Culture
Breaking the class ceiling: New books challenge the meritocracy trap
November 6, 2019Often times, it’s the lucky breaks that already advantaged people enjoy that allow them to achieve even more success.
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Film review: All aboard the freedom train with “Harriet”
November 1, 2019In a straight forward, conventional manner co-writer/director Kasi Lemmons (1997’s Eve’s Bayou) unfolds the life story of Araminta "Minty" Ross.
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Is capitalism burying Mexico’s Day of the Dead?
October 31, 2019When this system is gone, its ravages complete, no one will build an ofrenda for it. No one will mourn it. No one will plant marigolds for capital.
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‘Indirect Actions’ and ‘The Advocates’: Two new films on social problems
October 30, 2019The 11th annual DTLA Film Festival has just concluded.
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Docu- and mockumentaries at Toronto International Film Festival
October 30, 2019Just like with the news, it’s getting difficult to draw the line between fact and fiction—truth or lies—in movies.
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