russia), Redeemer (Brazil) [W]

Is bigger better?

Mountaintop Tian Tan Buddha, Lantau Island, Hong Kong (rmonty119/flickr)

  

Smaller Afghan Buddha

China is home to the world's fastest train, longest bridge, largest freestanding building, longest wall, and is the biggest source of tourists in the world. In China, bigger is definitely better -- even when it comes to the Buddha.

 

Massive Buddha statues have been built around the country over the past few decades. The 160-foot Buddha in the video towers over crowds like another 300-foot Buddha in eastern China. 

 

Is Liberty a freed slave? (USS)

In 2002, the tallest statue in the world -- the 500-foot Spring Temple Buddha -- was unveiled in China. It is almost 200 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty!

[Scholar Dr. Joy DeGruy points out that the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor is shackled by broken ankle chains signifying our history of enslaving Africans and others, yet nearly no American knows it because the truth is kept hidden by the Nat'l Park Service].

 

India's future biggest Buddha? (Maitreya)

So why is Buddha on steroids? One word: tourists. Last year, this Buddha reportedly brought in 3.8 million visitors and $200 million. Not every large statue has been met with appreciation though. Two giant Buddhas in their birthday suits recently unveiled in Eastern China were taken down after an uproar. More

In 1886, the Statue of Liberty was a symbol of democracy and Enlightenment ideals. It was also a celebration of the Union's Civil War victory and our [official] abolition of slavery. Edouard de Laboulaye first proposed the idea of a great monument as a gift from France. He was a firm supporter of Pres. Lincoln's fight for abolition. For he saw it as a way to eliminate immorality and a means of protesting repressive tendencies in France. More