Bookended by his own, intensely personal, observations about his migrant journey from India to the US in search of the American Dream and the way that contradicted what he found, Nusrat Durrani's documentary opens out into a wider consideration of ingrained prejudice in American society.
Beginning with the tone of an essay film, which in tribute to African-American activist Vincent Harding, repeatedly asks "Is America possible? If so, when?", the film offers testimony from people from a variety of cities and cultural backgrounds, each contributor, in their own way a campaigner for equality, whether it is on a political level or simply within the confines of their family.
As people, including Oglala Lakota and Chicano writer Simon Moya-Smith, from Denver, who aims to bring indigenous American stories and struggles to a wider audience and white former US Airforce drone technician Cian Westmoreland, who now works in Tijuana, Mexico, with refugees,...
Beginning with the tone of an essay film, which in tribute to African-American activist Vincent Harding, repeatedly asks "Is America possible? If so, when?", the film offers testimony from people from a variety of cities and cultural backgrounds, each contributor, in their own way a campaigner for equality, whether it is on a political level or simply within the confines of their family.
As people, including Oglala Lakota and Chicano writer Simon Moya-Smith, from Denver, who aims to bring indigenous American stories and struggles to a wider audience and white former US Airforce drone technician Cian Westmoreland, who now works in Tijuana, Mexico, with refugees,...
- 11/24/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Bigelow and Affleck tell popular stories of American redemption that don't reflect the realities of Middle East life today
As Tunisians and Egyptians celebrate the second anniversary of their historic uprisings, two of Hollywood's most lauded films that are vying for Oscars tell Americans:
"Never mind the Arab spring or the green revolution in Iran. That part of the world is crippled by religious fervor and a hatred of the west, and full of easily duped, thin-skinned moralists."
What did directors Katherine Bigelow and Ben Affleck miss? Here's a plotline they could use: Iranians take to the streets to peacefully protest a stolen election, thousands are jailed and tortured for their hopes, and a young woman, Neda Agha Sultan, is murdered on camera, transfixing the world in disbelief and horror. Remember Neda? Wasn't her story of innocent heroism compelling enough for Hollywood? Yet a different story entirely caught on in Argo,...
As Tunisians and Egyptians celebrate the second anniversary of their historic uprisings, two of Hollywood's most lauded films that are vying for Oscars tell Americans:
"Never mind the Arab spring or the green revolution in Iran. That part of the world is crippled by religious fervor and a hatred of the west, and full of easily duped, thin-skinned moralists."
What did directors Katherine Bigelow and Ben Affleck miss? Here's a plotline they could use: Iranians take to the streets to peacefully protest a stolen election, thousands are jailed and tortured for their hopes, and a young woman, Neda Agha Sultan, is murdered on camera, transfixing the world in disbelief and horror. Remember Neda? Wasn't her story of innocent heroism compelling enough for Hollywood? Yet a different story entirely caught on in Argo,...
- 2/20/2013
- by Nabil Echchaibi
- The Guardian - Film News
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