Fifty years after the fall of his country, can the Dalai Lama make a breakthrough in his efforts to find a solution to the Tibet question?
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Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Based on the historical events the movie tells the story of a riot at the battleship Potemkin. What started as a protest strike when the crew was given rotten meat for dinner ended in a riot. The sailors raised the red flag and tried to ignite the revolution in their home port Odessa.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Bukit Kepong (1982)
Story of the struggle of the police force and local communities in the Bukit Kepong, Johor against the communists in 1950. The highlight of the battle occurred on February 23 at the Bukit Kepong police station, which has 18 members. The film reflects the indomitable spirit shown by the police, although they were attacked by 180 communist terrorists, but they keep fighting until the last drop of blood to defend the country.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Taras Bulba (2009)
Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)
A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
Friday, July 15, 2011
The New World (2005)
Captain Smith is spared his mutinous hanging sentence after captain Newport's ship arrives in 1607 to found Jamestown, an English colony in Virginia. The initially friendly natives, who have no personal property concept, turn hostile after a 'theft' is 'punished' violently on the spot. During an armed exploration, Smith is captured, but spared when the chief's favorite daughter Pocahontas pleads for the stranger who soon becomes her lover and learns to love their naive 'savage' way of harmonious life. Ultimately he returns to the grim fort, which would starve hadn't she arranged for Indian generosity. Alas, each side soon brands their own lover a traitor, so she is banished and he flogged as introduction to slavish toiling. Changes turn again, leading Smiyth to accept a northern-more mission and anglicized Pocahontas, believing him dead, becoming the mother of aristocratic new lover John Rolfe's son...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Henri 4 (2010)
A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre as he goes from battlefield warrior to France's beloved King Henri IV. Director Jo Baier's epic is a classically entertaining adventure, albeit one with more than a little bloodshed and frequent bawdy sexual interludes. In late 16th-century France, Catholics and Protestant Huguenots were at war. Seemingly seeking peace, the French dowager queen, Catherine de Medici summons Henry to her court to have him marry her daughter, uniting the two warring factions. However, the Catholics slaughter the Protestant wedding guests in what became known as the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre and Henry-now married-must use all his guile to both stay alive and maneuver for the throne.
Monday, July 4, 2011
1957: Hati Malaya (2007)
Five young Malaysians - Hali, Salmi, Rafik, Ani and Ang Lee - have been assigned to do a picture book on '1957'. While two of them grudgingly carry out the request made by their publisher, one of them takes on the task enthusiastically. Along the way, they find themselves immersed in the characters, emotional moments, identifying with and finding meaning in the struggle of '1957'. They weave the story of independence by transporting themselves back to the past. Ordinary Malaysians who fell in love and found their love for the country override their personal emotions. The present characters find new meaning to the word 'sacrifice' and 'Merdeka'.
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