What Will Move a Documentary Film to the Ranks of Greatness What makes a good documentary film? The essential element of a good documentary is simply, the story. The audience must have an intellectual and emotional tie to the film. The audience must have a “pull” to get to the end of the film, not … Read more
Steve Schapiro will turn 82 years old this November. For more than 50 years, he has been Hollywood’s most famous photographer. His name is now a reference to photo journalism. And that is one great feat for a child born in New York, America. He might have been born in one of America’s biggest cities, … Read more
One of the newer societies run by women is the Umoja Uaso. It was founded in 1990 and it is an all-female village that started as a refuge for women in abusive relationships. Most of the inhabitants are girls running from forced marriages or genital mutilation. Women here previously belonged to the Samburu tribe, where … Read more
Who was Janusz Korczak? It is a question for most people outside Poland and Europe, since the modest, disciplined man was not popular outside of his country. Even though he has written more than 15 books, only two have been translated to English. One of the two is King Matt the First, on which Korczak … Read more
Cleopatra is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful women in mankind history. She managed to charm and seduce some of the most powerful Roman leaders. And how she did it? Sorcery? Nope, she managed to do it by looking great. The good news is that her beauty secrets are well documented, and they … Read more
Lise Meitner was a key figure in discovery of nuclear fission. However, her role in the experimental and the theoretical discovery of the fission was never properly awarded. The discovery deserved a Nobel Prize, but she never won one. Many believe Meitner was robbed of a Nobel Prize, as the award was given to her … Read more
Science has found out that there 175 known species of mosquitoes in the United States of America only. Go through the world, and that number multiples. And it is not like mosquitoes are going anywhere, they have been on Earth almost as long as humans, with records showing they have been around for more than … Read more
When you look back at the day, it was like any other Sunday night at Chicago’s WGN-TV. But then, the unthinkable and the unpredictable happened. Right up until 9:14 PM on November 22, 1987, what appeared on Chicago’s television sets was normal: entertainment, news, and game shows. Dan Roan, the popular local sportscaster was narrating … Read more
When you think of Joseph Stalin, you rarely think about any good things he did. After all, his dictatorship resulted in more than 40 million dead people in Russia. He founded Gulag, a system of labor camps operating from 1930 to 1955 in which many people died. Stalin consolidated his power after Lenin’s death in … Read more
Some call it the city of conflicts. Founded 3000 BC, Jerusalem is one of the oldest cities in the world. Located in Western Asia, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea, Jerusalem is more than 5,0000 years old. Three major Abrahamic religions consider Jerusalem a holy place. Those … Read more