Christine_Devine's Blog

I am more worried about our own cities and streets. Gangs toting machine guns, killing mothers and infants, a Federal government committing political suicide. Open borders with Rapists, Murders, Drug Cartels, Foreign Gangs, Car thieves, common thieves and foreign Terrorists of the Islamic flavor, planning to murder Americans in their homes. It is nice to be concerned about people in foreign countries, but we better fix our own country before we endeavor to fix other countries. we have starvation and mass homelessness on our own streets, and a complete national industrial sellout of our job base on all levels which means people will not have many jobs, while foreign people are replacing local people for a serf class of near slave workers. Cruel as it may sound I place Americans First!

American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
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Amen to that Sebar

Sebar, I couldn't agree with you more. While I appreciate you reading my blog and responding I'm not sure what that has to do with a film festival?

Thorny... the Brad Pitt comparison was their's not mine. I'd not heard of the actor.

AC... Thank you, but I prefer not to post that publicly. Many thanks.

Christine,

Your blog caught my attention in this way. I too have a desire to trace some of my relatives in Brazil. One of my father's paternal uncles emigrated from Japan to Brazil in the 1930s. Most likely, they are likely to be in the Sao Paolo area, where there are many Japanese immigrants and descendents of the immigrants. Ever since my great uncle left for Brazil, the family has lost touch with the rest of the family. Even my cousins in Japan don't know what happened to the family after they emigrated. It would be a blast for me to track down some of my family members in Brazil, and I understand your desire to trace your family roots in Brazil too. I hope you succeed in tracing your father's side of the family. I have my work cut out for me, and my brother wants to find our relatives in Brazil too.

Take Care Now!

"Mr. E." from Cypress

Hi Christine,

It was nice reading your blog about the film festival. Valeria, my wife, (you know us through your work in the past with Sambala in Long Beach) has done some work with the film festival in the past and it seems to be getting bigger and better. It is wonderful that you are still digging into your Brazilian roots; we certainly miss you at the events in Long Beach.

I have many wonderful stories about my trips to Brazil; I've met wonderful, warm people and visited beautiful places. I would have to say though that my highlight would be getting married on the beach in Rio. Fortaleza, in the Northeast, is a beautiful city, and from what I heard, the only real major crime was committed by toursits. The beaches there are spectacular; Praia do futuro is miles of beach with warm, clean water. I could sit at the barracas all day enjoying fresh seafood and cold cervejas; and further away, a magical spot called Canoa Quebrada, which has these huge sand dunes near the ocean that are beautiful to take in sunsets. Jericoacoara, is another beach that can only be reached by 4 wheel drive or special buses, and was featured as one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. I have been to Rio 4 times and the only problem I ever had was from the police at a traffice checkpoint on the way to Buzios, a vacation spot. They came up with some bogus infraction, and we paid our "fine" on the spot and were sent on our way. The advice that was given to me was dress like a local and do NOT wear anything flashy...

On another note, Christine, and without going into detail here, Valer