MEMORIES HAUNT NEVER LOOK AWAY When children are inhumanely separated from their loved ones, their future can be very painful and normality may be impossible. Never Look Away (Werk ohne Autor) is a noir film that traces a German artist at several junctions of his life from age 6 to 36 (1937 to 1967), proving […]
MEMORIES HAUNT NEVER LOOK AWAY When children are inhumanely separated from their loved ones, their future can be very painful and normality may be impossible. Never Look Away (Werk ohne Autor) is a noir film that traces a German artist at several junctions of his life from age 6 to 36 (1937 to 1967), proving
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WOMAN AT WAR INVOKES A HIGHER LAW Directed by Benedikt Erlingsson, Woman at War (Kona fer í stríð) focuses on a fictional Halla (played by Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir), who is determined to stop global warming in her native Iceland in the role as a Luddite. She does so by felling power lines, at first near a
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WOMAN AT WAR INVOKES A HIGHER LAW Directed by Benedikt Erlingsson, Woman at War (Kona fer í stríð) focuses on a fictional Halla (played by Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir), who is determined to stop global warming in her native Iceland in the role as a Luddite. She does so by felling power lines, at first near a Chinese-operated aluminum smelter
SAINT JUDY IS VERY DOWN TO EARTH Appropriately released on the beginning of Women’s History Month, Saint Judy (played by Michelle Monaghan) is a biopic of a Los Angeles attorney who went to court and opened the door for Muslim women to apply for asylum in the United States. The film begins as she leaves
SAINT JUDY IS VERY DOWN TO EARTH Appropriately released on the beginning of Women’s History Month, Saint Judy (played by Michelle Monaghan) is a biopic of a Los Angeles attorney who went to court and opened the door for Muslim women to apply for asylum in the United States. The film begins as she leaves
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TERRORIST VIEWS ARE REVEALED IN MY STRETCH OF TEXAS GROUND Director Erich Kemp wants filmviewers to know more about the aims and methods of jihadists. In a fictional account, Abdul Latif Hassan (played by Junes Zahdi) is recruited from Tunis by jihadists to assassinate Texas Senator Cruthers (Mike Gassaway) for a mere $10,000. The jihadists
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POLITICAL FILM SOCIETY HAS SELECTED THE BEST POLITICAL FILMS OF 2018 During January, members voted to narrow the list for the best films in the categories of HUMAN RIGHTS and EXPOSÉ. During February, members voted for the best film on the final list. For the category EXPOSÉ, which recognizes the importance of raising political consciousness by bringing to
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THE INVISIBLES BRINGS HIDDEN BERLIN JEWS OUT OF THE SHADOWS Hitler rounded up most of the Jews in Germany for evacuation to death camps. From 1943, when the Nazis declared Berlin free of all Jews, about 7,000 remained in Berlin, hiding out as best they could, whereas only 1,700 survived by the end of the war. The
VOTING CONTINUES FOR BEST POLITICAL FILMS OF 2018 During January, members voted to narrow the list for the best films in the categories of HUMAN RIGHTS and EXPOSÉ: During February, members can vote for the ONE film that is the best of those on the final list: For the category EXPOSÉ, which recognizes the importance of raising political consciousness
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