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Charles Abelmann’s documentary Call Me Waya World Premiere April 5th, 2025 NYC and Release of Shifting Paths
Charles Abelmann’s latest release of two short documentaries, “Call Me Waya” and “Shifting Paths” illustrate the diversity of his work in crossing borders and cultures to bridge our understanding of the human experience with internal and external challenges. As a new comer to filmmaking after a long career in international development and education leadership, Abelmann’s films are being critically celebrated for their insight and impact, informed by his understanding of both child and adult development. Both his new films look at multi-generational perspectives to understand family but with totally different approaches and in different cultures. Abelmann, a Duke and Harvard alum, values the documentary form to contribute to global and historical understanding, celebrating individual narrative.
Luray, VA, United States, 2nd Apr 2025 – Charles Abelmann’s documentary,
“Call Me Waya” has its world premiere on Saturday April 5th at the Quad Cinema in NYC. The NYC festival has received significant news coverage for the quality of their programming over the last 25 years and discovering new and emerging talent. “Call Me Waya” provides an intimate look into the life of an octogenarian outsider artist, Julian Espinosa Rebollido — also known as Wayacón or Waya. Despite his age, he is prolific, producing fantastical, childlike work that often incorporates found materials, a necessary approach reflecting the state of widespread scarcity in Cuba. The film reflects Wayacón’s extensive body of work, his struggle with substance abuse, his volatile relationship with his family, and the role of Sandra Levinson of the Center for Cuban Studies in bringing Cuban art to the United States and beyond. Abelmann partnered with the Cuban artists for filming and music composition.
“Call Me Waya” is a compelling portrait of self-taught Cuban artist Wayacón (Julian Espinosa Rebollido), weaving together themes of creative resilience, the realities of his context, and a lifetime of work on the fringes of the art world. The film resonates with broad audiences and students alike, showcasing Wayacón’s ability to transform discarded materials into profound expressions of life and memory.”
– Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford Co-Director Chicago Floating Museum and Associate Professor Indiana University Northwest
To know more about “Call Me Waya” visit:
“We are thrilled this April to have A World Premiere of “Call Me Waya“ at the esteemed Havana Film Festival New York (HFFNY) followed by a showing at the Gibara Film Festival in Cuba (Festival Internacional De Cine Gibara) and a community showing in the town where Wayacón lives, Remedios. I make movies to let audiences enter the life experience of others to deepen understanding of our universal hopes and challenges,” says Abelmann.
Abelmann also just released a compelling historical documentary – “Shifting Paths” on his family and their out of Germany path to the United States in 1939.
“Shifting Paths” is a multi-generational story of resilience, tracing the impact of Aryanization on the Abelmann family and how Kamillosan—a once-banned chamomile medicinal product—survives today, though few know of its origins. Abelmann’s grandfather, Arthur Abelmann, founded the Chemiewerk in Bad Homburg Germany in 1920. After Hitler’s rise to power, the Doctors’ Association banned all of Abelmann’s medical products, forcing his grandfather to sell a family business and to send his family to Switzerland on the eve of Boycott Saturday, April 1, 1933. By using first-person narratives, family photographs, letters, and archival footage, the film juxtaposes Frankfurt’s vibrant Jewish life with the rise of the Nazi regime. The film showcases resilience, Jewish heritage, and collective memory, exploring themes of loss, privilege, survivor’s guilt, and discrimination. By preserving personal and historical archives, it underscores the importance of remembering the past to better understand contemporary struggles with immigration and human rights.
“Shifting Paths shows a touching and illuminating multi-generational story about the director’s grandfather’s dispossession of his Frankfurt factory in 1933 and his father’s refugee experience. Using a remarkable range of fortuitously preserved documents and photos, it connects us to a past at once still visible and tangible yet almost lost to the people who live where it happened. The film also is a shining example for us today of what can come of American openness to refugees.”
– Professor Peter Hayes, Northwestern University professor and chair of the Academic Committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
To know more about “Shifting Paths” visit:
http://www.abelmannfilms.com
Abelmann brings his experience in education research, policy and practice to his viewpoint as a filmmaker. Abelmann’s career includes work at the World Bank and being the head of school at various public and private schools. An alumnus of Duke University and the Harvard GraduateSchool of Education, Abelmann brings a new perspective to directing and producing documentaries that invoke reflection, dialogue, and action. Abelmann’s earlier film “English Hustle”is part of the esteemed library of New Day Films, a democratically-run cooperative since 1971, renowned for its expansive network of more than 140 filmmaker members.
For further details, connect with Charles Abelmann at cabelmann@gmail.com or
Visit https://www.abelmannfilms.com, https://www.callmewaya.com and
https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-abelmann/< /a>.
All films are available for community, university, and school presentations.
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One hundred days into his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump and his “America First” policy are facing mounting challenges, according to new CGTN polls.
In February and April this year, CGTN conducted two global public opinion surveys involving 15,947 respondents from 38 countries.
