Nicole Hughes
July 18, 2008 | 11:44 am EST
Filmanthropy can be one of a number of things - helping those less fortunate to make films, helping in the preservation of the films and screening classic films for others. While this makes me realize that I am a filmanthropist in more ways than one, Variety has a great little report on some bigger named filmanthropists and their ventures.
My favorite filmanthropist on their list? Martin Scorsese:
Sometime in the late 1980s, Martin Scorsese learned that more than 75% of silent films had either deteriorated or disappeared completely. “It was even more disturbing to realize that 50% of all films made in America before 1950, sound and silent, were gone.”
The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Check out some of our most popular stories of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites!
TakePart Gang:
Sudan Leader Charged with Genocide: What Are the Reactions? by Wendy Cohen
Inconvenient Truth of the Day: Al Gore Speaks on Climate Change by Joshua Tremblay
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Nicole Hughes:
“Farms in the Sky” a Solution to Global Food Crisis?
Wal-Mart Launches Eco-Bling Project
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NYC To Bring in 300 Hybrid Taxis Per Month
Coolio To Educate Students On Climate Change
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Jon Popham:
Pickens’ Plan for Energy Independence
On “Rent” Closing, the East Village, and Gentrification
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Gina Telaroli:
Batman Morals: Top 5 Lessons from the Capped Crusader’s Films
1) Miami Piano Festival : JORGE LUIS PRATS - MAZURKA(E. Lecuona/ J.L. Prats)
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“Rent” the Broadway musical portraying the bohemian life in NYC’s East Village in the early 1990’s is closing this September. This passing in the cultural life of the city and an article in today’s New York Times examining the changes that have occurred in New York City since the times the show was set in have me reflecting on my own tenure in the Big Apple.
I should start by saying I never saw “Rent“. I’m not much for musicals and in fact have never seen a single one since I moved to New York in 1994 for college. But what I’ve shared with Jonathan Larson’s bohemian epic is a neighborhood: the East Village. A neighborhood that has constantly changed since my arrival in New York City at a speed I never dreamed possible for a piece of land. The East Village intimately introduced me to gentrification, a force that has been a constant throughout my adult life, and a fitting associate, seeing how I fast realized after moving into the area that I was a gentrifier.
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The Onion’s AV Club has a great list up of 19 awesome one scene wonders - or scenes where an actor comes in just for that scene and completely steals it. And while the choices on their list are great and include some of my favorites, they also missed a few - so here are 5 more one scene wonders along with takepart links so you can act.
1) Crispin Glover in Dead Man - you have to wait a little while for it, but it is completely worth it!
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The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Check out our most popular articles of the week on a variety of subjects, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites.
Katie:
Dean Karmen Shows Steven Colbert How To Filter Water
St Patricks Day Goes Green with Green Beer: Top 10 Eco Beers
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Nicole:
East Meets West at Dubai Art Fair, But Shadow of Migrant Labor Remains
TakePart’s “I Am Voting For” Campaign Wants You To Vote the Issues
Scarlett Johansson Dates For Charity
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Gina:
Top 10 Films That Have Helped to Frame the War in Iraq
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Kerry:
While there are tons of Christmas classics to tide us over cinematically in December, there are seemingly less films to keep us company during Easter weekend. However, below are ten films that either relate to Easter directly, happen around Easter time, feature an Easter scene or relate on a more philosophical level. No matter what mood you find yourself in this Easter weekend, one of the Top Ten Easter Films listed below is sure to please.
And in the spirit of Easter 
and learn how you and your family can spend Easter volunteering (before you watch a film of course).
1. The Passion of Joan of Arc : Carl Theodore Dreyer’s story of a young woman who sacrifices everything for her beliefs easily connects with the themes of forgiveness and sacrifice that define Easter:
With its stunning camerawork and striking compositions, Carl Th. Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc convinced the world that movies could be art. Renée Falconetti gives one of the greatest performances ever recorded on film, as the young maiden who died for God and France. Long thought to have been lost to fire, the original version was miraculously found in perfect condition in 1981″in a Norwegian mental institution. [Criterion]
Even the story of the films “rebirth” seems appropriate for the holiday.
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