Culture
“Mediterranea”: Europe’s embattled migrants on film
November 13, 2015"Mediterranea" succeeds in putting the stateless, the homeless, and the wretched of the Earth in the limelight they deserve.
Read moreNew book offers no optimism for a free Puerto Rico
November 12, 2015Nelson A. Denis looks not at earlier colonial history, but rather measures taken to subdue Nationalists before and after their 1950 uprising.
Read moreSpike Lee’s “Chiraq” spotlights Chicago gun violence
November 10, 2015"Chiraq" is described as exploring the epidemic of gun violence on the South Side of Chicago, and black-on-black violence.
Read more“Embrace of the Serpent”: Odyssey into Amazonian “heart of darkness”
November 10, 2015Inter-species interaction between outer space aliens and human beings has long been a staple of the science fiction genre.
Read moreGeneral Nat Turner, the Black Spartacus in a new play
November 3, 2015It does not do Turner and his courageous followers justice, but it may be worth seeing for those who know little about one of the most electrifying moments in American history.
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