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Monday, January 22, 2007
coUntry of my skuLL spenT lasT sunday lazIng arouNd @ hoMe & restinG. thUS d VCD marathOn caMe into effecT. hurHurhur. coUntry of my skuLL..its iTz one of thoSe VCDs which i bouGht eoNs agO & not watcHed yeT. i tiNk i'Ve goT a knaCk of purchasiNg non-mainstreaM Vcds ie. muVees not showcaSed in cineMas, feature fiLms, foreign fiLms..etc..etc. sO, dis fiLm's juz oNe of thoSe which i tooK of d CD shOp racK & fiGured its uniqUeness; henCe, the purchaSe. afriCa, is one country pLagued by tribaL waRz & civiL unresT. we'Ve seen muVees sucH as hoteL rwaNda & constanT gardener wiF afriCa as its backdroP. baSed on a booK by antJie krOg, country of my skuLL is set against the backdroP of the TruTh & ReconciliatiOn CommissiOn (TRC) hearinGs. aNna malan (juLiette binOche), an afrikaaNs poeT and LangstoN whitfieLd (samueL L.jackson), an americaN journaList were amOngst thoSe reportinG froM south afriCa. In 1996, the souTh africaN government had forMed the TRC to investigaTe the abUse of its peopLe under the aparTheid repressioN. d muVee's messaGe is that of forgiVeness. tHe commisioN serVes as a foruM for victiMs to confroNt their perpetratOrs & share their accountz of hurT & torturE. amNesty wiLL b granteD to the perpeTrators upOn d admissiOn of theiR guiLt wiF regards to their actioNs. trUe accouNtz of victiMs wiLL definiteLy moVe audieNces of d shOw. it aLso oPens uP oNe's eYes to d crueLty of the apartheiD repressiOn & oNe cannot imagiNe that suCh crueLty, vioLence & inhumanity exisTed. aNd yeT, despite aLL tHesE, forGiVeness, stiLL prevaiLed. persoNally, d muVee maKes me reflect oN my owN opeNness & incLinatiOns to forgiVing otHers and how harD it is sumtymZ to receiVe & bestOw forgiVeness. gEez.. feeL reaLLy, ultimateLy smaLL... =S  wouLd i forgiVe d pasT, preseNt & futuRe, now? *poNder woNder* ~Because of you, this land no longer lies between us but within. It breathes becalmed, after being wounded in its wondrous throat. In the cradle of my skulll it sings, it ignites my tongue. Five thousand stories are scorched on your skin... I am changed forever... Forgive me. Forgive me. Forgive me... ~
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whaT? mE? 25. muVee bUFF. iMpuLsiVe VCD-HunteR. mY escaPe. mY reLieF. wHere's d Line betweeN pHantasY & faNtasY?? juZ waTch LaaH! kindly.talk.booK. d untoUchabLez ::phantoM of d opeRa:: osTs to lisTen previEw of piraTes of d carribeaN: @worLd's eNd OST" paSt staGinGz September 2006October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 feLLow aRtistZ ceTpotzseNiman maNa? i jUz waNder.. aNa's hornY! sLacker iNah huMaira's reeL werLd cOme, rediscOver! credits Designer Eric SimPictures Foto Decadent Brushes and Textures Hybrid Genesis, Misprinted- Type, and Eric Sim Pattern Squidfingers |
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