Restrepo: A Different Take on War
I went to see Restrepo last week. It’s the doc that Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger made about the war in Afghanistan. The one that cleaned up at The Sundance Film Festival. The trailer has been given the Hollywood treatment and is a bit misleading. Restrepo does not try to be a political film. It [...]
Finding Heroes in Unlikely Places
I was looking forward to seeing a movie with friends. I wasn’t expecting to have my views challenged. And I certainly wasn’t expecting to cry. But that’s exactly what happened after watching “Sisters in Law”. The movie is extraordinary on so many levels. Its about two black women, tough-minded state prosecutor Vera Ngassa and Court [...]
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