A Permanent Accusation

This series has been seen all around the world in major museums, but in the United States no institution will have them. Since the making of this movie, only two – UC Berkeley’s Doe Library and the American University Museum in Washington DC – have had the courage to expose this controversial work to the American people. UC Berkeley: socrates.berkeley.edu Fernando Botero: “I was very impressed by the nobility of some of the people you saw in the photos. Many were old people with beards that look like prophets from the bible. There were people who grew beards because of their religious conviction, who were proud of their religion. And they were at the hands of teenagers who had no knowledge of their religion, who had no respect. They called them rag heads. This was terrible. There was no respect for these old people. Thats why in some of my paintings I tried to make them look like prophets to show that these people have a tremendous dignity. And they were treated in a terrible way by people who are ignorant. Of course these soldiers were poor people who have no knowledge of anything that is not American. For me it was important to try and give back dignity to the people despite them being victimized.” US Brigadier General Karpinski: “We must face the realities of what the occupation of Iraq has done to US military personnel, prisoners and all Iraqis. Torture and abuse was authorized by the highest levels of our government, in clear violation of the Geneva Conventions and …
Video Rating: 4 / 5

“The Jedi teach denial of self. That is their weakness. No sentient can long abide that.” Saes Rrogon, Jedi-turned-Sith Lord -Synopsis- The Padawan GREEN has fallen in love with her instructor PURPLE, a talented young Jedi Knight. When he reciprocates her forbidden love, he finds himself in a moral conflict: According to the rules of the Old Jedi Order, Jedi must lead a monastic, celibate existence. As teacher and master, he has an even greater responsibility to protect the mental and physical well-being of his beloved apprentice. The Sith-Lord RED, who has secretly followed the career of the highly talented Jedi Knight for a long time, learns of this clandestine struggle. He recognizes that he can use the monastic self-mortification and self-denial of the Jedi to win PURPLE for his own interests and pull him to the dark side of the Force. The story beginns… _______________________________________________________________ “Denial of Self” is an independent- no-budget- fan- film inspired by George Lucas’ “Star Wars”. It focuses on Jedi´s self-denial of feelings, human weakness, the influence of The Dark Side and, first of all, lightsaber duels! – Independent-no-budget-short film – 9month in the making – endless hours of post-production – Shot in HDV with a Sony HDR-FX 7E – Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro – allmost all VFX done with Adobe After Effects – Music performed by Chaski Musiq