EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
Film round-up: August 11, 2022
Maria Duarte reviews Blind Ambition, Where is Anne Frank, Eiffel, and Between Two Dawns
EFFERVESCENT: Blind Ambition
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
Blind Ambition (12A)
Directed by Robert Coe and Warwick Ross
★★★★
AN INSPIRING and uplifting “underdog story” of how four Zimbabwean refugees, rose to fast become the top sommeliers in South Africa, and then joined forces to form the first black team to take part in the World WineTasting Championships in France.
You cannot help but root for Team Zimbabwe as the cameras follow Joseph, Pardon, Tinashe and Marlvin every step of the way on their quest against all the odds. Particularly when you realise that there is no wine making or wine consumption in their homeland and yet they discovered they had the nose for it.
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