Grandparents are the story tellers! As Grandma Anne related to her grandchild Jesus the stories of their people, the Jews, did her heart tremble as she realized that this shoot of Jesse's tree would someday die for the salvation of the world? Jesus loved His Mother; it only stands to reason that…
A full length historical documentary of the Emerald Coast (Fort Walton Beach, Eglin, Okaloosa Island, Destin, and beyond), as told by local the local legends of this iconic stretch along the Gulf of Mexico in the Florida Panhandle. Written, Directed, Hosted, Narrated, and Edited by Shane Reynolds (an…
Perhaps the greatest storyteller of his generation, Bruce Chatwin's five books reinvented the genre of travel writing. "The nature of human restlessness" was his abiding obsession, and this major two-part biography, filmed across five continents, written and presented by Nicholas Shakespeare,…
The dramatic story of one of the great art scandals of modern times - this is the tale of O. Winston Link's photographs and the feeding frenzy that these extraordinary images have left behind. Paul Yule's film is a fascinating investigation into personality, crime, marriage, contemporary…
ゲンロンαにてイベントレポートを公開中！ URL : https://genron-alpha.com/article20200621_01/ ーーーーーーーーーーー 本動画は、東京のゲンロンカフェで行われたトークショーを収録したものです。 【収録時のタイトル】 【放送限定！2時間番組】安田登 聞き手＝山本貴光 「禍の時代を生きるための古典講義――第3回『おくのほそ道』『鶉衣』を読む」 【収録日】 2020/6/17 【収録時のイベント概要】 講師に能楽師の安田登さん、聞き手に文筆家の山本貴光さんを迎える「禍の時代を生きるための古典講義」シリーズ。さまざまな古典を読み解くことで、現代に生きるわれわれへのヒントを探っていきます。 第1回は日本最古の歴史書である『古事記』、第2回は軍記物の傑作『平家物語』を取り上げました。それぞれの反響は大きく、アーカイブ動画をVimeoで公開しているほか、ゲンロンαにレポート記事を掲載しています。 好評シリーズの第3回は、俳諧。 松尾芭蕉の『おくのほそ道』と、横井也有の『鶉衣』を扱います。 出世のできない家柄に生まれた松尾芭蕉は、自ずから「方外（俗世の外）」に出て、俳諧師として生きる道を選んだそうです。コロナ禍で学校や会社に行けず、世間と距離をとらざるを得なくなった現代のわれわれは、松尾芭蕉と同じく「方外」に身を置かれたのかもしれません。 横井也有は、俳文集『鶉衣』を通して「見方によって、世の中は全く違うよ」とわれわれに投げかけていると、安田さんは言います。同書には和とユーモアで世の中を読み換える「俳諧」の魅力が溢れているそうです。 方外にいて、俳諧を忘れず。緊急事態宣言は解除されたものの、いまだ先行きの見えない状況が続くいま、俳諧師たちの生き方、世の中の見方に迫ります。 【「禍の時代を生きるための古典講義」シリーズ】 ▼…
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Co-Patron of Italian Catholic Youth One of our powerful Saints for the youth. Born in Assisi, he moved to Spoleto before a great Cholera epidemic broke out. Come to Morrovalle, near the Adriatic Sea, where he spent most of his life as a brother, and then to Isola di Gran Sasso, high on a mountain,…
“If your father no longer remembers you, does he stop being your father?” This is the poignant question posed by filmmaker Rick Minnich in the opening scene as he seeks answers for the reasons behind his father’s total amnesia following a minor car accident in 1990. A week after the…
Journey to Mecca tells the story of Ibn Battuta, (played by Chems Eddine Zinoun) a young scholar, who leaves Tangier in 1325 on an epic and perilous journey, travelling alone from his home in Morocco to reach Mecca, some 3,000 miles to the east. Ibn Battuta is besieged by countless obstacles as…
Apostle of California Founder of the California Missions Taped at the California Missions Pope Benedict XVI "Take courage! Fix your gaze on our saints." Visit the California Missions, the legacy of Saint Junipero Serra, apostle of California. Learn of his great love for the Missions…
Saint Francis de Sales & Saint Jane Frances de Chantal Taped in Annecy, France. Visit the shrines of Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, in Annecy, France, nestled deep in the French Alps. Visit his chateau which is still inhabited by members of his family. Go…
With a few billion dollars between them, Ray Davis and Bob Simpson are two of the richest men in Texas. So why are they looking for a government handout? Because they are also the owners of the Texas Rangers, a Major League Baseball team, and they want a new stadium. That, despite the fact that their…
