cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/13551293

During a train trip to New Delhi, a pair of commandos face an army of invading bandits.

IMDb

#nojeans makes life more interesting, you've got to explore more options instead of the bland lazy one

Here are some options in order of formality –

Thai fisherman pants

Workman's trousers like Snickers and stuff

Heavy woollen trousers (as opposed to woollen slacks, which are suit-level formal)

Linen trousers

Slacks

I feel the comm has started to develop its own little feeling, though it is small.

The message here is clearly something other people are thinking about.

Every time you post, you let people know they're not alone in wanting to preserve the individuality and survival of the world's cultures.

It's a Telugu-language science-fiction epic that's getting a lot of hype. I might go to it this weekend.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12735488/

Trailer

IMDB page with trailer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28118211/

I've watched three episodes so far. I'm getting into it and I'm not really a TV guy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joko%20Anwar%27s%20Nightmares%20and%20Daydreams

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21962590/

Joko Anwar's Nightmares and Daydreams is a science fiction mystery anthology television series created by Joko Anwar. It features seven interconnected science fiction stories set in Jakarta.

Some people in my country of the Netherlands seem to think that all Dutch media is bad and most Dutch people consume mostly American media. I want them to give Dutch media a chance and to give global media a chance.

I have a special interest in languages and cultures and I wouldn't have had it if I didn't start looking for music outside of the global core. I enjoy watching Bollywood, and wouldn't have done that if I didn't look past Hollywood. Consuming non-American media opens your eyes for a so much good media that you wouldn't have consumed otherwise. It gives you a different perspective on humanity as well and shows you humanity is more than just the global core. For some liberals it could lead to less prejudice and racism.

There's also so much imperialist and capitalist propaganda in American media and consuming global media lets you escape that. Global media can also show you more anti-imperialist and socialist sentiment, especially if you consume media from socialist countries. This is also why I want liberals to consume global media, so they don't fall for propaganda.

Here's a list of some of my favorite Musicians, Movies and TV-shows outside of USA:

First music:

Koza Mostra: Greek Ska Folk

Doe Maar: Dutch Ska

De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig: Dutch Hiphop

Stromae: Belgian French pop

Kadim al-Sahir: Iraqi Arabic poetic singer

Fairouz: Lebanese ballad singer

Otava Yo: Russian folk band

Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble: North Korean pop

Movies:

Er Ist Wieder Da: great German movie about how fascism can return illustrated by Hitler returning.

De Marathon: Dutch comedy

Lagaan: Indian cricket movie set in British Raj with an anti-colonialist theme

Festen: Danish drama movie about family affairs

Dil Se: Indian movie through the eyes of a stalker

Cidade de Deus: Brazilian crime thriller about the Cidade de Deus favela. The actors are locals from the actual favela.

TV Shows:

Trailer Park Boys: Canadian mockumentary comedy. I count this because this show is distincly Canadian and not wannabe American. There needs to be more focus on Anglosphere media outside the USA anyway.

Farouk Omar: Great Arab drama show based on the life of Omar Ibn al-Khattab. This show is so detailed that it taught me a lot about early Islamic history.

https://archive.org/details/DecolonisingTheMind

It’s a short essay about using your pre-colonial language and stories.

We would pick a book by suggesting & voting in the comments section. Then we read about 10 pages a day and discuss what we read.

Some guardrails:

• Literature or mythology, no politics or philosophy (that's better suited for other groups; this is a cultural group)

• Under 200,000 words.

• Follows the main rule of this comm

• Short stories are ok 👌

• Available on the web so we can all access it

• Has to be a classic, which I will leave undefined cause shure you know yourself

I thought of this rare little sub when watching this. It's difficult to evaluate how much Yank (and western) culture have contaminated our expectation and knowledge of other cultures. This video explores some of that..

And, ..going slightly OT on my own post, when trying to search for African music, the result contains mostly African 'beyonce-like' music. I have to add 'root' or similar to find something that actually sounds 'original', local and non-yank. A bit sad.

Even the most difficult wishes can be fulfilled with just one call to the company Whatever, Whenever, which provides whatever you want, whenever you want. The price is low, but the cost is high: helping with another customer's order - no questions asked, whatever it may be.

Watch: soap2dayhd-dot-com/tv/watch-whatever-whenever-online-free-109063

It maps where in the world are different game development studios, so you can find 🎮🎮 by country

ILMU is a folk-trip-hop band from Karelia now based in Tampere, Finland. The lyrics are in Livvi-Karelian language.

https://yt.cdaut.de/watch?v=XdeFPmhzGT0&listen=1

https://invidious.protokolla.fi/watch?v=XdeFPmhzGT0&listen=1

https://invidious.perennialte.ch/watch?v=XdeFPmhzGT0&listen=1

An Iranian film directed by Bahram Beyzai. A dramatic retelling of the death of the Persian king Yazdgerd III amid the Muslim invasion of Iran.

I 🇨🇦 went to see this movie last night with my girlfriend 🇨🇳. I'm pretty sure I was the only white guy in the theatre 😅

It's got an interesting tone, swinging between really funny and really serious very quickly. Sometimes you'll be raucously laughing at some goofy humour one second, and then something dark and heavy will happen and give you whiplash. In that sense, it felt a bit like a Wes Anderson film to me.

The main source of comedy in the movie comes from the dynamic between the protagonist, his wife, and his coworker/ex-girlfriend. The wife plays up the "nagging wife" trope pretty perfectly, and contrasts the diligent coworker. At times it can be hard to tell if you're supposed to believe that the protagonist is a bumbling fool, or a competent investigator. In that sense, the comedy bits reminded me a lot of Steve Martin in the Pink Panther.

The theme is interesting. It examines what the punishment should be for people who use what could be called "excessive force" in self defense. A bit high-minded at times and the ending felt a bit cheesy, but overall I liked he way the movie's core theme was repeated across many different subplots.

Overall I think it's worth watching if you like comedy/drama.

• IMDB – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16565742 – Follows the story of underground workers who risked their lives to send intelligence and defend the motherland, set after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor when the Wang Jingwei regime declared war on Britain and the U.S. On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The following day, the Wang False Government followed Japan's declaration of war against Britain and the United States, and Japan symbolically occupied all of Shanghai. With the outbreak of the Pacific War, the situation of China's war effort changed completely. Members of the Chinese Communist Party underground risked sending out information to break the peace between Japan and Chiang and to defend the motherland.

• Trailer – https://yewtu.be/watch?v=yzZ_oHR5wRE

• Watch – https://moviesjoy.is/movie/hidden-blade-98590

https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=oc8DWEOwnKM&listen=1

https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=oc8DWEOwnKM&listen=1

https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=oc8DWEOwnKM&listen=1

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=oc8DWEOwnKM&listen=1

(Wikipedia isn't exactly American culture, but I'm posting Ecured because it's cool and interesting. Wikipedia doesn't have to be eliminated, but Ecured helps get a global polycentric perspective)