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SXSW Review: The Return: Life after ISIS

Indoctrination is a powerful and dangerous thing. Getting someone to believe in a cause can make them an advocate for it, continuing to spread one way of thinking to others who might be susceptible. It’s difficult to convince someone else that they are wrong, and severity and consequences are often the only effective ways of…

SXSW Review: Potato Dreams of America

The American dream is a concept that doesn’t always live up to its glorious reputation. Those who grow up elsewhere longing for the promise American has to offer rarely have the means necessary to be able to partake in that luxurious lifestyle, and if they do make it to the fabled country, their existence won’t…

Raya and The Last Dragon, A Reconciliatory Fairytale — Film Review

Disney has always been the entertainment studio with the power to inspire children and adults alike, making us reflect upon our reality through its mesmerising, fantastic realms. Its latest cinematic oeuvre, Raya and The Last Dragon, couldn’t come at a better time, to confront with hopeful fortitude the challenging times we are living. A year…

The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Lee Daniels’ Exegesis of Strange Fruit – Film Review

“Southern trees bear a strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees” This is the first verse of the song Strange Fruit sung by Billie Holiday, that has become the true protagonist of Lee Daniel’s latest cinematic oeuvre….

Nomadland, An Ode To Fernweh – Film Review

What makes a place a home? This is the theme explored by filmmaker Chloé Zhao, in the drama she wrote and directed: Nomadland. The story portrays the life journey of Fern — majestically played by Frances McDormand — who lives a vagabond life, making a virtue of necessity. online pharmacy strattera over the counter with…

Judas and the Black Messiah Review

The news and social media offer all-too-frequent examples of the mistreatment of communities of color in America. The concept of systemic racism is finally being addressed, as people in power name it and refuse to let it continue to fester unchecked. Cell phones and the Internet have merely made what has been happening since the…