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Tribeca Film Festival 2020: SOLITARY
Tribeca Film Festival 2020: SOLITARY

Thankfully there are films like Solitary to shed a light on the injustices that dehumanize our citizens and poison our justice system.

"The BBC Approached Me And I Refused Right Away": Interview With Mohammed Naqvi, Director Of THE ACCUSED: DAMNED OR DEVOTED?
“The BBC Approached Me And I Refused Right Away”: Interview With Mohammed Naqvi, Director Of THE ACCUSED: DAMNED OR DEVOTED?

In this extensive interview, we spoke to Mohammed Naqvi about his riveting documentary The Accused: Damned or Devoted? about the difficulty of gaining access, comparisons between Rizvi and Trump and much more.

Human Rights Watch Film Festival London 2020: I AM NOT ALONE, MAXIMA & FROM HERE
Human Rights Watch Film Festival London 2020: I AM NOT ALONE, MAXIMA & FROM HERE

The London Human Rights Watch Film Festival will be presented from 12 to 20 March 2020, featuring empowering documentaries and dramas celebrating courageous people.

FLINT: THE POISONING OF AN AMERICAN CITY: Unraveling an American Crime
FLINT: THE POISONING OF AN AMERICAN CITY: Unraveling An American Crime

It has been all too easy for many to forget about what happened and is still happening in Flint. That alone should make this documentary essential viewing.

DARK SUNS: Unsettling Doc About Mexico's Missing & Murdered Is Impossible To Forget
DARK SUNS: Unsettling Doc About Mexico’s Missing & Murdered Is Impossible To Forget

Dark Suns is utterly vital and haunting, chronicling a staggering history of crime and injustice that needs urgent attention from any higher-up with a conscience.

Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2019 Preview: Promoting Truth And Tenacity
Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2019 Preview: Promoting Truth And Tenacity

We highlight the 2019 Human Rights Watch Film Festival international line-up of films promising to offer critical insight into local and global human rights concerns.

ON THE BASIS OF SEX: A By-The-Numbers Biopic That Services A Very Specific And Unaware Crowd
ON THE BASIS OF SEX: A By-The-Numbers Biopic

On the Basis of Sex is not likely to plant the seed of determination in the next RBG, as they don’t need pop feminist representations of even the most laudable of figures.

CITY OF JOY: Hope for Congolese Women Lost in a Sea of War
CITY OF JOY: Hope For Congolese Women Lost In A Sea of War

With an unapologetic, feminine roar, City Of Joy takes on a wholly ignored genocide, racism, toxic masculinity and bloodthirsty greed, a rallying cry for survivors of violence and product consumers.

THE WORKERS CUP: A Poignant & Painful Look At The Humanity Behind The Spectacle
THE WORKERS CUP: A Poignant & Painful Look At The Humanity Behind The Spectacle

As the 2018 World Cup quickly approaches, The Workers Cup serves as an uncomfortable reminder of the humanity behind one of the world’s most beloved sporting spectacles.

A NAZI LEGACY: Intriguing But No Revelation

In What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy two sons are brought together by a shared legacy, the legacy mentioned in the title. Both are the sons of high-ranking Nazi officers.

TED 2: It’s Exactly What You Think It Is

Ted 2 is exactly what you think it is. Seth MacFarlane is an entertainer who infuses all of his work with the same pop-culture heavy and juvenile abundant humour, from his roots in Family Guy to this, his third cinematic effort. The first Ted was a cinematic surprise, over-performing at the box office to become (at the time) the highest grossing R-Rated comedy of all time.

SELMA: A Glorious Performance

John Legend and Common’s powerful performance of Best Original Song nominee, “Glory,” and brave acceptance speech was one of the highlights of the Oscar ceremony last week. That song was a resonant soul/hip-hop combo that captured the atmosphere of its source film well: Ava DuVernay’s Selma, a historical drama about Martin Luther King and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Elysium
ELYSIUM Is Much More Than a Brainless Action Movie

In Elysium, the world has gone to shit. It is heavily polluted and poverty has risen to extremely high levels – the ghettos stretch as far as you can see. This is where the poor working class lives.