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The majority of enslaved and free people who participated in the 1831-32 Emancipation War in Jamaica, which broke out on December 27, 1831, and ended by January 1832, and was led by now National Hero, Rt. Excellent Samuel “Daddy” Sharpe, were men. ....
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Lush life: the director discusses her debut feature, the particularities of portraying Black motherhood, how she eschewed social-realist tropes, and what her (many nonprofessional) actors taught her about empathy ....
Filmmaker Alexander Nanau’s ‘just the facts’ approach makes the Romanian documentary Collective an absorbing and startling experience. Nanau’s film has already become critically acclaimed and is nominated for the Best Documentary Oscar this year. The skill he applies to Collective warrants a review of his previous documentary work. The filmmaker argues he made Collective to underline the pressure placed on journalists in the era of misinformation or what Donald Trump infamously called ‘fake news’. The spontaneity of Collective, specifically how immediate the corruption is, makes its findings alarming. We are exposed to the revelations at the same time as the journalists themselves. Nothing is premeditated or manufactured, which stresses the film’s authenticity. Despite the prevalence of the deep-seated corruption imbued throughout Romanian politics and its healthcare system, Nanau is optimistic about the film’s outcome. ‘This film is really a ....
Film festival favorite (and award-winner) “The Strong Ones” (Breaking Glass Pictures) continues a new wave of Chilean cinema that forthrightly and empathetically explores LGBTQ themes. In Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo’s smart and sexy debut feature, the romance between grad student Lucas (Samuel González) and fisherman Antonio (Antonio Altamirano) unfolds with ardor and passion, but the film never shies away from exploring the class disparity between the two characters or the assumptions that each might make about the other. Also available: Shot in Cuba, the based-on-a-true-story drama “Mambo Man” (Corinth Films) features musical performances by several members of the Buena Vista Social Club; when a talented pianist gives birth to a deaf son in ....