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Mourn and Organize

By Olivia Schwob

Mother Tongue

By Olajide A. Omojarabi

No More

Poetry by Subhashini Kaligotla

Girls on the Playground

By Ruth Madievsky

Ela Bittencourt

Ela Bittencourt is a writer and cultural critic, reporting from New York and from São Paulo, Brazil. Her work appears regularly in Slant Magazine, The L Magazine and Reverse Shot, and in other publications. She holds an MFA in writing from Columbia University
Interview

Davi Pretto: Only the Fictions Can Heal Us

By Ela Bittencourt April 16, 2014

Talks to the director about his film Castanha and the blurred lines between fiction and reality.

Interview Asia & OceaniaGender

Radka Franczak: Painting the Past in a New Russia

By Ela Bittencourt November 22, 2013

Ela Bittencourt talks to the director of Losing Sonia, a profile of an Orthodox nun and icon painter who reflects the changes in modern Russia.

Commentary Arts & Culture

The Driver’s Seat

By Ela Bittencourt November 6, 2013

On Mark Kendall’s documentary La Camioneta, doing business with Mexico’s drug cartels, and what old school buses have to do with self-determination.

Interview AmericasArts & CultureClimate & Environment

Annie Eastman: Precarious Ground

By Ela Bittencourt July 16, 2012

Documentarian Annie Eastman tells the stories of families in Salvador’s palafitas—water slums built on piles of garbage—and confronts her outsider status.

Interview AfricaConflict

Mai Iskander: After the Revolution

By Ela Bittencourt June 29, 2012

Mai Iskander, director of Words of Witness, talks with Ela Bittencourt about the reporting/activism dilemma, Egypt’s disappeared, and the rule of law under Morsi.

Commentary Asia & OceaniaTechnology & the Future

Biotechnology and Its Human Tragedies in India

By Ela Bittencourt April 10, 2012

Director Micha X. Peled's Bitter Seeds is a compelling portrait of families and biotechnology in modern India.

Commentary Arts & CultureLit World

Wislawa Szymborska: A Portrait in Quotes

By Ela Bittencourt February 21, 2012
In lieu of a character sketch, I have culled 10 quotations from Poland’s most prestigious newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza, revealing glimpses of what, over the years, Polish writers and intellectuals have said about their illustrious colleague Wislawa Szymborska.
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