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Nina Simone — Four Women is set in 1963 but the themes it tackles are as urgent and in need of frank dissection now as they were 56 years ago.
That’s perhaps one of the most disturbing things about watching this 90-minute non-stop powerhouse of a sho...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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Koch
4.15pm Saturday, March 16
Ed Koch loved the limelight — so it’s rather sad that the former New York mayor won’t get to enjoy the attention this fascinating film about his time in office will undoubtedly generate.
The 88-year-old died on Februar...
DATE: Mar 06, 2013
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Beware of Mr Baker
Saturday, 6.45pm at BUEI
There is a wonderful moment in ‘Beware of Mr Baker’ when an interviewee is describing how Africa in the 1970s was a “hotbed of revolution, death [and] unaccountable violence” over footage of a street riot.
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DATE: Oct 18, 2012
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Sam Strangeways
Robert Mugabe - What Happened?
5pm Saturday at BUEI
The title of this disturbing documentary says it all. How did Zimbabwean liberation hero Robert Mugabe turn into one of the world’s most oppressive and hated leaders, an internationally-reviled auto...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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BIFF Review: Sleeping Beauty
Saturday 17, 11.30pm, Liberty Theatre
Australian director Julia Leigh’s debut ‘Sleeping Beauty’ is an odd sort of film.
It has an intriguing premise, is well acted and is very watchable, yet it is strangely unsatisfying....
DATE: Mar 14, 2012
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Sam Strangeways
Drag Queen Sybil Barrington will join fellow Bermudians in flying the flag for equal rights at this year’s Pride parade in London.
Ms Barrington, aka Mark Anderson, is taking part in the parade for the first time in order to highlight the need for di...
DATE: Jun 24, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
Near the end of ‘Gabi on the Roof in July', a tearful Gabi is told by her older brother Sam: “You're really funny, smart and intelligent.”
Which is weird, because she displays none of these attributes for the duration of this tiresome coming-of-age t...
DATE: Mar 22, 2011
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If I describe Antonia as a feminist family epic with touches of magic realism, please don’t let that put you off seeing it.
That’s just a neat way of summing up a sweeping story about five generations of women, one of whom occasionally imagines weird...
DATE: Mar 18, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin headed to a hotel when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, according to one critic interviewed for RACE.
The commentator says the hotel was right next to the sweltering Louisiana Superbowl, where 1,000 storm refugees sheltered ...
DATE: Mar 18, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
'Last Train Home'
Every spring in China, millions of migrant workers take part in a mass exodus from the cities, as they head to the country to spend New Year with their families.
Director Lixin Fan's film opens with a scene showing the huge strain t...
DATE: Oct 23, 2010
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