The book feels like a writer working within his limits and not breaking any new ground, believes KEN COCKBURN
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Woes of a whistleblower
A new documentary details the trials and tribulations of Chelsea Manning — and they're still not over, says MARIA DUARTE
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
XY Chelsea (15)
Directed by Tim Travers Hawkins
“IF YOU had free rein over classified networks and you saw incredible things, awful things. What would you do?”
This is one of the most poignant questions explored in this eye-opening look at the life and career of whistleblower Chelsea Manning, a trans woman soldier in the US army who, having witnessed such “awful things,” instigated the largest leak of secrets in US history.
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