New Orleans Jordan Flaherty in recent years has been based in New Orleans and has developed a singular, progressive voice and wide ranging critique of public affairs. Jordan was the driving force behind “Left Turn” for some years until it ceased regular distribution. He was the author of Floodlines which looked at post-Katrina New Orleans …
Month: July 2012
The Dark Side of Chocolate
New Orleans Being immersed in the issues of fairtrade because of ACORN International’s partnerships with coffee cooperatives in Honduras and the fact that Fair Grinds Coffeehouse is a 100% fairtrade house, getting a flyer for a neighborhood screening of a documentary called The Dark Side of Chocolate that promoted a “free chocolate tasting [fair trade]” …
Magical Delights and Disappointments of “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
New Orleans Just back in town, we caught a lucky break with a showing of Beasts of the Southern Wild in a corporate cineplex in suburban New Orleans which featured a question/answer period with director and co-writer Benh Zeitlin and one of the principal actors and a local baker, Dwight Henry. This young filmmaker was impressive, …