THE WHITE TIGER (2021) | Dir. Ramin Bahrani In The Jungle, Which Is The Rarest Of Animals That Comes

Hello everyone, regarding the white-washing and cultural appropriation prevalent in Dune (2020) dir. Denis Villeneuve, FILMREEL will not be reblogging or making content pertaining to the film. We apologize to the creators that have tagged us in Dune content but we will not be reblogging it. We hope that you understand our decision and thank you for your support thus far and in the future. 

Listed here are a few informational choices that we hope will help explain our decision: 

Why Arab and Islamic Representation Matters in the New Dune 

this twitter thread 

another twitter thread

Arabic and Islamic Themes in Frank Herbert’s “Dune”

The Secret History of Dune

- filmreel’s team

“May the flesh of kings feed the earth”

Graffiti seen in Portland, Oregon during the ongoing protests

Book stall in  Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.

Photo by  dastan khdir

Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang, 1927

دل به دل راه داره

— There is telepathy between hearts

A Persian expression used to explain how and why two hearts feel in the same way

November. Battery Acid. Los Angeles, CA.

by Cameron McCool.

The fact that Dante created the most popular image of the afterlife with absolutely no theological basis for it will still be the funniest thing to me

does anyone else have a drink that u just go crazy when u have it ? like i pour myself apple juice and it’s gone in 3 seconds because i can’t control myself around it

rb & tag what drink u can’t have around u for more than 5 seconds

white people and specifically white gays need to let go of mitski and ocean vuong

Loving Vincent (2017) Directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman