Culture

Victor Jara’s song returns as an anthem of our time
March 5, 2021 By Vijay Prashad
What does it mean that Jara’s song returns as an anthem in our time, its call for the right to live in peace laden with meaning across generations?
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‘Back of the Moon’: A Noirish apartheid-era South African film
March 3, 2021 By Ed Rampell
Director/co-writer and Oscar nominee Angus Gibson’s Back of the Moon is another example of why I love PAFF—the Pan African Virtual Film + Arts Festival. If not for this festival film buffs like moi probably would...
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Getting it right on Hampton, the Panthers, and ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
March 2, 2021 By Joe Sims
Joe Sims makes the case that a recent People's World film review missed the mark on some important historical details.
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a Veteran For Peace
March 1, 2021 By Nadya Williams
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1919-2021
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‘Nomadland’: Moving on with America’s homeless van dwellers
March 1, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz
In Nomadland, Frances McDormand, the pre-eminent actor of our generation, has sketched a complex, but all too familiar character at the edge of society.
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