Extraordinary Measures
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Exposé
Films that bring previously obscured truths about the political process to the attention of the public, showing for example how offices of public trust are used for private purposes.
Fifty Dead Men Walking
FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING DEPICTS NORTHERN IRELAND AT ITS WORST The title of the film Fifty Dead Men Walking, as explained at the end of the film, refers to the number of British police and soldiers whose lives were saved by Martin McGartland (played by Jim Sturgess), who spied for the British while working undercover
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The Young Victoria
Although the era of Queen Victoria is usually identified with sexual repression, The Young Victoria biopic focuses on her days as a swinger of sorts who gave birth to nine children after marrying Prince Albert of Belgium (played by Rupert Friend). Chronologically, the film begins in 1836, when Victoria (played by Emily Blunt) is seventeen, meets the
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Storm
STORM REVEALS THE POLITICS OF THE BOSNIAN WAR CRIMES TRIALS Heinous acts were committed in the Bosnian Civil War, so the UN Security Council set up a special war crimes tribunal to bring the major perpetrators to justice. The procedure was for a prosecutor’s office to compile information about persons to be tried from documents
The Yes Men Fix the World
THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD—IF ONLY THEY COULD! Another installment in the capers of Andy Bichlbaum and Michael Bonnano, who codirect The Yes Men Fix the World, tells lies that should be true and upsets the elites as usual. First, they set up a website for Dow Chemical Company and await an invitation to
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Skin
SKIN REVEALS THE FATE OF SANDRA LAING Directed by Anthony Fabian, Skin is a biopic of Sandra Laing that differs in important ways from the 1977 documentary The Search for Sandra Laing. In the documentary, journalists try to find Sandra’s whereabouts, so they inquire at various places featured in news reports, ultimately finding her in