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Film Round-up: April 28 2023
MARIA DUARTE reviews Little Richard, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Rodeo and Polite Society
Priya Kansara and Nimra Bucha in Polite Society (2023)
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PRAGYA AGARWAL recommends a collection of drawings that explore the relation of indigenous people to the land in south Asia, Africa and the Caribbean
CHRIS SEALE speaks to Palestinian sound artist BINT MBAREH
MARY CONWAY applauds a brave and timely two hander that explores the difference between intimacy and abuse
ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review The Thing with Feathers, Train Dreams, Sisu: Road to Revenge, and Wicked: For Good
GUILLERMO THOMAS welcomes a biography of WA Domingo, a key figure in the anti-colonial struggle in the Caribbean
Little Richard: I Am Everything (15)
Directed by Lisa Cortes
★★★★
HAILED as the “architect of rock ‘n’ roll” and in Little Richard’s own words “the originator and the emancipator,” this entertaining yet surprisingly moving account of his life and career also explores his legacy and the black queer origins of pop music.
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