Look and Listen #35: Deeyah Khan via TEDx
Today’s focus is on the work of Norwegian born Deeyah Khan, and shows how the empathy behind her filmmaking is rooted in her own story. She is famous for Banaz: …
Look and Listen #34: Titus Underwood, Nashville Symphony
Titus Underwood is the Principal Oboe for the Nashville Symphony. You might assume that, as an artist with a highly educated and elite ensemble like a symphony, he wouldn’t encounter …
Look and Listen #33: Quantum Physics and Human Behavior, Amrou Al-Kadhi via TEDx
Today I bring you parallels between human existence and quantum physics as expounded by a beautiful soul, British-Iraqi drag queen, performer, filmmaker, writer and self described unicorn Amrou Al-Kadhi. Each …
Look and Listen #32: The Vásquez García family, weavers from Teotitlán, Mexico via Craft in America
This is an inspiring feature on the Vásquez García family, weavers from Teotitlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. They are part of a movement in the region that is returning to natural dyes …
Look and Listen #31: The Activism of Sofia Ashraf
Sofia Ashraf was raised in a conservative Muslim family in south India, but she always loved the stage. Despite coming from a household where musical instruments were banned and nice …
Look and Listen #26: N’terini by Fatoumata Diawara from Colors
Fatoumata Diawara is a Malian musician and actress born in Ivory Coast. She was sent back to Mali as a teenager to be raised by her aunt in her own …
Look and Listen #25: Colored Hearts
This short romantic film directed and written by Robin K. Johnson, who also stars, is a look at the voices that nag those in interracial relationships. Why do we celebrate …
Look and Listen #23: The art of Wangechi Mutu
Today’s focus is on Kenyan multimedia artist Wangechi Mutu. I remember being completely captivated by her film installation, The End of Eating Everything, when it was on view at the …
Look and Listen #22: Baseera Khan’s Braidrage
Visual and Performance artist Baseera Khan spent her childhood in Denton, Texas, USA. Her parents moved to the US before her birth from Bangalore, India and kept a low profile …
Look and Listen #20: Iranian artist Morehshin Allahyari reconstructs art destroyed by ISIS from National Geographic
Moreshin Allahyari is an Iranian media artist and activist living in the United States since 2007. Her work is thought-provoking, linking modernity with ancient tradition and re-interpreting the past in …