Catégorie : Video

Flims vidéos

95 min – Drama – 10 January 1999 (USA)

The inhabitants of a deteriorating section of 1968 Junction City, Kansas known as « Junk City » bemoan their existence and revel at the history of their neighborhood during its 1940’s heydays when legendary jazz musicians regularly played its clubs. In 1968, the area has diminished to strip clubs and juke joints inhabited by Vietnam War draftees that pass through from nearby Fort Riley. Heads of the group include a wino who lost a leg in WWII, a taxi dispatcher, a saloon owner, and a crazed bag lady. The younger generation is represented by a young prostitute who is trying to get off the streets, but is forced to continue to work by a no-good boy friend and the need to feed her baby. Martin Sheen also appears as a white minister who prefers the people in the area over his own congregation.

Directors: Tim Rebman, Kevin Willmott
Writers: Kevin Willmott (play), Kevin Willmott (screenplay)
Stars: Don Washington, Kevin Willmott, Nadine Griffith

Lire la suite
The Tamil Nadu government led by Chief Minister Vijay is contemplating constructing a new secretariat, moving administration out of the seventeenth-century Fort St. George. Three locations have been identified, including sites at Guindy, Pattinapakkam, and Nandambakkam, with plans awaiting a final decision. The opposition AIADMK has criticised the move, accusing the administration of prioritising personal convenience and publicity over public welfare despite claims of an empty treasury. Previous attempts by former chief ministers M. Karunanidhi and J. Jayalalithaa to build a permanent new secretariat faced protests and subsequent conversions. Congestion at the current Namakkal Kavignar Maaligai building continues to prompt discussions on relocation.
Lire la suite