By Rebecca Romani February 1, 2021 The Human Rights Watch (HRW) Film Festival has always put on a strong program at the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) in Balboa Park....
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THE BUZZ: On Telling A Refugee Story: Mahshid’s Memoir Takes The Stage
By Rebecca Romani November 23, 2020 When she was a ten-year-old refugee trying to get over the border between Iran and Turkey, young Mahshid could have never imagined what would...
Read moreTHE BUZZ: “No Way Back” – A Timely Story About Being a Refugee.
By Rebecca Romani November 24, 2020 The 20th century seemed to have reserved a special kind of hell for populations around the world beset by war, genocide and coups, creating...
Read moreTHE BUZZ: Laying Bare the Hidden Pitfalls of History
Article by Rebecca Romani September 30, 2020 No one said history was easy. Or fair. Or wholly right. Or even told by the real voices who lived it. Add in...
Read moreTHE BUZZ: Funding Initiative Launches to Support San Diego area Arts Groups
Article by Rebecca Romani May 12, 2020 With everyone social distancing and public spaces, restaurants, libraries, art galleries, etc. closed, the San Diego region is starting to resemble one of...
Read moreTHE BUZZ: August Wilson’s Jitney- Rare, Tender, and Relevant
Article by Rebecca RomaniFebruary 7, 2020 It’s sometime, maybe mid-day, maybe early morning, and the jitneys, or gypsy cabs, run in and out of Jim Becker’s car service. As the...
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