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The making of AURORA

Carmen Gray / February 27, 2019

Once Aurora paints a picture of an industry of men intent on using the young Norwegian artist AURORA as a tool to further their own ambitions more than to nurture her own creative independence.

adolescence, artist, Aurora, Aurora Aksnes, Benjamin Langeland, Brazil, capitalistic, celebrity, copenhagen, CPH:DOX, cynical, elf, fans, favours, feminist, feminist evolution, FIPADOC, Flimmer Film, gang, IDFA, indie, intimacy, Krakow International Film Festival, Lady Gaga, Magnus Skylstad, MakeDox, Me Too, Me Too movement, misogyny, money-making, music, music documentary, Norway, norwegian, Once Aurora, R Kelly, rigid, Ryan Adams, selfhood, singer, Social media, Stian Servoss

Is it a crime to save lives?

Dieter Wieczorek / June 3, 2018

Acting in the name of human rights has become a criminal act in France.

activists, Adam Nossiter, Administrative, border, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Cédric Herrou, celebrities, choice, citoyen, Citoyennité, control, Court, courts, criminal, criminalized, cynical, dictatorial, Equality, equipment, ethics, food, foreigners, France, Fraternity, French, IDFA, imprisonment, injustice, Italy, judicial, lawyers, Liberty, Lifeline, Manuel Valls, marchers, Médecins du Monde, Michel Toesca, migrants, military, military camps, Minors, modus vivendi, moral authority, New York Times, Nice, paradox, police, politicians, prefect, protection, Pulitzer, Pulitzer Prize, punishment, Renaissance, Republic, Roya, Roya valley, SaNoSi Productions, ships, shipwreck, sovereignty, specialists, surveillance, territories, terrorism, To the Four Winds, tyrannies, victims, Vintimille, virtue, weapons

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