District 9, Neill Blomkamp’s stunning directorial debut, is an intelligent science fiction movie, a disturbing Apartheid metaphor, but it might also be, unintentionally, a good look at the coming Global Diaspora and the problems of moving a whole nation of people inside another nation. The film asks what a country does when they are [...]
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Preparing us for the Era of Displaced Peoples: District 9 2 comments
Realistic Science Fiction: District 9 3 comments
This is an amazing film, both for what it sets out to do, and for what it accomplishes. Taking the form of a documentary, it brings science fiction as close to real as I’ve ever seen it. It is the documentary form, I think, that convinces a viewer that this is happening, or has happened. [...]
Leaving America is All Here 2 comments
Okay, I uploaded the rest of Leaving America. All seven episodes are there. Some of you heard this in a 5 episode run–don’t know what they (Toronto) cut, but they went from Seven 6.5 min episodes to Five 5 min episodes. Here are the original versions where you even get to hear me do a [...]
Leaving America Is Up Leave a comment
Hey folks, just placed the first three episodes of Leaving America, my radio series about my immigration journey, up on the site–as its own page. I’m sorry you have to click on two separate pages–but I’m not as familiar with WordPress as I’d like to be. Still, I’m very happy that the files are up [...]
Leaving America is playing in Edmonton 1 comment
Just heard some good news. My 7 part radio series “Leaving America,” about my immigration journey from Texas to the Yukon, is now playing on CBC in Edmonton!! (Thanks Diane Walton and Marcelle Dubé for letting me know). For more thoughts on the similarities between being an Alien and being an alien see my post [...]
Americans moving to Canada 1 comment
Well, there’s more than just me out there going to Canada. Looks like, according to ABC news there are 10,942 Americans all gone to Canada. If you want, I’d love to collect your stories, find out more about who you are and share that with people. I’m a writer, working on my own immigration memoir, [...]
