SHORT STORY / USA

NEW YORK, SUMMER 2005

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Jonathan was utterly enchanted by the city: its vertiginous architecture, its hectic energy, its extroverted people with their mental alertness and inexhaustible greed. He had a deep conviction that his life would take a decisive turn right here.

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THEATRE / USA

Oklahoma

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Oklahoma became the home for the largest number of African American frontier towns post the country’s Civil War. Those towns included Tulsa, which saw the expansion of one of the country’s most prosperous African American communities post World War I.

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CULTURE / USA

Austin’s SXSW festival 2022

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The festival which shows the gentler and more progressive side of Texas returns. SXSW, after a two-year hiatus, mounts its first in-person event and is bigger and better than ever before.

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FILM / USA

L’AFFAIRE O. J. SIMPSON

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Un déni de justice pour une paix civile ? Auteur: Pierre Scordia Disponible sur la plateforme Disney+, le long documentaire de 7h30 d’Ezra Edelman, en 5 épisodes, est captivant. Il raconte l’ascension et […]

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HISTORY / LITERATURE / USA

From Kennedy to Hillary: the end of the myth of the American dream

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  The end of the myth of the American dream By Pierre Scordia Democracy seems a sham when you read two books, one by Hillary Rodman Clinton, What Happened, and the other […]

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CINEMA / USA

MOONLIGHT: CHEF D’ŒUVRE OU RIPOSTE POLITIQUE?

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  Auteur : Pierre Scordia Moonlight, un film afro-américain avec un casting entièrement noir a remporté l’oscar du meilleur film, un évènement important dans l’histoire des Etats-Unis à l’heure où le pays […]

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POLITIQUE / USA

LE BON, LA BRUTE ET LE VERTUEUX

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Auteur : Didier Levreau Avec nos remerciements à l’auteur et à la revue Perspektives “Je n’attendais rien de l’élection de Barack Obama, il n’était pas réaliste de penser qu’il allait tout changer. […]

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