Lagos è un centro creativo. Ospita Nollywood, la Hollywood nigeriana che ha costruito un’intera filiera economica di produzioni a basso costo distribuite anche nei più remoti villaggi pedalando in bicicletta. A raccontarne la complessità è stato, tra gli altri, Franco Sacchi.
Inoltre Lagos accooglie non poche startup e una community attiva di sviluppatori software. A indagare sul campo è un reporter, Monty Munford, in un articolo pubblicato da Mashable.
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Nella community di Listserve una cantautrice, Olga Nunes, ha un’idea: scrivere un ricordo a partire da un odore. La richiesta arriva ai 21mila iscritti del gruppo. Molti hanno risposto attraverso una casella vocale e poi il messaggio è stato pubblicato. Fino a ricostruire un percorso narrativo. Dal Center for Civic Media del Mit.
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Wikipedia. Gli aggiornamenti alle pagine dell'enciclopedia scritti in diretta da utenti non registrati, ricostruiti da Stephen LaPorte e Mahmoud Hashemi.
Timelapse. Il mondo che cambia nel tempo visto con le inchieste di Time.
Territorio. La mappa dei luoghi del cinema della Cineteca di Milano.
Love. Attraverso i tweet.
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Behind the Gates of the Guard
The California National Guard has a long history of serving the country in critical times of need. Its members have fought wildfires, responded to Hurricane Katrina and recently assisted with rescue efforts in super storm Sandy. It is a reserve military force of 23,000 guard members—the largest in the nation—where “integrity first” is a guiding principle.
But a joint-investigation by NBC Bay Area and KNBC-TV in Los Angeles has uncovered a disturbing hidden culture in the California National Guard where some guard members say sexual assault and racism at times ...
Movers, shakers, players and blaggers from the global film industry have descended on the French Riviera for the Cannes Film Festival.
The BBC's Kev Geoghegan reports on the buzz films and the behind-the-scenes deals at the festival.
US actor James Franco's most recent directorial effort, an adaptation of William Faulkner's stream of consciousness novel As I Lay Dying, had its Cannes screening earlier today and reviews have so far been largely positive, if not particularly effusive.
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