‘Arts’ Archives
“Walkabout” (1971) ***** 5 out of 5 stars 20th Century Fox
Movie Corner By HOWARD McQUITTER II A riveting film by Nicholas Roeg in which a teenage girl, (Jenny Agutter), and her younger brother, Lucien John, (Luc Roeg), find themselves in unforeseen circumstances in the Australian Outback. The two youngsters and their father are supposedly on their way to a picnic. Without warning, the father (John Meillon), stops the car and starts shooting at the children who seek refuge behind a rock. Then, the father sets the car on fire before shooting himself in the head. The teenage girl, witnessing the horror, shields her brother from seeing the incident. Out in the middle of nowhere in scorching heat, crawling with scorpions and snakes and seemingly endless sand, the two English children walk for miles. Tired and hungry, they come upon a watering hole. It is here they meet the Aboriginal Boy, (David Gulpilil), who knows the Outback backwards and forwards. Gulpilil”™s [...]
HOW DO YOU TREAT THE STRANGER AT YOUR DOOR
By Barb Tilsen How do you treat the stranger at your door The one who comes in need of comfort with no place to sleep Little food Just the few possessions they can carry in one move This question is before us all around the world People displaced, on the move from the dangerous and intolerable The refugee, the homeless the one seeking harbor and safety at the border, on your doorstep fleeing the storms of the world How do we treat the stranger at our door Like the Lady in the harbor raising the torch poetry in her arms welcoming all to this shore Or with barbed wire, the wall, the guns, the fear It all comes home to rest in our front yard now Just across the street in our beloved park Yes we need compassion and love But the harsh reality of hunger, unmet needs of no place else to go demands concrete solutions As neighbors we act to meet the need Bring food and supplies We call and organize in all the ways we [...]
“Returning”
By PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL Author”™s note: this story picks up years after the saga of “Searching,” serialized in 34 issues of “the alley” from March 2009 through June 2012. In that story, we met Luz and Angel, two 19 year olds running from their past and searching for their future, along with a score of beautiful and strange neighbors. Angel woke up with a start. He didn”™t know what time it was, and for a moment, he didn”™t know where he was. He had fallen asleep on the couch at 8 am, after helping Luz get Angelito dressed, fed and out the door to Hi-5 at Andersen School, and getting Lupita off to day care. He kissed Luz goodbye, ate the last of Lupita”™s oatmeal, took a sip of lukewarm coffee and flopped on the couch. He had done a double shift at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, 3 pm to 11 pm, 11 pm to 7 am. He hated crossing the nurse”™s picket line, and he was angry at the supervisors who had [...]
