Alfredo de Braganza

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Jun 4, 2014, 12:52 PM

The Whippoorwill Of Murmel The Pig: A Pasteurized Film By Claude Lanzmann (At Your Doorstep Just For A Few “Rumkis”)

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -Upton Sinclair Unpleasant and painful truth the above quotation: how much influence the Money Power has on societal understanding? How stupid...

Apr 27, 2014, 1:05 PM

A Wandering, Wandering Star

"If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of...

Mar 10, 2014, 4:55 AM

"Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish." -Mark Twain You can't make any political career if you can't tell truly fishy stories but it wouldn't do much good...

Feb 14, 2014, 2:04 PM

India loves Hitler

“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed....Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul...

Oct 18, 2013, 7:15 AM

Auschwitz: The Greatest Circus of Horrors

"We bring you the circus, pied piper whose magic tunes greet children of all ages, from six to 60, into a tinsel and spun-candy world of reckless beauty and mounting laughter and whirling thrills; of rhythm, excitement and grace;...

Oct 10, 2013, 9:09 AM

Holocaust. Part 2: “Mama Koops”

Alexander: "If there is a god, then he's a shit, and I'd like to kick him in the butt." Aron: "Your theory is very interesting and appears to be justified." -Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander (1982) Alfredo de Braganza: You have visited...

Oct 1, 2013, 5:25 AM

The Battle of Cable Street & its Manic Street Preacher

"None shall pass! I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries. " -Monty...

Sep 19, 2013, 6:32 AM

Gandhi on Jews. Part 3: Israel, A Culture Of Violence & Love Hugs

"Like a cancer cell that spreads through the body, this regime infects any region. It must be removed from the body." Ahmadinejad said on comparison of Israel to cancer. Then, following his obsession (a magnificent one as Douglas Sirk's...

Sep 13, 2013, 9:14 AM

Gandhi on Jews. Part 2: Nazis and Cowardice

"Hitler is not a bad man. The Germans of future generations will honor Herr Hitler as a genius, as a brave man, a matchless organizer and much more." -Gandhi wrote in Harijan weekly newspaper. At the time of being...

Sep 11, 2013, 8:08 AM

Gandhi on Jews. Part 1: A Jewish Gay Lover

"He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy!" -Brian's mother in Terry Jones' Life of Brian (1979) A former executive editor of The New York Times and Pulitzer award winning author Joseph Lelyveld, has written a generally interesting book...

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About Me

Alfredo de Braganza is an award-winning independent filmmaker & chocolate-coated sufganiyah lover from Spain currently living in India. His documentary "Smoking Babas" was selected for the Madrid International Film Festival and his film "Maayan The Fisherman" for Best Narrative Film at the Florida International Film Festival. He is the first Spanish person to make a feature film in India, on celluloid and native language. His documentary "Boxing Babylon" won Best Documentary Awards at the 2013-Norway Film Festival and New Delhi International Sports Film Festival. He can be contacted at: alfredodebraganza@gmail.com www.alfredodebraganza.com