Back from a mini tour of Yorkshire and Stockport and cheering for supporting act Indignation Meeting
A sorry state of lawlessnes
MARIA DUARTE recommends a documentary on the disintegration of civil liberties during the Trump administration
Film The Fight
ALISTAR FINDLAY is mesmerised by this multiple ‘Visions of Scotland’ assault on the audience’s eyes and senses
The Star's critics ANGUS REID, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MICHAL BONCZA reviews I Am Love, The Penguin Lessons, Freaky Tales, The Thicket
MAYER WAKEFIELD has reservations about the direction of a play centered on a DVLA re-training session for three British-Pakistani motorists
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
Peter Mitchell's photography reveals a poetic relationship with Leeds
A uncomfortably misogynistic authorial voice that sometimes seems to lack insight troubles FIONA O’CONNOR
The Fight (15)
Directed by Eli B Despres, Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
THE PAINSTAKING activities and inner workings of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is revealed in this gripping documentary as it wages David v Goliath battles to stop the Trump administration’s historic assault on civil liberties.
It’s one that will make you fume with rage as it follows from beginning to end four of the 173 lawsuits the ACLU has filed since Donald Trump took office. They deal with the erosion of abortion and voting rights, family separation and transgender discrimination in the military.
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