A great man is one who collects knowledge the way a bee collects honey and uses it to help people overcome the difficulties they endure - hunger, ignorance and disease!
- Nikola Tesla

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
- Franklin Roosevelt

While their territory has been devastated and their homes despoiled, the spirit of the Serbian people has not been broken.
- Woodrow Wilson

Film Ivane Todorović u ponudi onlajn kanala „Njujork tajmsa”

Kratki dokumentarni film „A Harlem Mother” Ivane Todorović nalazi se u ponudi onlajn kanala „Njujork tajmsa” i može se besplatno pogledati.

Reč je o ostvarenju naše rediteljke, poznate po socijalno angažovanim filmovima, koje oslikava sudbinu osamnaestogodišnjeg Latrona Parkera, autora dokumentarnog filma o teškom odrastanju u Harlemu 1998, a koji je osam godina kasnije ubijen na ulici. Danas se njegova majka Džin kroz svoju organizaciju „Harlem Mothers SAVE” bori protiv oružanog nasilja među mladima i pomaže drugim roditeljima da se nose sa bolom gubitka.

Film je snimala, režirala i producirala Ivana Todorović, montirala Tijana Petrović, snimatelj zvuka je David Guiteirez Camps, autor muzike je Janko Radosavljević, dizajn postera je delo Nebojše Petrovića. Ovaj film imao je premijeru u bioskopu Alberta Mejzelsa u Harlemu, prikazan je na brojnim festivalima i dobio je nekoliko nagrada.

Inače, film je i završni rad Ivane Todorović na katedri za dokumentarni film na „The New School” Univerzitetu u Njujorku.

Izvor: Politika


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Téa Obreht

Téa Obreht was born in 1985 in the former Yugoslavia (Belgrade, Serbia), and spent her childhood in Cyprus and Egypt before eventually immigrating to the United States in 1997. Her writing has been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper’s, Zoetrope: All-Story, The New York Times, and The Guardian, and has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Non-Required Reading. Her first novel, The Tiger’s Wife, has been published by Random House on March 8 2011. She has been named by The New Yorker as one of the twenty best American fiction writers under forty and included in the National Book Foundation’s list of 5 Under 35. Téa Obreht lives in Ithaca, New York.

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Western American Diocese - Annual 2013

2013 marked several momentous occasions: 50 years of the founding of the Western American Diocese, 150 years of the birth of Archimandrite Sebastian Dabovich, Holy Apostle to the Americas, 1700 years of the Edict of Milan, and a special tribute to Nikola Tesla! Our main focus during this three-day Jubilee Celebration was on the freedom to pursue our faith since the time of Constantine 1700 years ago and how to better live a spiritual life.

As a special tribute, a beautiful commemorative edition of the Annual was prepared, which reflects the History of the Western American Diocese! It is adorned with beautiful photographs and historical articles from our parishes and monateries! It also showcases the wonderful work that has been done over the past year throughout our Diocese and information about our many ongoing ministries. This publicaton also includes a Directory of Parishes.

There are two version of this publication available. Our Hardcover version sells for $15. Our Softcover version sells for $10 and includes Ads & Greetings from families and businesses throughout our Diocese.