When people say, or write, things like “what has become of America?” pointing to our current leadership and our contemporary USA, I always think, we’ve been there all along — because America was built on slavery, and the kind of human/civil rights abuses that never let up.
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Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal in Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ now in theaters
Must-Watch: Ari Aster's 'Eddington' is a Western farce with a message, a very strong message
In spreading his message of lives often lived in shades of grey — not just good vs. bad — the American filmmaker enlists a quartet of actors who are redefining cinema as we know it.
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The Families for Freedom bus in London — a still from ‘Ayouni’
'Ayouni' by Yasmin Fedda: Freedom is a double decker to Damascus
“Whenever you throw stones into the sea, it sends ripples through me.” — Dunya Mikhail
Bookended at its beginning and end by the stunning stanza from the esteemed Iraqi-American poet quoted above, the documentary ‘Ayouni’ proves both a heartbreaker and a dream maker of a film. Now let me explain.
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