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One benefit of being a fandom newsletter editor is that on my day to compile an edition, I get to trawl through journals and communities I normally wouldn't have come across. Today, I happened upon this piece of gem. If you like your Snape non-fluffy, then click on and enjoy!

What: Snape Fanart made for fringeart challenge, untitled as far as I can tell
Who: By

dosandazalbra
Features: Snape
Rating: No higher than PG, I'd say

I wathced The Last King of Scotland yesterday. I hesitate to say it was a good film -- it was very excellent, spectacular, brilliant... but "good" just seems to desecrate the value of the film. It was painful to watch because many scenes were so real and from the beginning you know it's heading toward a train wreck.

But I was wide-awake throughout the film (a huge feat considering I had only slept three hours the night before and had just gotten out of work). My mind and heart were challenged by the themes of the movie, which I could closely identify with despite the foreign setting and time period: corruption of power, sexual conduct, truth and lies, cultural imperialism/cultural self-empowerment, decisions and consequences... at times when the themes hit close to home, it was literally painful to watch the film.

But I'd just say this: I'm very glad I watched it, and would highly recommend it to people who enjoyed films like Hotel Rwanda from a couple of years ago. Definitely two thumbs up from me.

On a personal (and much happier) note:

I have a three-day "weekend" coming up for Thanksgiving! I never get more than one day off in a row anymore. This is rare!

*is excited*

I took the time to watch A Long Walk Home tonight. It's a documentary produced and filmed by a group of students who went to Cairo during the summer of 2005. There, they got to know and videotaped Sudanese refugees who were living near the garbage collection community of the town. The documentary was edited to show entirely of the Sudaneses' voices, their words, and their art and dances.

A little background: the Sudan civil war had been going on for a long time before the international community took notice. Roughly speaking, it was a war between the North and the South, between the Muslims and the Christians, and also between who is considered an "Arab" and who is an "African." Reality is never as clear-cut as the stereotypically imposed dichotomies, of course, so the civil war was not simply a North-South, Muslim-Christian-Arab-African conflict.

Many refugees fled to neighboring countries, Egypt among them. There's a sizeable community of Southern Sudanese living in Cairo, and some of them became the focus of A Long Walk Home film.

I highly recommend everyone to visit the Web site, if not to buy a copy of the documentary. I interviewed several filmmakers for my thesis (still going...) and all of them said something to the extent of "When we asked the Sudanese what we could do, they all asked us to take their stories back to America and share them with everyone." Spreading their stories and giving the Silenced a voice. This is the Sudanese refugees' desire, and this is what A Long Walk Home spreads to its viewers.

Another factoid: Sudanese refugees aren't technically considered refugees anymore, because the civil war technically ended and those who are displaced no longer have refugee status. As a result, people such as those who've fled and now live in Cairo are stuck in a no-win predicament: UNHCR does not recognize most of them for resettlement, some government and NGO officials are encouraging repatriation, but the condition in Sudan hasn't gotten better (think Dafur). The Sudanese "refugees" are truly trapped -- everyone has a story, but few have stopped to listen to them.

So please, please hop on over to read more about the Sudanese refugees. Request a copy of the DVD, let the Sudanese's voices be heard.

"[The Egyptians told us] You have no right in Egypt, so I am silent."

"The message is in your hands to show it to the world." ~ Sudanese refugees interviewed for the film

Current Mood: lethargic

Get your very own SEVERUS!

This has got to be the funniest thing I've read in a long time *g*

A snippet:

{{Problem: You notice your SEVERUS rubbing his arm. He insists he is fine.

Solution: Your SEVERUS wishes to visit with his friends from the local Country Club. If you do not wish your SEVERUS unit to leave your home, rent a VOLDEMORT unit for the weekend.}}

*snickers*

Here's the link again: Click

Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Linkin Park -- Live in Dallas Concert

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Art Rec -- canon!Snape lovers, check this one out!

Last King of Scotland - an impressionable film

A Long Walk Home

Squee...I Want One!

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