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Eye For Film<p>"History comes alive in the voices of those who remember it" - we take a look at documentary The Other World (La Muraille) <a href="https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-other-world-2025-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-ot</span><span class="invisible">her-world-2025-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson</span></a> <a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/VisionsDuReel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VisionsDuReel</span></a> <a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>documentary</span></a> <a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/leprosy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leprosy</span></a> <a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cinema</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoryMonth</span></a> pharmaceutical <a href="https://spore.social/tags/chemist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemist</span></a> Alice Ball (1892-1916) who developed 1st effective treatment for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/leprosy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leprosy</span></a>. Though her life was cut tragically short, her research saved 1000s from exile &amp; painful, ineffective lifelong treatment for leprosy, &amp; she was a trailblazer for women &amp; Black scientists.⁠<br>⁠<br>Ball studied <a href="https://spore.social/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a> at UW earning a BSc &amp; 2nd degree in pharmacy 2 years later. 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BlackInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Joachim Ziebs<p>Gerade zum ersten Mal die <a href="https://blabber.rocks/tags/Leprosy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leprosy</span></a> von <a href="https://blabber.rocks/tags/Death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Death</span></a> gehört. Verdammt geiler Scheiß! Die Scheibe ist echt gut gealtert.</p><p><a href="https://blabber.rocks/tags/metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metal</span></a></p>
scholar_farmer<p>‪I have a blog post in honor of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WorldLeprosyDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WorldLeprosyDay</span></a> looking at music as a tool for social change, drawing on examples of leprosy awareness campaigns in India</p><p><a href="https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">silencesandsounds.blogspot.com</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WorldLeprosyDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WorldLeprosyDay</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pandemic</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/leprosy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>leprosy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PandemicMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PandemicMusic</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/advocacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>advocacy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HansenDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HansenDisease</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PublicHealthCampaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PublicHealthCampaign</span></a></p>
scholar_farmer<p>A blog post on a must-watch short documentary from 1962.</p><p>Documenting Lepers&#39; Lives: The House Is Black (1962)</p><p><a href="https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">silencesandsounds.blogspot.com</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/leprosy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>leprosy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>documentary</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PandemicMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PandemicMusic</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HansensDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HansensDisease</span></a></p>