Philanthropy – Goodwill Greed

By Stephan Pisko,   A free monetary gift is virtuous sounds great, but there is an underlying invisible price to pay! How did this mysterious gift turn into being ‘free’? Was it always indeed free? How was this free gift acquired through corruption – deceit – lies? How does a ‘mad-dog greedy’ individual suddenly turn into a monetary Santa Claus? There must be a pompous … Continue reading Philanthropy – Goodwill Greed

LA Food Ways’ Tells the Story of Spreading Food Around and Ending Waste

By Mike Szymanski Mike Szymanski is part of the California Institute of Contemporary Arts (www.cica.org) that helped fund the LA Food Ways documentary as well as the upcoming Atlanta project, and has funded Raphael’s GreenWish (https://www.greenwish.com) foundation. Actor, activist and filmmaker Raphael Sbarge is obsessed with food lately. In his latest documentary he melds the history of Los Angeles with the creation of food sources … Continue reading LA Food Ways’ Tells the Story of Spreading Food Around and Ending Waste

See Through Do Not Look At

By Stephan Pisko I think for those who do not within this instantaneous automatic schema board with flat surfaced touch screens these ‘gadgets are our gods’ of the day promising to ‘do more & make more’. A definitive clean cut way of thinking is desperately needed that actually explains useful information that most everyone can understand regardless of ethnic background – skin color – gender … Continue reading See Through Do Not Look At

Cashless World More Controlled Human Beings

By Stephan Pisko A cashless world is a ‘totally controlled’ monetary system with absolutely no pathways the only purpose is a mass elitist corporation government control a ‘valueless society’ with a rationed monetary structure where the wealthy will conquer and dominate the poor goodbye ‘middle class’ button pushing ‘fabulous fortunes’ to button pushing ‘poor peasants’ all in one click instant control. You could have envisioned … Continue reading Cashless World More Controlled Human Beings

Small Change To Ignite Big Change

By Stephan Pisko It takes ‘small change’ to ignite ‘big change’ it takes a lower amount to build a higher value even though the higher value is controlling the lower amount if it weren’t for the ‘rotating rubicon’ that the smaller change instigates there would be no ‘revolution to control’ you can definitely witness this within the study of universal physics. Particle pieces are greater … Continue reading Small Change To Ignite Big Change

The Cloud Concept – Nothing New

By Stephan Pisko The cloud is another excuse for more space to place the meaningless basically our society is (or) is becoming ‘intangible’ missing passwords keys to sites that will never open “But I was in that cyber room of data information before !” impossible without the password sorry. The cloud is a legal intellectual nightmare a holding ground of lawsuits’ and is another ingenious … Continue reading The Cloud Concept – Nothing New

The Art Of Monteque Celebrates #GivingTuesday

The Art Of Monteque Celebrates #GivingTuesday and Pledges To Support And Create A Creative Environment For Independent Artists With The Development of The Dreamweaver Artist Ranch #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide. Following Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, this … Continue reading The Art Of Monteque Celebrates #GivingTuesday

Bloomberg Philanthropies “ Paris to Pittsburgh” Is A passionate Documentary About The Impact Of Change

By Monteque Pope-Le Beau It is hard to believe that there are those that still believe climate change is a hoax with the horrendous climate disasters and events playing out each and everyday. With the wildfires raging on in California, drought in Texas, daytime flooding in Florida  and lives across the country been disrupted it is not a fable illusion that climate change is coming, … Continue reading Bloomberg Philanthropies “ Paris to Pittsburgh” Is A passionate Documentary About The Impact Of Change

You Cannot Be Truthful When You Want To Survive

By Stephan Pisko You cannot be truthful when you want to survive because your desperate for survival within the physical and professional realms’ so you fabricate “something that sells your wants” something that is morally appealing to the mass population and shines a “favorable light” on you a light of (honesty and integrity) that swarms with warmth. Now you have mass-audience recognition that will assist … Continue reading You Cannot Be Truthful When You Want To Survive

Pleasurable Self Survival

By Stephan Pisko Within today’s positively sedentary society human beings’ have psychologically evolved to the point of ‘pleasurable self survival’ we do not ‘eat to survive’ nor do we ‘work to survive’ but there must be a rewarding element of pleasure to it or we become disenchanted with the whole idea we have become ‘pleasure peasants’ baited with ‘pleasure rewards’ to make up for our … Continue reading Pleasurable Self Survival

Two Primal Constants – There Is Nothing But This

By Stephan Pisko The psychological state of you’re mind and the changing confrontational state of another mind’s psychology these are the two primal constants within this physical existence there is nothing but this here. These two elements have built civilizations’ – destroyed civilizations’ – creates wars’ – creates temporary happiness- creates permanent hatred – these are the components of human behavior. We learn not long … Continue reading Two Primal Constants – There Is Nothing But This

