

Tiago Costa
- Jul 23, 2017
- 5 min
This is what I learned with Mr. Morris, and I'll take to AAJA17
For most of you, young and old fellows, probably the name of the picture-editor John Morris is unknown. While searching for his name on Google, the results show a bunch of different John Morris, but not the right one. Not the one I want to search for. According to Google, there's a film producer called John Morris; there's John Morris, the actor who performed Andy's voice in Toy Story; there's John Morris, a baseball player from the 80s, and a few more John Morris in differen
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Tiago Costa
- Jul 16, 2017
- 3 min
"Lynching in US" confronts history and the evil
I bet this happened to you before. When I was really young and watching The Bodyguard movie, I remember the scene where Frank Farmer, interpreted by Kevin Costner, runs to protect his client and famous singer Rachel Marron, interpreted by Whitney Houston, from a bullet shoot by a covered murderer. That infinite slow-motion and a silence took care of my own emotional stability. On that moment, I felt myself part of the movie. I felt I was a character concerned about that amaz
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Tiago Costa
- Jul 9, 2017
- 7 min
CHINA Part II: Purity, kindness and love
Life was going great in Beijing! I couldn't be more thankful for the opportunity that was given to me by the Confucius Institute, the Hunan Normal University and the Southern Utah University. This opportunity was giving me the chance to see new places, taste amazing new meals and meet wonderful people. However, during my time in Beijing I had just few opportunities to leave the group and explore the city by myself. Are you reading "CHINA Part II" and you didn't read "CHINA Pa
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Tiago Costa
- Jul 2, 2017
- 7 min
CHINA Part I: Mao's land of pollution and disorder
Before you judge this article by its title, let me tell you that every story have a good and a bad side. As a human being who is a supporter of interculturalism and humanitarian for many causes, I try as much as I can to be out of the assumptions upon different cultures. But, assumptions are part of our human defensive behavior and prepare us for risky treats. While talking with some friends about China, I got several negative advices. I was told walk alone or I would lose my
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