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THE WHITE TIGER (2021) | dir. Ramin Bahrani In the jungle, which is the rarest of animals that comes along only once in a generation?
I find the fact that the closest mountain point on earth to the moon, the highest mountain and the tallest mountain are 3 different mountains to be a tiny bit disturbing
“humanity is inherently selfish and bad” bbbrrrghuhjfkg. humanity is seeing a stranger’s grocery bag break open on the sidewalk and harvesting fruits and veggies from the branch-like cracks of the asphalt for them, just because you can. humanity is helping a lost child find their mother on a crowded beach, looking for the ladybug-patterned parasol with their hummingbird-small hand in yours. it’s an elder’s fingers wrapped around your arm as you help them up the stairs because the elevator is broken, and feeling like you’re doing exactly what you’re supposed to be doing, like this is what you would’ve been doing had you been alive centuries or even millennia ago. there will always be a heavily pregnant woman who will smile at your when you give up your seat, a nice blind man in the fruit aisle who will ask you to please pick the riper plantain for him, a tired cashier whose face will light up when you compliment their tattoo sleeve. humanity is connection
Hello everyone, regarding the white-washing and cultural appropriation prevalent in Dune (2020) dir. Denis Villeneuve, FILMREEL will not be reblogging or making content pertaining to the film. We apologize to the creators that have tagged us in Dune content but we will not be reblogging it. We hope that you understand our decision and thank you for your support thus far and in the future.
Listed here are a few informational choices that we hope will help explain our decision:
Why Arab and Islamic Representation Matters in the New Dune
this twitter thread
another twitter thread
Arabic and Islamic Themes in Frank Herbert’s “Dune”
The Secret History of Dune
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Forough Farrokhzad, from Sin: The Selected Poems of. F. F.; “The Sun Will Rise,”
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she was the lighthouse that guided you home, the siren that beckoned you to her embrace, the light of the moon / and you the changing tides, the ship that came to her shore, the willing sailor who went overboard
A Woman Sitting On The Edge Of The Bed - Spanish School, 19th Century / Adèle Haenel in House Of Tolerance (2011) / Ashley Graham for Vogue Paris (2018)