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Shaka King (director) and Will Berson, Shaka King, Kenny Lucas and Keith Lucas (writers), Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
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Robin Bissell, director, The Best of Enemies (2019) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Durham, North Carolina, 1971. A school which educates
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Nadine Labaki, director, Capernaum (2018) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Capernaum is a devastatingly captivating drama which overflows with ingenuity and
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Steve McQueen, director, Small Axe: Mangrove (2020) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson. Artistry and realism synergise perfectly within screenwriter and director,
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A Private War (2018), director: Matthew Heineman, screenwriters: Arash Amel and Marie Brenner Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Bridging the period
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Detroit (2017), director, Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter, Mark Boal Reviewed by Jackie Bergson. The first female to win an Oscar
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Hiroshima (2005), produced and directed by Paul Wilmhurst Reviewed by Jackie Bergson. Premiered on British terrestrial television earlier this year,
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I Am Not Your Negro (2016), Director: Raoul Peck Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Documentary director, Raoul Peck, strikes a supremely
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Midnight Traveller (2020) – Director: Hassan Fazili, Editor: Emelie Mahdahvian Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Increasingly soaring refugee numbers within recent
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Gaza (2019), directors: Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell Reviewed by Jackie Bergson The 25km by 7km Gaza ‘strip’ represents one
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Documentary Review
The Big Meeting (2019), director: Daniel Draper, editor: Christie Allanson Reviewed by Jackie Bergson The Big Meeting is a documentary
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Sorry We Missed You (2019), Ken Loach (director) and Paul Laverty (screenwriter) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Possibly excepting The Angels’
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XY Chelsea, 2019, director: Tim Travers Hawkins Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Political and social relevance resounds sensitively and intensely within
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The Public (2019), writer and director: Emilio Estevez Reviewed by Jackie Bergson With an endearing central performance by Emilio Estevez,
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Rosa Luxemburg (1986), director: Margarethe von Trotte Reviewed by Jackie Bergson This timely re-release of Margarethe von Trotte’s biographical feature
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Outlaw King (2018), director: David Mackenzie Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Hailing from Scotland, David Mackenzie contextualises his film about Robert
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BlacKkKlansman (2018) – Writer and Director: Spike Lee Reviewed by Jackie Bergson For those of you who missed out on
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The Firefighters’ Story
In Focus Productions for the FBU The Firefighters’ Story: 100 years of the FBU, 2018 Reviewed by Bob Thomson This
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The Eyes of Orson Welles
The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018), written and directed by Mark Cousins Reviewed by Jackie Bergson. Mark Cousins’ personally spoken,
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