THE WARRIOR QUEEN OF JHANSI IS ABOUT INDIA’S JOAN OF ARC The English East India Company (EEIC) began in 1600 to facilitate trade between the Indian subcontinent and Britain. But when the Mughal Empire (with a capital at Agra, the site of the Taj Mahal) fragmented from 1720, the company used the British army to […]
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THE WARRIOR QUEEN OF JHANSI IS ABOUT INDIA’S JOAN OF ARC The English East India Company (EEIC) began in 1600 to facilitate trade between the Indian subcontinent and Britain. But when the Mughal Empire (with a capital at Agra, the site of the Taj Mahal) fragmented from 1720, the company used the British army to
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THE IRISHMAN TRIES TO EXPLAIN THE HOFFA MYSTERY AND MORE In 1975, Jimmy Hoffa of the Teamsters Union reportedly disappeared, leading to various conspiracy theories. The Irishman, directed by Martin Scorsese, provides one but spends more time as a biopic of his Teamsters successor, Frank Sheeran (played by Robert De Niro). Sheeran begins the film
THE IRISHMAN TRIES TO EXPLAIN THE HOFFA MYSTERY AND MORE In 1975, Jimmy Hoffa of the Teamsters Union reportedly disappeared, leading to various conspiracy theories. The Irishman, directed by Martin Scorsese, provides one but spends more time as a biopic of his Teamsters successor, Frank Sheeran (played by Robert De Niro). Sheeran begins the film
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HARRIET IS A BIOPIC ABOUT AMERICA’S JOAN OF ARC The U.S. $20 bill will feature a picture of Harriet Tubman, the famous conductor of the Underground Railroad. The film Harriet, directed by Kasi Lemmons, does a service by providing many previously unknown aspects of her life from age 27 until her death at age 91.
HARRIET IS A BIOPIC ABOUT AMERICA’S JOAN OF ARC The U.S. $20 bill will feature a picture of Harriet Tubman, the famous conductor of the Underground Railroad. The film Harriet, directed by Kasi Lemmons, does a service by providing many previously unknown aspects of her life from age 27 until her death at age 91.
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THE LAUNDROMAT EXPOSES CORRUPTION, DECEPTION, AND FRAUD With the writing skills of Jake Bernstein and Scott Z. Burns, director Steven Soderbergh decided to bring the Panama Papers to the screen in The Laundromat. Rather than a conventional story beginning with a problem, developing characters through various scenes, leading to a climax, the film illustrates various
THE LAUNDROMAT EXPOSES CORRUPTION, DECEPTION, AND FRAUD With the writing skills of Jake Bernstein and Scott Z. Burns, director Steven Soderbergh decided to bring the Panama Papers to the screen in The Laundromat. Rather than a conventional story beginning with a problem, developing characters through various scenes, leading to a climax, the film illustrates various
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OFFICIAL SECRETS CELEBRATES A BRITISH WHISTLEBLOWER Katherine Gun (played by Keira Knightley), employed at Government Communications Headquarters, watches Prime Minister Tony Blair make claims about Iraq on television in 2003 that have no factual basis. Blair is trying to build public support for the American push to go to war. The main claim is that
OFFICIAL SECRETS CELEBRATES A BRITISH WHISTLEBLOWER Katherine Gun (played by Keira Knightley), employed at Government Communications Headquarters, watches Prime Minister Tony Blair make claims about Iraq on television in 2003 that have no factual basis. Blair is trying to build public support for the American push to go to war. The main claim is that
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