In “Night is Not Eternal”, Nanfu Wang connects her cinematic activism in China with the activism of Rosa Maria Paya Rosa who shot Wang twice in Cuba. But her connection is not incidental, but quite political. It is not only the country where Wang created her film that can be referred to as an authoritarian […]
This discovery is not too surprising for anyone who uses their cellphones at least for a portion of their day. Everyone has witnessed a phone commercial pop-up that is astonishingly surreal. You might have whispered a word or two to your partner or a friend, and the next thing you know, you have a targeted
The phrase “The personal is political” has been more than a mere slogan it has also served as a battle standard for feminism since the 1960s onwards. “Witches”, which she wrote and directed, Elizabeth Sankey is both personal and political in the most visceral sense. She illustrates, comments, and derides policy and cultural discussions regarding
Fearless,” “Unyielding,” “A lion herself,” and “The queen of the night,” are some of the descriptions I have tried to collate that tell us who this fearless New Zealand photojournalist Margaret Moth is, Margaret stood there in defiance against all forms of violence. Moth brandished her camera and with her showy jet black hairstyle she
Most times the history books forget the name Ernest Cole the South African photographer was rather renowned and able to grab attention on a global scale with the mesmerizing book “House of Bondage” that he was able to publish in the year 1960 and sadly this was the only book that Cole wrote. However, the
One of the most straightforward ways of understanding the roots and priorities of a regime is to look at how it treats women. It is not a chance occurrence that conservative governments seeking to cement and develop a patriarchal order regard outspoken women as a danger. This truth rarely comes into sharper focus than in
The documentary titled “The Last Republican”, chronicles Congressman Adam Kinzinger’s last months in office and he served in two districts over a time span of twelve years in Illinois. He was counted as one of the few Republican representatives who opposed Donald Trump and went as far as to not vote for him in the
The title ‘The Unstoppables’ would be more fitting, because this based on true life sportsman who faces odds and thrives, only to evolve into a motivational speaker saga, contains two protagonists. One is Anthony Robles (Jharrel Jerome), a one-legged wresting champion, and the second, is a battered domestic violence survivor and devoted mother to Anthony
The film Separated, directed by Errol Morris, has an interesting storyline. Its about the dastardly practice of separating families at the Mexico US border through the eyes of a Mexican American family. Morris’s secondary characters move to the center with their back stories and their analysis. This is Morris’s trademark style. His examination of the
In his film “A Complete Unknown”, James Mangold compromises what it means to portray a life, in this case Bob Dylan’s life, while still depicting montage principles in relation to art. This is certainly a first out of many for Mangold’s filmography, as Dylan is probably one of the more famous individuals to be featured
