//articles by Hermann Djoumessi

Hermann Djoumessi has written 9 articles.

BIG BROTHER - Cruelty TV As We Knew It

BIG BROTHER - Cruelty TV As We Knew It

Sure it feels like the end of the road for what is a light entertainment/Factual show…
Or Cruelty TV as we knew it…
Racism was the last taboo, these type of show had never tackled. While class war, sexism, etc…had already been through the big brother machine… Having said that…Isn’t it the very function of CBB and […]

Bollywood, Events, Television, War

TERROR IN THE UK - Survey on Muslim Communities

TERROR IN THE UK - Survey on Muslim Communities

The survey on Muslim communities by Channel 4’s Jon Snow in the light of the events of the 10/08.
The survey published by Channel 4’s Jon Snow on the 7th of August, highlighted what a certain section of the Muslim community made of the last events in Heathrow on the 10th of August. Coincidence, coincidence on […]

Communities, Events, Radical, Television, War

SNAKES ON A PLANE - Green Light for Quirk

SNAKES ON A PLANE - Green Light for Quirk

Snakes on a Plane is an action/horror film to be released on August 18, 2006. by New Line Cinema.
Written by David D’Alessandro, John Heffernan, Sheldon Turner, directed by David R. Ellis and starring Samuel L. Jackson. The film finished filming principal photography in September of 2005 including five days of additional re-shooting to raise the […]

Cinema, Director, Film, Hollywood, Horror, Lover, Magic, Movie, Performance, Photography, Poetry

SHOOT THE COMMUNITY? - Shoot the Messenger

SHOOT THE COMMUNITY? - Shoot the Messenger

I wasn’t privy to the preview of the film ‘Shoot the Messenger’ to a floor full of ‘community leaders’, leading lights, notables and other luminaries…
However, what I have to say was that some organizations like Ligali, who I want to stress, usually do a good job, were quick to do the intellectual jump stating that […]

BBC, Drama, Film, Television

WORLD CUP 2006 - Diary of a Dirty World Cup

WORLD CUP 2006 - Diary of a Dirty World Cup

On BBC’s Bias:
The BBC lacked insight and awareness of continental football when dealing with the World-Cup. As did ITV by the way. Luckily the BBC had Leonardo and Desailly to give us much more balanced view on the game. Obviously, they have played in different countries and had the ability to judge different systems, players […]

Art, Awareness, BBC, Football, Lover, Performance, Performer, War

ZINEDINE ZIDANE - Head Case

ZINEDINE ZIDANE - Head Case

The post World-Cup hangover is not over yet…and it requires that we all handle the Zidane-gate with the necessary cautious approach favored on the other side of the Alps.
Those events just showed us that words can be as hurtful as actions. From Aragones the Spanish coach calling T. Henry a ‘N…r’ on a training pitch, […]

Art, Events, Football, Nature

WORLD CUP 2006 - The Blame Game

WORLD CUP 2006 - The Blame Game

I was bitterly disappointed by the outcome of the England-Portugal game. But was even more surprised by the lack of dignity in the comments of certain elder statemen of the game or The three grumpy old men…
You know the guys seating atop of the balcony during the Muppet show. True legends like ‘Wrighty’, ‘Shearo’ should […]

Football, International, Legends

WORLD CUP 2006 - The Mistake, the Genius & the Penalty

WORLD CUP 2006 - The Mistake, the Genius & the Penalty

The Beeb pundit, the other day summed-up how the German game against Italy should finish: By one of those three likely occurrences.
A fitting triumvirate for what was a…
…MISTAKE
Poor Ronaldo. Again one of the best player yesterday and probably the best youngster we have seen on show at the world-cup. To be hated, jeered and heckled […]

Football, Inspiration

FLIRTING AT CANNES 2006

FLIRTING AT CANNES 2006

Friday May 19th
Meeting at the UK Pavilion. Dealing with passes and accreditations. Sorting out the usual mumbo-jumbo required to cruise through the festival.
‘Volver’ from eternal ‘enfant-terrible’ Pedro Almodovar is on show and has the usual red-carpet treatment. Penelope Cruz - gorgeous in a white Balanciagga dress, or is it? - and Carmen Maura, the co-stars […]

Actor, Art, Artist, Cinema, Director, Drama, Events, Festival, Film, Filmmaker, Modern, Movie, Museum, Music, Performance, Political, Social, Theatre, War