Lovely Books and Things - 5.11.19

Lovely Books and Things
My Weekly Books and Films Update
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HAPPY THINGS:

1. The start of CAAM 2019 Film, Music and Food Festival (Center for Asian American Media) in which I am volunteering some time with usher duties, etc. (here)

2. Got caught up with The Game of Thrones :-)
Two more episodes left to see who finally perches upon that throne of swords!

3. Post ArtSeed Art-a-thon photos - sketching, mail art and string art

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Bought:

Martha Stewart Living
May 2019 issue
INSPIRED to get this for my Bloom post (here)


Library:

The Muralist
by B.A. Shapiro
-Historical, WWII, Art | Goodreads
CATCHING upon with an online ibc book club pick (here).

West
by Carys Davies
-Historical, Western | Goodreads
DRAWN to the cover and the western theme.


AND watched: in theatre

SFFilm and SFJazz hosted a screening and Q&A with Robert Mailer Anderson for Windows on the World. I always love listening to the origin stories and inspiration for films

Windows on the World (2019)
Director: Michael D. Olmos
Writers: Robert Mailer Anderson, Zack Anderson
Stars: Ryan Guzman, Edward James Olmos
-Drama | imdb | my rating: 5
After watching the news on 9/11 with his family, Fernando travels from Mexico to New York City to find his father, an undocumented worker at the World Trade Center's famous Windows on the World restaurant.

INTERESTING perspective of 9/11 and its effect on an undocumented citizen.


AND watched: in theatre for CAAM 2019 Festival - Center for Asian American Media festival (here)

Eating Up Easter (2018)
Director: Sergio Mata'u Rapu
-Documentary, Chile | imdb | my rating: 4
On Easter Island, the most isolated community in the Pacific uses lessons learned from their past to solve environmental and social challenges brought on by booming tourism and rapid development.

A look at the sad effects of tourism on Rapa Nui and how the island is handling them.

Demolition Girl (2019)
JK erejî (original title)
Director/Screenplay: Genta Matsugami
Screenplay: Yoshitaka Kasui
Stars: Yota Kawase, Aya Kitai
-Drama, Japan | imdb | my rating: 5
A high-school girl who lives in a rural town in Japan struggles to define her own way in life. To help her impoverished family she works as a video fetish performer which leads to problems for her and her family with a criminal underworld.

Loved this strong kick-ass female character. Interesting to see some of the roles young Japanese women and men have to conform into.

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