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NZICF In Review: A Party for the End of the World – White Man Behind A Desk

Grace Hood-Edwards
May 6, 2019
Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival
A Party for the End of the World launches with a short projected video compilation of a variety of interviews Robbie Nicol, the titular White Man and central figure of White Man Behind A Desk, hosts about the ...

GRAMMYS 2017: the glorious tenacity of musicians of colour

Anoushka Maharaj
February 15, 2017
Music
In this age of few victories, it seems unlikely that the Grammys, of all places, would be a place where you would find empowerment. Like most people who are trapped in the 1960s, I tend to avoid awards shows an...
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NZIFF: ‘Weiner’ – A Political Car Crash Unfolding In Slow-motion

Shawn Moodie
July 21, 2016
Entertainment, Film
“A name of a man is a mind- numbing blow from which he never recovers,” notes a quote from Marshall McLuhan as Weiner, a truly gob-smacking documentary — and Grand Jury Prize winner at Sundance — opened at the ...

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