Culture
Greg Palast’s “Best Democracy Money Can Buy”: Billionaires and ballot bandits
September 22, 2016The film's central focus is an alleged conspiracy to nullify the votes of at least 1 million mostly minority people at the polls.
Read more“A Mexican Trilogy: An American Story”: Sumptuous, epic L.A. theatre
September 22, 2016The trilogy is an intricate clockwork of characters, generations, a variety of urban settings, and actors performing several roles over the course of three plays and five hours.
Read moreMarx & Engels writings on Civil War still provocative 155 years later
September 22, 2016With a GOP candidate loved by neo-Confederates and alt-right white nationalists, new edition of "Civil War in the United States" appears at the right time.
Read moreWalk in a prisoner’s shoes with virtual reality filmmaking
September 21, 2016While virtual reality has mainly been used for video games so far, filmmakers are using it as a means to immerse audiences in the Black and imprisoned experience.
Read moreNew film documents the class divide in NYC’s Chelsea
September 20, 2016In a new film, the timeless system of pitting "us" against the "others" is displayed in the story of gentrification of New York City's West Chelsea neighborhood.
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