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Festival Albertine 2016 - New York City, November 2-6 (Ambassade de France aux Etats-Unis)

Edit Public Technologies 04 Oct 2016
(Source. Ambassade de France aux Etats-Unis) ... and France. Nov. 2 - Nov. 6, 2016 ... Author, journalist, and cultural critic Greil Marcus curated the 2014 festival, which featured 'Mad Men' creator Matthew Weiner, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, filmmaker Olivier Assayas, author Mary Gaitskill, graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi, Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Nash, and Fields Medal-winning mathematician Cédric Villani....

Sarah Glidden: the cartoonist drawn to life on the world’s frontlines

Edit The Guardian 02 Oct 2016
The result addresses the plight of refugees with rare poise. @msrachelcooke ... Twitter ... Twitter ... “I read Maus [by Art Spiegelman] and Persepolis [by Marjane Satrapi] and they were formative ... I didn’t have a father who survived the Holocaust [like Spiegelman] and I hadn’t spent my childhood in Iran [like Satrapi], but I started experimenting with autobiographical comics and from there I began trying to think of a bigger project I could do ... ....

One Big Barrel of Pathetic

Edit Slate 30 Sep 2016
Earlier this week, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries tried to aggressively assert its influence in order to raise the global price of oil. But its actions—and the reaction—were extraordinarily weak ... In response, the price of oil shot up by an underwhelming 5 percent ... Once, OPEC’s loose affiliation of 14 petro-states, oil satrapies, and dictatorships could arouse terror in the developed world ... On Oct ... oil production ... ....

Riad Sattouf interview: ‘I didn’t want to be the guy of Arab origin who makes comics about Arab people’

Edit The Guardian 30 Sep 2016
The graphic novelist on his dual French and Syrian indentity and why he hates nationalism ... At the time, Riad Sattouf was well known as a big talent on France’s thriving comics scene, drawing funny and scathing works of social observation ... A Survivor’s Tale about how his parents survived Auschwitz, but there was also a precedent in France with Marjane Satrapi’s award-winning Persepolis, about growing up in and then fleeing from Iran ... ....

"French Comics Framed" - NYC, Sept. 27-Nov. 5, 2016 (Ambassade de France aux Etats-Unis)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Sep 2016
(Source. Ambassade de France aux Etats-Unis) ... We have long been committed to this goal, and in recent years have organized events featuring the new generation of younger and edgy graphic novelists such as Joann Sfar and Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis), in addition to offering graphic novels at our reading room and bookshop, Albertine. French Comics Framed furthers our work to support French graphic novels and goes one step further ... 7pm....

New book studies narratives of Iranian women in the diaspora (Ryerson University)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Sep 2016
(Source. Ryerson University). Autobiographical stories are more than a simple recounting of life events, says researcher Nima Naghibi. They're also a powerful weapon in the fight for social justice. Chair of the Department of English and co-director of the Ryerson Middle East and North Africa Studies Centre, Naghibi is author of Women Write Iran ... A Life in Iran and America and Marjane Satrapi's 2004 graphic novel Persepolis ... (noodl....

Library Promotes Adult Literacy Through Graphic Novels Program (City of Arlington, TX)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Sep 2016
(Source. City of Arlington, TX). A graphic novel can be defined, at its most basic, as a novel in comic-strip format. But while the word 'comic' leaves many with visions of the funny papers in mind, a graphic novel packs much more punch ... The book for the fall will be the autobiographical Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, which depicts the author's childhood and early years in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution ... (noodl. 35356628) ....

Dhanush to start shooting for his Hollywood debut from Jan 2017!

Edit Bollywood Life 12 Sep 2016
By karthika.raveendran . Published. September 12, 2016 1.02 pm. comments ... Dhanush Personal Photos ... Yes, that’s right ... Well, it’s finally happening and it can’t better than this! The project will be directed by Iranian filmmaker Marjane Satrapi ... Also Read ... ....

Dhanush to shoot for Holly film in Jan

Edit The Times of India 11 Sep 2016
Based on the best-selling eponymous novel, the film will be helmed by Iranian filmmaker Marjane Satrapi. The film will also star Uma Thurman and Alexandra Daddario....

Trump, Clinton: Commanders in Cheese

Edit Time Magazine 09 Sep 2016
A few thoughts about Wednesday night’s Commander-in-Chief Forum debacle. Hire A Pro. I’m sure Matt Lauer has done a great many brilliant interviews in his career; I’ve seen more than a few of them ... They require a real expert to run the show. The networks have plenty of such ... Winston Churchill insisted on including the northern satrapy of Mosul into the fiction known as Iraq because there was oil up there ... (To be clear ... ....

America: the Indispensable Nation…Not!

Edit CounterPunch 05 Sep 2016
Unsurprisingly, therefore, America in Clinton’s view is not only “exceptional” it is “indispensable,” despite the rather compelling evidence that MENA in general could have “dispensed” with America’s attentions, as Libya found Hillary Clinton “indispensable” in its dismal quest to devolve from a prosperous, well-functioning oil satrapy ......

Tina Fey, Chris Rock Named Featured Speakers for Produced By: New York

Edit The Wrap 16 Aug 2016
The Producers Guild of America’s third annual “Produced By. New York” conference will feature Tina Fey and Chris Rock as speakers ... An award-winning actress, writer and producer, Fey will lead a discussion titled “Triple Threat ... Also Read ... Also Read ... Marjane Satrapi, director. Satrapi, who wrote the graphic novel "Persepolis," directed the film version of the novel -- which earned an Oscar nomination back in 2008....

Academy Funds Research Into Female Screenwriters, Onscreen Depictions of Slavery

Edit The Wrap 09 Aug 2016
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has given $25,000 grants to scholars researching female screenwriters and the depiction of slavery in Hollywood movies, AMPAS announced on Tuesday. Dr. Donna Kornhaber and Dr ... Also Read ... Also Read ...  . Getty Images ...   ... Marjane Satrapi, director. Satrapi, who wrote the graphic novel "Persepolis," directed the film version of the novel -- which earned an Oscar nomination back in 2008....
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