The book feels like a writer working within his limits and not breaking any new ground, believes KEN COCKBURN
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Burning the lungs of the planet
MARIA DUARTE recommends a documentary feature that vividly portrays the horror of Amazon forest's destruction under the Bolsonaro government
POVERTY AND GREED: Slush and burn of the Uru-eu-wau-wau forests
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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
The Territory (12A)
Directed by Alex Pritz
THE FILM follows Bitate, a young indigenous leader who rallies his people to fight against the land grabbing farmers and illegal settlers who, encouraged by the right-wing administration of Jair Bolsonaro, enter their “legally” protected territory in the Brazilian Amazon and seize land.
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