Michael Berkowitz

Michael Berkowitz, a veteran of the civil rights and anti-war movements, has been Land Use Planning Consultant to the government of China for many years. He taught Chinese and American History at the college level, worked with Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Org. with miners, and was an officer of SEIU.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Berkowitz

Culture

‘Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland’: Troubling!
May 24, 2023 By Michael Berkowitz
On May 22, Public Broadcasting Service started streaming its new 5-part series Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland.
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Books

‘Audubon’s Rifle’: Predatory
May 4, 2023 By Michael Berkowitz
He’s known for painting birds, but he also cruelly killed them.
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Culture

Children on screen: Four dramatic new films
April 19, 2023 By Michael Berkowitz
As much as they represent important social themes and are entertaining as well, these films may actually signal a turn in dealing with issues of childhood.
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Culture

Nixon’s secret plan for ending the Vietnam War? Nuclear annihilation of Vietnam
March 24, 2023 By Michael Berkowitz
A review of PBS’ new film The Movement and the Madman.
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Culture

New film dramatization ‘Argentina, 1985’: Finding justice?
February 14, 2023 By Michael Berkowitz
A chilling dramatization of the trial of the military leaders who took control of Argentina between 1977 and 1983.
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Culture

‘Triangle of Sadness’ review: Marx for Beginners!
January 26, 2023 By Michael Berkowitz
Triangle of Sadness is a hyperbolic and unyieldingly fierce look at capitalism and class.
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Culture

‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical’: Thoroughly modern Matilda
January 9, 2023 By Michael Berkowitz
You simply cannot escape the zeitgeist of Matilda. Against all odds, Matilda Wormwood in the new Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical is an unqualified triumph.
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Culture

‘Three Pines’: A long shadow
January 3, 2023 By Michael Berkowitz
Amazon Prime’s Three Pines mini-series is framed by and rooted in the long shadow of the horrific atrocities committed on the Indigenous population of the Sûreté du Québec.
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