More than one-third of all adults in Lesotho are HIV positive. A small group of health care workers struggle to distribute life-saving antiretroviral drugs (ARVs). However, if the pilot project collapses an ARV resistant strain of HIV/AIDS may develop. Lesotho is now the front-line of a global battle.
On December 2, 1984, the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India leaked poisonous gas that killed thousands. Beyond the initial horror, “Bhopal” has become a rallying cry for post 9/11 concerns about industrial security and pollution.
Art has always belonged to the rich, but burlesque is the revenge of the poor - an expression of doubt to prove that hope exists. Burlesque offers us a startling mirror: grotesque, libidinous, fleshy, irreverent, and immensely watchable.
Much has changed since Invisible Nation aired in 1997. Immigration policy is now emphatically anti-criminal and The Undefended Border burrows deep into the criminal underground and into the newly formed police units trying to control it.
Winds Of Heaven: Emily Carr, Carvers & The Spirits Of The Forest