Episode 121 - Looking Down featuring filmmaker Ari Folman, Rev. Gino Geraci and Remembering Bella

<p dir="ltr">Rundown - </p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Ari Folman - 16:23</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Gino Geraci - 53:20</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Troubadour Dave Gunders - 02:49:09</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">"Looking Down" by Dave Gunders - 03:02:46</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Show begins with rundown of 11-4-22 sentencing of monstrous man who murdered Isabella Thallas and gravely wounded Darian Simon. Michael Close was sentenced to Life plus 48 years by Judge Lisa Arnold and the courtroom scene is described. Find out the chilling words spoken Friday afternoon in Denver District Courtroom 5A.</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Are we on the threshold of widespread political violence in America? Is this unique to the USA or is something going on all around the world as climate change and new economic realities roil societies? Social media, especially Twitter (Elon Musk), plays its role, and is examined.</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Filmmaker Ari Folman directed the Oscar-nominated animated documentary film, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltz_with_Bashir'>Waltz with Bashir</a> (2008). Folman's latest project is another animated film based on the life of Anne Frank during the Holocaust, named Where Is Anne Frank? We discuss the return of Bibi Netanyahu and whether he’s on the take.</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Folman’s movie, Where is Anne Frank?, is being distributed worldwide and been purchased by many countries but not by USA, Israel, or Germany. Hmmm. Learn filmmaker Folman’s perspective on these decisions, and his upcoming eleven-city American tour including Denver on November 9. <a href='https://www.du.edu/events/20th-annual-fred-audrey-f-marcus-holocaust-lecture'>https://www.du.edu/events/20th-annual-fred-audrey-f-marcus-holocaust-lecture</a></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">War is hell and Folman ought to know. The scars of his four year service in the IDF is apparent in this interview and his art. Folman is a wise man discouraged about th