MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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The bitter taste of ‘freedom’
JEFF SAWTELL is moved by an honest Bosnian film about the economic degradation ushered in by ‘liberating’ capitalism
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker (12A)
Directed by Danis Tanovich
5/5
As Nato advances in Ukraine, Danis Tanovich’s film reminds us of the aftermath of their destruction of the socialist federation of Yugoslavia.
Set in Bosnia-Herzegovina it follows the fortunes of an impoverished Roma family eking out a living in the midst of capitalist devastation.
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