Findings show a sharp decline in American public satisfaction with Trump’s governance. His tariff-centric approach and “America First” policy have triggered growing pessimism among respondents from both traditional U.S. allies and the Global South regarding future relations with the United States. The administration now faces a serious global trust deficit.
Global confidence in the U.S. declines
In the April survey, 48.9 percent of American respondents expressed dissatisfaction with Trump’s performance since taking office. Of those, 53.1 percent criticized his “reciprocal tariffs” policy for damaging the U.S. stock market, while 60.4 percent believed his domestic economic policies failed to control inflation and instead caused price increases. Meanwhile, 54 percent expressed serious concerns about his interest rate policies.
Discontent is also rising globally. Respondents from key U.S. allies expressed deep concern over strained ties with Washington. In France, Germany, Canada, Japan, and South Korea, more than 70 percent of respondents were pessimistic about their countries’ future relations with the U.S. Many cited the belief that the “America First” doctrine has made the U.S. less attentive to its allies. This sentiment was strongest in South Korea, where 87 percent strongly agreed, and over 70 percent in the UK, Germany, Canada, Australia, and Italy shared the view.
Likewise, confidence among Global South countries has rapidly declined. Of the 23 surveyed, 19 expressed pessimism about future ties with the U.S. In South Africa, Egypt, Peru, Indonesia, and Malaysia, optimism dropped by more than 20 percentage points.
Tariff bullying damages global public’s goodwill towards the U.S.
Both surveys found widespread opposition to U.S. tariff policy. Some 74.2 percent of global respondents believe the policy will seriously harm their countries’ economic development – a figure up 16.3 percentage points in just two months. Disapproval grew most in Saudi Arabia and Serbia, where negative views surged by 28.5 percentage points.
In Southeast Asia, countries like Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia – seen as “hard-hit areas” of U.S. tariffs – have shown growing resistance. Among respondents in these five countries, 60.2 percent believe “strengthening export controls and unilateral sanctions” harms their national development, up 15.5 percentage points from the previous survey. Meanwhile, 69.4 percent opposed “limiting investment by foreign technology enterprises” (up 14.3 percentage points), and 61.5 percent viewed U.S. “reducing dependence on foreign imports and supply chains” as detrimental to their countries (up 12.3 percentage points).
China’s firm countermeasures against U.S. tariffs received strong global backing. In 37 out of 38 countries surveyed, majorities supported China’s actions. Support among developing countries was especially strong – 13 countries, including Kenya, Egypt, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Malaysia, the UAE, and South Africa, saw support rates above 70 percent, with Kenya topping the list at 82.5 percent. Among developed countries, the UK led the G7 with a 70.5 percent support rate, followed by Canada (69.5 percent), Germany (66 percent), and France (65.5 percent).
The surveys were jointly conducted by CGTN and Renmin University of China via the Institute of International Communication in the New Era. Respondents included individuals from developed countries such as the U.S., the UK, France, and Japan, as well as from developing nations including Mexico, South Africa, and Malaysia.
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IT-company Reputation House is the only one company from Dubai to be recognized as the winner this year
United Arab Emirates, 30th Apr 2025, – Reputation House, an IT-company based in Dubai, has been announced a winner at the American Business Awards (The Stevie® Awards) for its IT solutions in online reputation management. The company was recognized as a Gold Winner in two categories: Innovation of the Year (Business Services Industries) and Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year (Up to 100 Employees). Additionally, Reputation House received the Bronze Stevie® Award for Best Data Tools & Platforms.
This marks the second consecutive year the U.S. business community has honored Reputation House; the company captured one Gold and one Silver Stevie in 2024.
“Our 2025 tech expansion is about turning a once-traditional agency into a product-first software company,” said Dima Raketa, CEO of Reputation House. “Winning two Gold Stevies at America’s most respected business awards tells us we’re on the right path: our ecosystem of four interconnected tools will be redefining how global brands protect and grow their reputations. And we are just getting started.”
Kristina Shinkareva, COO, added: “This recognition belongs to our entire team — engineers and developers, data analysts, customer specialists, and every talent of Reputation House — whose hard work has turned big ideas into practical solutions that companies rely on every day.”
This year, Reputation House launched a full-scale technological transformation, unveiling four top-tier solutions that put complete online reputation control in clients’ hands. The new ecosystem starts with Reputation House Scan, which monitors mentions in 20+ languages, grades sentiment, and alerts teams to risks in real time. Account Control Center lets brands safely ignite and guide conversations across forums and social media, while the upgraded Reputation Check delivers fast, high-accuracy background reports on any partner, employee, or client. Rounding out the suite, the SERM Platform boosts search-engine rankings and surfaces positive content to the top of results pages.
Together, these tools mark Reputation House’s shift from a traditional agency to a product-driven tech company—and set a new standard for how businesses protect and grow their digital presence.
To learn more about Reputation House, visit: www.reputation.house
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