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Prisoners thinking, not sinking
“All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate… I choose love.” Johnny Cash « Celui qui ouvre une porte d’école, ferme une prison. » Victor Hugo
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Memphis music, Black and White people fighting injustice.
“If I could find a White man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion of dollars” Sam Philips. Rock ‘n’Roll Impacts: http://player.slideplayer.com/36/10616662/# Memphis music – Universalis: https://www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie/hi-records/#i_47555 Great Balls of Fire! (film) – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Balls_of_Fire!_(film) Jerry Lee Lewis – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (Steve Allen Show –…
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The Help
The NYT on The Help: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/movies/the-help-spans-two-worlds-white-and-black-review.html?pagewanted=all https://www.nytimes.com/video/movies/100000000992277/maid-in-the-usa.html?smid=tw-share Wikipedia on The Help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Help Johnny Cash & June Carter – Jackson “The 2016 election was a result of anxiety about dominant groups’ future status rather than a result of being overlooked in the past.” “Those who felt that the hierarchy was being upended (…) were most likely to support…
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The Aviator 2004 – Brewster Senate Hearings scenes
Howard Hughes – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes The Aviator 2004 – Lunch scene The Aviator 2004 – Is that a yack? The Lama scene – Lunch scene: https://youtu.be/FRM0G1wfXoM?si=LFCixS9mhD0Cb2Sp The Aviator 2004 – Brewster Senate Hearings scenes – August 6, 1947 – Howard Robard Hughes Jr. testifies…: https://youtu.be/0MXSAwkVU3U?si=dTR-MDHNRatT3IvW and https://youtu.be/OYNUVaefTFM?si=D8QOLrjlULzCjWSC Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. testifies about profits on…
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Better Factory Cambodia
BFC improves labour conditions and the profitability of the garment industry through a combination of factory assessments, tailored training for both workers and managers, factory advisory services, and public disclosure of working conditions on factory floors. Better Work in South Asia: https://betterwork.org/blog/2016/10/20/op-ed-better-factories-cambodia-and-its-15-year-journey Kering has included ilo conventions in its internal regulations since 2015. Look at…
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Two for the road
They make something wonderful out of being alive.
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Better days
Supertramp – Better Days: https://youtu.be/xE_dA479MCs Queen – Innuendo: https://youtu.be/FRM0G1wfXoM
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Gold
Gold (2016): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1800302
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Dinosaur on the road
– Oh! There is still something we’d like to tell you … – Ah? – Nothing serious. It’s just that the police came to school to explain how to be safe on the road to the children. They explained the signs, how to cross the street … That sort of thing. When they finished, they asked if there were any questions. – And…
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Wall Street (1987)
Wall Street (1987) – IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094291/