film
Must-see film “Inequality For All” opens Sept. 27
September 26, 2013The focus though is on the facts, such as the U.S. being the nearly most wealth-unequal country in the world.
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A feast of films from Traverse City Film Festival
August 29, 2013Another film feast for discerning viewers of progressive cinema has come to an end; here's the round up.
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From “Reel Bad Arabs” to “Valentino’s Ghost”
August 20, 2013The group that has been consistently maligned since the days of silent star Rudolph Valentino's portrayal of The Sheik in 1921 are the Arabs. They have now become the caricature of the "terrorist."
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Writers Guild to PBS: Air film on Koch brothers
August 16, 2013The Writers Guild of America-East is demanding that a Public Broadcasting System flagship station, WNET 13 in New York, air the documentary about the far-right oil tycoons, the Koch brothers.
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“Fruitvale Station”: an American tragedy
July 29, 2013Ryan Coogler gives us Fruitvale Station as a symbolic recapitulation of the Stations of the Cross, recounting the last 30-plus hours of Oscar Grant III's life.
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