I have often wondered why Tom Cruise is so unlikable. And yet most movie-goers flock to watch a new Tom Cruise release and pay homage to one of the highest-ranking and highest paid Hollywood actors today. And while he religiously performs most of his action sequence stunts himself, Tom Cruise appears to be one…
“There’s no such thing as race.” Do you agree? I agree. I confess too. In a fit of anger or frustration, whether with myself, or some-one around the corner, I have cussed. It comes down to my frailties as a human being, but I’m not offering this as an excuse. Fingers are pointed daily towards…
Many films are written and produced, advocating a collective stance against racism in whichever ugly form it manifests itself. I recall a handful. They cause me to react in shock and anger. On certain occasions I am inspired. It forced me to take stock of my surroundings, particularly when prejudice reared its ugly head. These films show…
In spirit, as an agnostic Christian, chastised into the Roman Catholic faith from birth, along with my younger brother, Giovanni, I first met Austrian-born maverick entrepreneur, Oskar Schindler at Cape Town’s Victoria and Alfred Waterfront on the eve of South Africa’s first democratic elections. Unbeknown to us at that time, racially categorised Hutu’s were sharpening…
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