The Documentary “Whale” Takes A Comprehensive Look At A cornerstone Of Tradition Of The Japanese Village Taij

By William Engel The year 2009 saw the release of “The Cove”, a harrowing documentary about the Japanese village of Taiji and their barbaric practice of ritualistic whaling. Nearly ten years later, “A Whale of a Tale” strives to set the record straight. “A Whale of a Tale” documents the journey of Jay Alabaster, an intrepid journalist sent to Taiji to take a more comprehensive … Continue reading The Documentary “Whale” Takes A Comprehensive Look At A cornerstone Of Tradition Of The Japanese Village Taij

“Reach” Is A Film With A Tumultuous Plot Of Troubled Youths

By William Engel Grief, bullying, teen suicide, domestic abuse, homophobia and drug addiction are just a few of the issues incorporated into the tumultuous plot of “Reach”, a heartrending drama about a developing friendship between two troubled youths. The film follows Steven Turano (Garrett Clayton), a depressed high schooler who struggles to deal with the grief of losing his mother at a young age, and … Continue reading “Reach” Is A Film With A Tumultuous Plot Of Troubled Youths

Mark Vadik Cinematically Depicts The story of A Harsh Life Through An Child’s Eyes

  By William Engel “A Chance in the World” genuinely uplifting drama, bolstered by several compelling performances from the cast. “A Chance in the World”, based on the autobiographical book of the same name, cinematically depicts the life story of Steve Pemberton, a child left with an abusive foster home at the age of five. In the film, Steve strives to get himself an education, … Continue reading Mark Vadik Cinematically Depicts The story of A Harsh Life Through An Child’s Eyes

“Bridget and Iain” Displays The Impact The Walls Of Addiction Has On Family

By William Engel Told with great simplicity and power, “Bridget and Iain” is a heart wrenching story of a mother and son who have a wedge driven between them by the latter’s drug addiction. The film begins with the mother, Bridget, visiting her son, Iain, in rehab. The two of them have a tense conversation about Iain’s current financial and residential situation. Iain claims that … Continue reading “Bridget and Iain” Displays The Impact The Walls Of Addiction Has On Family

“The Chinese Exclusion Act” Shows The true Cost And Exploitation Of The Chinese Immigrants

By William Engel The PBS  broadcast of  “The Chinese Exclusion Act”, was  a daring, sobering documentary about the titular law that prevented Chinese-Americans from being recognized as citizens for more than half a century. Through multiple accounts and both primary and secondary sources, the film provides an in-depth look at the history of the Chinese in America, beginning in the early 19th century with the … Continue reading “The Chinese Exclusion Act” Shows The true Cost And Exploitation Of The Chinese Immigrants

Filmmakers Li-Shin Yu and Ric Burns Talk About [The Chinese Exclusion Act] A Forgotten Part Of Our History

By William Engel Tomorrow, PBS will be airing “The Chinese Exclusion Act”, a documentary about one of the most heinous yet oft-forgotten eras in American history. From the late 19th century up until World War II, it was legally impossible for Chinese-Americans to obtain citizenship, making them an arbitrary exception to the regulations mandated by the Fourteenth Amendment. Last week, I sat down with the … Continue reading Filmmakers Li-Shin Yu and Ric Burns Talk About [The Chinese Exclusion Act] A Forgotten Part Of Our History

Robert Redford, Ed Harris, Elle Fanning and more join animal coalition in urging Congress to oppose wild horse slaughter

Courtesy of The Humane Society of the United States Robert Redford, Ed Harris, Elle Fanning, Ian Somerhalder and countless other equine enthusiasts joined The Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society Legislative Fund, Return to Freedom and the ASPCA to draw attention to the threat posed to wild horses and burros. (See letter and list of fifty plus signatures from actors, singers, screenwriters and … Continue reading Robert Redford, Ed Harris, Elle Fanning and more join animal coalition in urging Congress to oppose wild horse slaughter

2016 Sundance Film Review: “Sonita”

 By: Alystar McKenneh-O’Neill “Sonita” is the most important documentary of the 21st century. It is extremely well thought out, well shot, and enormous respect goes to Director Rokhsareh Ghaem Magham, who was forced to combine the subject of selling women and forced marriage, into her original subject matter of a woman rapper in Iran, to make an even more intriguing and important documentary than I think she … Continue reading 2016 Sundance Film Review: “Sonita”

Together We Stand United In The Darkness

The Art Of Monteque Team would take to this time to send our prayers and sympathies to our colleagues, our contributors and to the people of  Paris who have been affected by this heinous and hideous act of violence. The Art Of Monteque Team stands With the people of Paris in these dark times. Let these unspeakable acts not stop us from caring about one another, … Continue reading Together We Stand United In The Darkness