by Laura Shepard Townsend | Blog
(As published in The Beachhead, December 2013 issue) If you can spare a moment to contemplate Abbot Kinney’s Venice when he hosted the annual and most splendid Christmas Parties at the Venice Dance Pavilion. The local papers described it this way: “nowhere else...
by Laura Shepard Townsend | Blog
As I researched the Rom for Destiny’s Consent, it became immediately clear that the Romani are some of the most discriminated against people in the world. Here is an article I found worth reading. Gypsy Blood Libel: The Enduring Legacy of Romani...
by Laura Shepard Townsend | Blog
A People Uncounted Director: Aaron Yeger Writing Credit: Aaron Yeger Genre: Documentary Duration: 99 minutes Release date: Aug 02, 2013 Synopsis: A history of the Romani people in Europe and their fate under the Nazi regime. It’s common knowledge (at least I hope...
by Laura Shepard Townsend | Blog
I will not stay behind the walls constructed by my fears! HELLO World!
by Laura Shepard Townsend | Blog
It was only after I began to create Venice that I began to examine all of these issues,” Abbot said. “And why was that?” “This storytelling seems to be one-sided; I seem to be doing all of the talking. Are you sure you would you like to hear and yet another...
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