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I’ve heard incredible things about "Nilgiris: A Shared Wilderness.” A documentary film now showing in theatres. Top of my list to view. Because it showcases the beauty and the critical need for conservation in this unique ecosystem. And there’s a more personal reason for wanting to see it. I...

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So yeah, after watching it yesterday for the 5th #ChristmasDay in a row, there is no denial: Patty Jenkins’s #WonderWoman1984 became my Post-Covid #Christmas movie staple. I think I’ll never forget the preview night when it came out, with the film in theatres during just a short evening, because of the announcement that, from that night or, depending on the city, on the following day which was supposed to be its opening day, all theatres would be closed for the following 6 months in the U.K. The rush to get to the nearest theatre still open that evening when the lockdown announcement came, we had to go all the way from London to Maidenhead to be able to watch it on that THU, as the preview screenings that evening in London were being canceled… I was so excited for that film for over 2 years, and somehow I knew that would be the one and only opportunity to see it in theatres. And I was so damn right! I think I never understood, till that point, how much movies, movie theatres and the moviegoing experience were important to me. They’ve always been there as part of my life, I’ve always taken them for granted. Until, all of sudden, they weren’t. And for a moment, #WW84 would be the last blockbuster we would see in a movie theatre, for a long while. That day for me was like our last, desperate way to hold on to the old normal pre-Covid. And in a way, in my mind, I was saying good bye to those Pre-Covid times without even knowing it. When theatres reopened again, 6 months later, things never got back to where they were. On top of a period already challenging as it as, my mother passed away within that bleak period, 2 weeks before theatres reopened. While some say ironically or mockingly that we went through a Great Reset, to me it was a literal reset. A forced one I was never consulted about nor agreed with. But life goes on, and we had to move on with it - but never losing that hope deep inside that, one day, we would have that life pre-Covid back. And that’s how #WonderWoman1984 deeply connected with me, I believe even more on the following Christmas in 2021, when things got scarily more relatable after that tough year. The film had all the messages I needed just on the right time. All the social unrest, forced division and global turmoil that followed from 2021 onwards, mixed with that longing desire to have back a life and the people that I would never have again, it felt like that film was predicting what we were about to go through in the following years, while offering its perspective on how to - and how not to - deal with most of these phantoms. And every time I rewatch it, I appreciate it a bit more. All those beautiful, powerful messages still stand and they feel even more meaningful now than they already were back in DEC 2020. They remind me of what we used to be as society, but also remind me of what we still can be, depending on the path we decide to take. And I know, I know - on this app, that movie means different things for different people, or even it might be the case it feels meaningless for some. I totally understand, respect and appreciate the diversity of opinions around it, and I see where they are coming from. I’ll never fight about your own views about the movie or your experience with it. That’s the magic of the movies after all, resonate differently with different people, as a collective but diverse experience. But to me it has a deeper meaning, and I love revisiting it time and time again. Until next Christmas!

Luiz Fernando

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Broken Windows Theory is a way of giving an intellectual grounding for your objections to the state of urban decay in many major cities in America. As I alluded to earlier, there's a public campaign that is asking you not to care about what happens to our cities. It is asking you not to care that people sleep in public, that people sell sex, that people do drugs. It is saying that you should not notice those things, that is arbitrary, racist, and unjust. And my argument is that actually you, as a member of the community with an equal right to enjoyment of the public and public space, have every legitimate and objective reason to say, "No, I don't need to put up with that and I don't need to vote for people, I don't need to endorse political projects that hold that as a legitimate view." Broken windows theory was successful because it's true, but also because it gave advocates of law and order a reason and an argumentative justification for reclaiming their cities—in the 1990s, for saying, "We don't need to put up with what New York City is like. We can and should demand better than this." Public disorder really does strike at the heart of our society. The community really does have an interest in keeping the peace over and above endless criminal license. We recognize that for hundreds of years in this country, [as did] our legal forefathers, because it's true. And therefore you do not need to be bullied into believing otherwise. - Me University of Austin (UATX)

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