Culture – Page 218 – People's World

New book: Indonesia was model for anti-communist massacres, U.S. complicity

January 7, 2021 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

In many places, to whisper “Jakarta” or scrawl the word on public surfaces served as a warning to activists.

The best films of DOC NYC 2020

January 5, 2021 By Bill Meyer

You can now attend many great world festivals, and for much less the cost. Online.

‘American Utopia’: Still making sense

January 4, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz

Byrne and director Spike Lee have combined to reexamine themes they both have explored individually over the years.

A new year poem for Latin America, ‘La Paciente’

January 4, 2021 By Peter Lownds

Latin America lies on a hospital gurney after yet another amputation...

Two Women: ‘The Assistant’ and ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’

December 23, 2020 By Michael Berkowitz

Seventeen-year-old Autumn is pregnant. When she goes to a crisis pregnancy center, she is shown an anti-abortion video and steered toward having the baby. With no resources and desperate to keep her plight secret from her...