TANGERINES IS AN ANTI-WAR FILM ABOUT NEUTRALS During the 19th century many Estonians took up residence in Georgia. They were caught up as neutral parties in war when Vladimir Putin decided to support Russians living in Georgia by financing wars in 1992 and 2006 on behalf of the self-proclaimed republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
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1915 DENOUNCES THE FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE WAR CRIMES In 1915, the Ottoman Empire, allied with Germany, decided to force millions of Armenians out of Turkey toward Armenia. They were not transported by bus or train; instead, many were forced to walk in what became a death march. Armenians want the world to acknowledge that the
WOMAN IN GOLD CELEBRATES A VICTORY OVER WAR CRIMES Article 46 of the Second Hague Convention of 1899, which requires military occupation authorities to respect private property, was not honored by the Nazis. Instead, they looted some 100,000 works of art, many of which were never returned to the owners after war. Some ended up
WOMAN IN GOLD CELEBRATES A VICTORY OVER WAR CRIMES Article 46 of the Second Hague Convention of 1899, which requires military occupation authorities to respect private property, was not honored by the Nazis. Instead, they looted some 100,000 works of art, many of which were never returned to the owners after war. Some ended up
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Protests began even before The Longest Ride opened on April 10: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was in full force at the premiere in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Directed by George Tillman, Jr., and based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks, the film features the rodeo, where untrained bulls object
TWO APRIL FILMS SHOWER A CALL FOR ANIMAL RIGHTS FOR COWS AND DOGS Protests began even before The Longest Ride opened on April 10: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was in full force at the premiere in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Directed by George Tillman, Jr., and based on the
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FIFTY SHADES OF GREY IS PSEUDO-PORN BUT HIGHLY POLITICAL All films are political because there is a power structure, and Hollywood traditionally belittles those in power. The film Fifty Shades of Grey, based on a recent novel by E. L. James, has never before been analyzed by political scientists, who will soon realize that the
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BRITISH TROOPS COPE WITH THE IRA IN THE FILM ‘71 Seemingly based on a true story, the film ’71 depicts how fictional Gary Hook (played by Jack O’Donnell), a rookie British soldier, is dispatched to Belfast, receives orders to quell a riot through an amateurish operation, but is accidentally isolated from the rest of his
BRITISH TROOPS COPE WITH THE IRA IN THE FILM ‘71 Seemingly based on a true story, the film ’71 depicts how fictional Gary Hook (played by Jack O’Donnell), a rookie British soldier, is dispatched to Belfast, receives orders to quell a riot through an amateurish operation, but is accidentally isolated from the rest of his
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OUTCAST HAS BEEN CAST OUT BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT Directed by Nick Powell, the film Outcast has a lot of combat, beginning with the Crusades, when Gallain (played by Nicholas Cage) is disappointed that his military student Jacob (Hayden Christiansen) has apparently killed women and children (though Jacob did not do so). Both leave separately,