02/04/2014 Bishop Pulitzer | Brazil | Brazilians | Cinema | Golpe 64 | North American | Parque do Flamengo | Reaching to the Moon Feitosa-Santana

About Brazilians…

“As Tom Jobim says, “Brazil is not for beginners…”, how come you live in a place where stamps come unglued, sopa melts almost before you can use it, rivers run too fast to the sea? I would like to understand this unbearable joy Brazilians have, this constant urge to celebrate, and there is your melancholy, it’s […]

20/10/2013 Bradley Manning Defense | Cinema | current-events | Daniel Domscheit-Berg | edward snowden | human-rights | Julian Assange | politics | society | technology | Whistleblower Future Feitosa-Santana

The Fifth Estate, the Movie

“It may be decades before we understand the full impact of WikiLeaks and how it’s revolutionized the spread of information. So this film won’t claim any long view authority on its subject, or attempt any final judgment. We want to explore the complexities and challenges of transparency in the information age and, we hope, enliven […]

21/07/2013 1984 George Orwell | Aldous Huxley Admirable New World | Cinema | edward snowden | entertainment | House of Cards | human-rights | internet | Orange is the New Black | politics | society | technology Feitosa-Santana

Netflix: The Big Brother and the Entertainment Manipulation

by Kate Epstein The Snowden leaks and ensuing debates about our government, big data, and privacy have led to more Orwell allusions than I’ve heard in all of my (admittedly post-1984) life. It’s hard not to compare the constant surveillance of twenty-first-century America to the ubiquitous presence of Big Brother in the prescient 1949 novel. […]

21/07/2013 Cinema | edward snowden | entertainment | House of Cards | Orange is the New Black Feitosa-Santana

Netflix: Quando o Entretenimento nos Entorpece

Netflix e Espionagem – O Admirável Mundo Novo do Banco de Dados  Por Kate Epstein, no Counterpunch “Os vazamentos de [Richard] Snowden e o debate que se seguiu sobre nosso governo [dos Estados Unidos], banco de dados e privacidade levou a mais alusões a [George] Orwell do que eu já havia escutado em minha (admitidamente pós-1984) vida. […]