June 2012
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“A great man and a great movie for all time”
– Paulyn
1983, my father finished his forty days study schedule.
He went to Palace Theater, the most beautiful cinema in Hong Kong to watch Gandhi.
Next day he took the public examination of English, got the result. he got an A
“Twenty six years later, I watch Gandhi dvd with him, while my classmates and...”
– Paulyn
“Mahatma Gandhi was played by Sir Ben Kingsley, it was his first movie.”
– Paulyn
He told the people did not buy the cotton they bought textile from Manchester, England
In an assemble, Gandhi spoke to the people of India
” We burn the British textile we made our own. ”
In hot place salt was important for survival, Britain controlled the salt making
Walked 200 miles to the shore of Indian Ocean to make salt
British soldiers beat them but people did not revenge, they won the compassion of the world.
Margaret Bourke White worked for US Army, Life magazine. Before the age of tv.
Life magazine was an important channel for people know about the outside world.
White did not tell bapu to pose, she took him spinning.
Gandhi was killed by a man, people said Muslim
You should not miss this movie.
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camdamage:
i like when i’m standing around with my mom, and i’m dressed up all fancy with my big heels on
and men approach us to congratulate her for having “a daughter like this”
and she’s like “oh, thanks. my uterus is exceptionally proud. what, are you trying to fuck her?”
Sometimes just friendship, no sex —- stephen
