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BLOG ARTICLE ON THE HISTORY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS

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                        BLOG ARTICLE ON THE HISTORY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS: The Evolution of Documentary Filmmaking:      During the U.S. involvement in World War II, the Hollywood film industry cooperated closely with the government to support its war-aims information campaign. In the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, the idea of “synergy” dominated the motion-picture industry in the United States, and an unprecedented wave of mergers and acquisitions pursued this ultimately elusive concept. Simply put, synergy implied that consolidating related media and entertainment properties under a single umbrella could strengthen every facet of a coordinated communications empire. Motion pictures, broadcast television, cable and satellite systems, radio networks, theme parks, newspapers and magazines, book publishers, manufacturers of home entertainment products, sports teams, Internet servic...

Story of an Immigrant (Nomad)

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Hi everyone, My name is Abdoulaye Diallo, I am an immigrant and a Fulani (nomade), I was born in a multi-ethnicity; cultural and traditional environment. Growing up in Gbenko (Kerouané, Guinea) where my father was working for the only Diamond Mine in the country. I was fortunate to get the chance to attend both quranic and government school. By the time I was graduating from primary school, most of the employees of the Diamond mine was getting laid off and for some reason my father had to leave the family in the hand of my mother to raise, fortunately, my mother own a store on the main street of Gbenko, where she would sale most groceries needed in the community. We all lived peacefully with many other ethnicities with different traditions. After the Diamond mine permanently stopped operating because the owner of the mine at the time where foreigners and decided to take back their investment. Many of the families lost their jobs, as a result, my family moved to the capital Conakry wher...