Small Screen Quarantine – Extinction (2018) — What rough beast

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No joke, man. Netflix is churning out a lot of film choices in the last few years, or have at least become a monumental distribution point for smaller budget and foreign made films. They have become for European and Asian filmmakers (for example) in 2020 what MTV was for independent artists and music labels from […]

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Chantal Akerman: 10 Films to Explore a Staggering Career — Cinema Etc.

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Best known for her three hour portrait of a woman slowly devolving, Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles, Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman would have turned seventy today. While her canonized lengthy epic is a point of much discussion, it is a colossal affair that may be intimidating for many. Though it in itself […]

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Be Water–Acclaimed Bruce Lee documentary premieres this weekend on ESPN — borg

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It was only a few months ago I reviewed Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks here at borg, a film chronicling the challenges and rise of Chinese action movies, including a segment on the legendary martial artist and actor, Bruce Lee. At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, one of the Grand Jury Prize nominees was […]

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Books and films to help people of all ages learn about systemic racism and violence – CNET — VOICE OF THE HWY

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As protests following the death of George Floyd continue around the world, here are some resources on systemic racism and oppression. Getty Images The killing of George Floyd last month in Minneapolis has sparked protests across the US and around the world over racial injustice. Demonstrators have taken to the streets — and to social […]

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Emmett Till’s lynching ignited a civil rights movement. Historians say George Floyd’s death could do the same —

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CLOSE Documentary filmmaker Keith Beauchamp talks about lies in the Look article. CHICAGO – As thousands of protests against the deaths of black men, women and children have broken out across the country in recent weeks, many black demonstrators and faith leaders have invoked the name of Emmett Till to suggest the nation could be in the midst of…

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COVID and Climate Models Will Not Save Us — Randy Salars News And Comment

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We are possibly witnessing the most destructive scientific fraud in the history of man via the COVID-19 pandemic while shutting down the U.S. economy. Hysteria is destroying people’s lives. This level of “groupthink has drove [sic] unnecessary global shutdowns.” When the majority of U.S. deaths those of and countries like Italy occur in nursing homes from the coronavirus, […]

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“The World Cannot Breathe!” Squashed by the U.S. – A Country Built on Genocide and Slavery — The New Dark Age

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More than two centuries of lies are now getting exposed. Bizarre tales about freedom and democracy are collapsing like houses of cards.

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