MEDIA ROOTS – The ability to combine audio and visuals to tell a compelling narrative makes documentary films a powerful means of storytelling. They are education through entertainment and, at their best, a persuasive and motivating push to action. It is no surprise that the Bay Area, teeming with political and artistic thought, is a documentary film capitol of the … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – You there. Let’s talk Facebook. Had I not deactivated my Facebook account just last week I would soon celebrate 26 years as a human, a full 7 of which FB would have been a part of. More than one-quarter of my earthly life. In the beginning I held out as long as I could, until the pressure … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- When my fiancé proposed two years ago, it took until the euphoria of the engagement had passed to realize that I had never fully developed my own thoughts about marriage. As many people do, I accepted marriage as if it were as fundamental to life’s trajectory as birth or death- without ever really questioning if, or why, I … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- Taxpayers in Sonoma County will pay $2 billion for war spending in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001, according to the National Priorities Project. Combine those figures with the loss of more than 5,500 American soldiers and countless others abroad, and a line of questioning is likely to arise. For one SRJC political science professor, two questions are necessary … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- Recently, I remembered a little known video by physicist and 9/11 researcher David Chandler, tackling the statistics on the ongoing “War on Terror”. Here it is. I borrowed the title from a salty comment by David in his own Youtube thread. On 9/11, according to the official death toll, 2,976 victims and 19 hijackers died. Since then, … Read More
