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  1. 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝑬𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒅𝒆: 𝑰𝒔 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝑨𝒓𝒕 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍? 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑺𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝑷𝒕. 1: 𝑴𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒔 -

    It seems everything is politics these days. But at least can't we keep art pure? You know, art for art's sake? I offer my thoughts on the topic while we examine the classic silent film, 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴 (1927).

    waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/wa

    #podcast #literature #books #metropolis #silentfilms #fritzlang #politics #art #utopia #ideology

  2. New release:

    In October I performed a new soundtrack for Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin at City 46 cinema in Bremen to celebrate the film's 100th anniversary.

    #silentfilms
    #experimentalmusic
    #noise
    #sovietfilms

    davidwallraf.bandcamp.com/albu

  3. And a few more #wikipedia articles I started this week: Ayako Tanahashi (1839-1939) was a Japanese #educator and school administrator: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayako_Ta Yoko Umemura (1903-1944) was an actress in Japanese #silentfilms:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Ume and Yoshiko Ohtani (1918-2000) was a #ShinBuddhist leader and writer: https ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiko_Ohtani @wikiwomeninred @wikiasianmonth #Japan

  4. #Movies #SilentFilms #AAPI

    I'm going to see this silent film starring #AnnaMayWong which is being shown in #Orinda this coming Saturday 11/15:

    silentfilm.org/event/song/

    Anna was a groundbreaking actress of #AsianAmerican descent. If you are not familiar with her, you can find information about her here:

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_May