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DOC NYC: ‘My Sweet Land’ Delves Into Inherited Wars

The film directed by Sareen Hairabedian is running in the Best Documentary Feature Film category for the 97th Academy Awards. My Sweet Land portrays the picturesque simplicity of rural life in Artsakh, milking cows, playing games using nuts as marbles, gazing at the roaming ducks and golden bees and attending clay workshops. Artsakh, also known…

Frederic Forrest, Actor in ‘The Rose’ and ‘Apocalypse Now,’ Dies at 86

Frederic Forrest, the Oscar-nominated character actor noted for his performances in Apocalypse Now and The Rose, has died in Santa Monica at the age of 86.News of his passing brought tributes from leading Hollywood figures who had worked with him over the years, including director Francis Ford Coppola and actor Bette Midler. Coppola, who directed…