Just three weeks since No Other Land won Best Documentary Feature Film at the Academy Awards, the film’s Palestinian co-director Hamdan Ballal was beaten, kidnapped and tortured by Israeli settlers and the Israeli Defense Forces. But the deafening silence from the Academy has drawn condemnation, reports Isaac Nellist.
Film & theatre
Isaac Nellist reviews Mickey 17, the latest film from Oscar award winning director Bong Joon Ho, which skewers the despair and wackiness of capitalism.
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Palestinians Don’t Need Sidewalks takes us into the streets, dwellings, refugee camps, communities and lives of Palestinians who have suffered under Israeli occupation and gives voice to the global solidarity movement against Israel's genocide. Jepke Goudsmit reviews.
Isaac Nellist reviews a documentary about the historic victory of Amazon workers who formed a union at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York City, which inspired workers around the world.
Mariota Spens reviews Wicked, a technicolour fairytale and allegory for United States politics, which shows us the mechanics of patriarchal capitalism.
Coral Wynter reviews the recent documentary, Unbreakable, the story of tennis star Jelena Dokic’s courage and resilience after surviving years of abuse at the hands of her father.
Recently released documentaryÌýVenezuela: The Cost of Challenging an Empire shows the real costs of the greed and blockade imposed on Venezuela by the United States government, writes Jim McIlroy.
While good reporting helps us to be aware of, and understand current events, social change is a long-term endeavour that requires imagination, vision and deconstruction of the status quo. This forum explores the vital role of storytelling.Ìý
The Forgotten Pacific sheds light on how island communities are weaving indigenous knowledge with modern solutions to adapt, rebuild and protect their homelands from the devastating impacts of climate change, write Coral Wynter and Jim McIlroy.
A year after the launch of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has released a new documentary that exposes Israeli war crimes through photos and videos shared by Israeli soldiers, writes Barry Sheppard.
In War Game, a bipartisan group of real-life defense, intelligence and elected policymakers in the United States confront a political coup scenario in the wake of a contested presidential election. Bill Nevins reviews.
Bill Nevins reviews Kneecap, a semi-autobiographical film about the West Belfast rap/hip-hop trio of the same name.
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