Gina Telaroli
June 27, 2008 | 10:01 am EST
This past weekend I sat down to watch Jessica Yu’s documentary Protagonist. I’ve been meaning to see the film for quite some time now (I’ve had it for at least 3 months from Netflix..eeek!) and I was excited to finally watch it. Yu’s unconventional doc combines the stories of 4 very different men, reenactments performed by wooden-rod puppets modeled after Greek masks, animated title cards based on Euripides and more puppet performances also based on Euripides.
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It’s June 27th, I’m Gina Telaroli and this is TakePart.com’s look at the week in social action
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!
Nicole Hughes:
U.S. Media Ignores Link Between Midwest Floods and Global Warming
Top 10 Houseplants for Removing Indoor Air Pollution
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Dubai to Build Rotating Positive Energy Tower
Bioethicist Peter Singer Tackles World Food Shortage
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Jon Popham:
Americacorps Workers Assist Flood Ravaged Town
Australians “Out-Fat” Americans
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Giulia Rozzi:
Oprah Recommends “A New Earth”
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Gina Telaroli:
So far so good! It’s my last day at Silverdocs 
but so far it has been nothing short of amazing. Here’s a little refresher on what I’ve seen and also a list of what’s to come. Stay tuned for more Silverdocs 08 and for a comprehensive write-up stocked full of TakePart links about how you can connect to the issues in the films.
Thus Far:
To Come:
For now, here are some pictures from pal Cheryl - who also has a film in this years’ fest!
Head Wind (directed by Mohammad Rasoulof)
I love my Netflix.. Even though they don’t have a lot of movies that I want to see, they also have a ton of films I do want to see - which makes me and all Netflix users pretty lucky. Freedom to a large variety of cinema is of course not something all folks across the world, especially not in Iran, as Mohammad Rasolouf’s new documentary Head Wind points out. In the film, Rasolouf paints small portraits of the people and communities that are working to bring outside images sounds and cinema to the people of Iran, where they are currently banned by the government.
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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:
Today, March 19, marks the 5 year anniversary of the war in Iraq. Regardless of how you personally feel about the war, one thing that’s have been positive and necessary over the past 5 years, are the many films and other forms of media being made that deal with the war and work to inform us as a public. So as to encourage folks to spend some time reflecting on our current situation I present you with the Top 10 Films That Have Helped to Frame the War in Iraq.
Some of these films deal directly with the conflict, others with ideas of war in general and some with what led us to war and what has happened since. All of these movies are available on Netflx and many should be in your local video stores - so 
and rent one today:
1. Iraq in Fragments, directed by James Longley
Jia Zhang-Ke’s Still Life makes me proud to be cinephile. I see a lot of movies and often times folks ask me for recommendations. This always makes me nervous, as movies are expensive and most folks don’t see a lot of movies, so when they do, they want it to be good. Thankfully, good is somewhat of an understatement when describing Still Life, as a pal put it, the film is “98% a masterpiece.”
The film came about when Chinese director Jia Zhang-Ke came into contact with the town of Fengjie and the Three Gorges hydro project. The project has caused that part of China to undergo serious change and the visual landscape of the land is one of a slow destruction and a slow climb to modernization.
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When Netflix announced their new “Watch Now” feature a while back I got very excited - it seemed like a great way to test out a movie before I committed two hours to it and also it would provide a quick movie fix when I got a sudden urge to see something.
Then I learned that it would only work on PCs…..
I have a Mac and started to resent Netflix. But recently it was announced that Netflix may have a solution for Mac users and a way for us to participate in their instant viewing feature. Apparently the problem has been that Macs don’t have native digital rights management, which stops users from ripping streaming movies.
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Andy Kondrat:
