GEOFF BOTTOMS applauds a version set amid the violent conflicts of the 19th century west African Oyo empire before the intervention of British colonialism
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Cypriots ready for new chapter
MARIA DUARTE recommends a film that gives voice to ordinary Cypriots on both sides of the divide that is an affront to their aspirations
A barrier that insults the aspirations of the people on both sides
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GILL PARSONS introduces the remarkable process by which her childhood experience of a convalescent home has become a new drama
SEAMUS HIGGINS introduces some basic facts about the role of sugar in driving a worldwide crisis of diet-related diseases
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New releases from The Orb, Meredith Monk, and Marconi Union
RITA DI SANTO draws attention to a new film that features Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn, and their personal experience of media misrepresentation
The Divided Island (15)
Directed by Cey Sesiguzel
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