STEVE JOHNSON, CHRIS SEARLE and TONY BURKE review new releases from Steve Knightley, Jupiter & Okwess, Jason Palmer, Lisa Knapp and Gerry Driver, Kin'Gongolo Kiniata, Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Dan Sealey, Simin Tande, PAZ
The Irish questions
MARIA DUARTE recommends a thought-provoking revenge story interrogating the causes and consequences of the 1847 great famine

Black 47 (15)
Directed by Lance Daly
IN A tale of revenge and redemption, this bleak and powerful Western-style drama explores the brutality, oppression and ruthlessness of British rule in Ireland.
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