IN THE FIRE OF WAR ILLUMINATES A CRITICAL PERIOD OF MĀORI HISTORY Ka Whawhai Tonu, translated as “Struggle Without End,” has been released with the English title In the Fire of War. Dialog is almost entirely filmed in the Māori language, though with English subtitles. The film depicts how British were determined to control New […]
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IN THE FIRE OF WAR ILLUMINATES A CRITICAL PERIOD OF MĀORI HISTORY Ka Whawhai Tonu, translated as “Struggle Without End,” has been released with the English title In the Fire of War. Dialog is almost entirely filmed in the Māori language, though with English subtitles. The film depicts how British were determined to control New
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A BILL BECOMES A LAWIN LILLY The first major piece of legislation under the Obama presidency was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, signed on January 29, 2009. Lilly explains who the bill was named after and how her situation—a woman receiving less pay than men for the same work—catapulted into a major amendment to
A BILL BECOMES A LAWIN LILLY The first major piece of legislation under the Obama presidency was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, signed on January 29, 2009. Lilly explains who the bill was named after and how her situation—a woman receiving less pay than men for the same work—catapulted into a major amendment to
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WORDS OF WAR FEATURES A MURDERED JOURNALIST At the end of Words of War, photographs appear on the screen identifying some of at least 1,500 journalists who have been murdered since the year 2000, often in headlines, others quietly. The film, directed by James Strong, focuses on one of those, investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya (played
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WORDS OF WAR FEATURES A MURDERED JOURNALIST At the end of Words of War, photographs appear on the screen identifying some of at least 1,500 journalists who have been murdered since the year 2000, often in headlines, others quietly. The film, directed by James Strong, focuses on one of those, investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya (played
THE WORLD WILL TREMBLE IS ABOUT A REVELATION THAT WORKED In 1984, the film The Killing Fields informed filmviewers of a tragedy as millions of Cambodian lives were at risk during the Khmer Rouge takeover a decade earlier (1975-1979). Where was a similar graphic display of what the Nazis did to Jews during World War
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THE WORLD WILL TREMBLE IS ABOUT A REVELATION THAT WORKED In 1984, the film The Killing Fields informed filmviewers of a tragedy as millions of Cambodian lives were at risk during the Khmer Rouge takeover a decade earlier (1975-1979). Where was a similar graphic display of what the Nazis did to Jews during World War
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WINNER OF BEST PICTURE OF 2024 The Apprentice won as the best film Exposé of 2024. Congratulations were sent to Ali Abassi, director of the film. No other film was voted as best picture for the year. NO OTHER LAND PHOTOGRAPHS ONGOING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS A docudrama, No Other Land films Israelis as they forcibly
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NO OTHER LAND PHOTOGRAPHS ONGOING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS A docudrama, No Other Land films Israelis as they forcibly take over land in the West Bank occupied by Palestinians for centuries. Filming starts in 2019 by showing how 1,000 Palestinians live in standard housing within Masafer Yatta, a group of 20 Palestinian villages in the mountainous