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Filmmakers Kate Taverna and Alan Adelson, composer Roman Molino Dunn, and YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY director, Amjad Abu Alala, join Tom Needham on the next SOUNDS OF FILM. THE PEOPLE VS. AGENT ORANGE shows that the Agent Orange catastrophe did not end with the Vietnam War. The herbicide still wreaks havoc on the human genome, causing deformed births, illnesses and deadly cancers. Sixty years later, the world over, 2,4,-D, a primary component of the toxic defoliant, still controls weeds in farming, forestry, parks, even on children's playgrounds. After decades of struggle and tragic personal loss...

Here's what's playing — FEB. 12-18 — at in-person and virtual cinemas in the Berkshires and environs. Where films have been reviewed, the capsules include the name of film critic and the day the full review was posted on berkshireeagle.com. All reviews are by Associated Press critics. ACASA, MY HOME For two decades, the Enache family — nine kids and their parents— lived in a shack in the wilderness of Bucharest Delta: an abandoned water reservoir, one of the biggest urban natural reservations in the world, with lakes and hundreds of species of animals and rare plants. When...

Mustafa Shehata in "You Will Die at Twenty." (Courtesy Film Movement) One of the few upsides to area arthouses going virtual is that bookings are no longer dictated by the requirements of a physical space. I’m not sure that in normal times “You Will Die at Twenty” could pull enough patrons to warrant a regular engagement on the Brattle’s single screen. But online screenings allow for multiple, more adventurous options, so thanks to the Brattlite we’ve got a chance to check out this remarkable debut film from writer-director Amjad Abu Alala, Sudan’s first-ever submission to the Aca...

Sudanese Oscar hopeful examines the effects of living under a curse Author of the article: Chris Knight Publishing date: Jan 29, 2021  •  January 29, 2021  •  2 minute read  •  Mustafa Shehata contemplates his fate in You Will Die at Twenty. Photo by Film Movement Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content Here’s a simple setup for you. A new mother brings her baby boy, Muzamil, to a religious leader for a blessing. The kindly ol...

Monday, 25 January, 2021 - 06:00 A shot from “You Will Die at Twenty” New York - Devika Girish In his debut feature, Amjad Abu Alala deepens a fable-like premise into a lyrical confrontation with the certitudes of faith and the life-giving powers of doubt. A folk tale turns existential in “You Will Die at Twenty,” the rapturous debut feature by the Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala. In a sun-dappled village by the Nile, a holy sheikh tells Sakina (Islam Mubarak) that her newborn son, Muzamil, will live only two decades...