Issue #17: Who’s hungry? // NoCommercialValue presents Julius Onah’s “Szmolinsky”
Dear all,
We hope you have enjoyed these last few days of summer. Hopefully our last show inspired you to bring more play into your life.
As we enter September, NoCommercialValue.org goes from play to… ahem, hunger. This week, we start by asking: who’s hungry?
Our friend Julius Onah recently made a short documentary that inspired us to address the widespread food shortages and the rising prices of food in many countries around the globe. As a reminder, estimates by the UN World Food Programme show that one in six people on this planet do not get enough food to be healthy. In other words, 1.02 billion people are undernourished. Many get gravely ill or die. There are many factors that contribute to this situation: agricultural reforms, economic problems, energy prices, natural disasters…
Onah’s film “Szmolinsky” documents an unusual attempt to alleviate problems of hunger in North Korea. Codeword: Rabbit!
The film premiered at the 58th Berlin Film Festival, and screened at numerous festivals around the world since. We are very pleased to present it here on NoCommercialValue.org, and we suggest you start by seeing the film (in the first box, top left), then work your way down through the other boxes.
You can also listen an exclusive audio interview with the filmmaker here:
We hope you will find this installment of NoCommercialValue interesting and engaging. As always, your thoughts and comments are more than welcome.
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Our best,
Amir Husak
Prem Sooriyakumar
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