Michael Berkowitz
LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Berkowitz
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Culture
Star of India: The girl who rode the tiger
November 29, 2017Divya Srivastava came to Ranthambore, India’s National Park Tiger Reserve, for a vacation. She stayed to save the world.
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Culture
“Dolores”: Sí se puede
November 27, 2017Writer-producer-director Peter Bratt’s spirited biopic Dolores, about United Farm Worker co-founder Dolores Huerta, is a story for our times!
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Culture
“Quest”: Save the world, start with the family
November 20, 2017In a sea of save-the-world super heroes, Quest offers us the real thing—a working-class family that stares down 21st-century adversity and challenge to cobble together community.
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Culture
“Naila and the Uprising”: Holding up half the Palestinian sky
November 17, 2017The story of Naila Ayesh, a leader in the uprising, unfolds lessons not always expected, nor welcome.
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Politics
Rev. William Barber and the new Poor People’s Campaign
September 20, 2017Here in the richest nation in the world, the poor and working class are being left further behind. The Poor People's Campaign intends to do something about it.
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Arts
“Dayveon”: Growing up poor and Black in rural Arkansas
September 15, 2017Dayveon, the central character in Amman Abbasi’s new film, is a study in contrasts. He lives amidst great beauty and great danger.
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Culture
Blood on the Mountain: Blood on coal companies’ hands
May 3, 2017Life was cheap not only in the mines but at the hands of those that were supposed to enforce laws.
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Culture
From Navy Seal commando to fair minded film director
March 24, 2017“My interest is always with the side that initiates. The story lies with those who do, more than with the victims.”
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