Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd
RACISM: They knelt on his neck; the world stood up—but how long did it stay standing?
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The Dark Money Game
CORRUPTION: A scathing two-part exposé reveals how political bribery, dark money, and judicial capture have hollowed out American democracy from the inside.
FIFDH unveils full 2025 human-rights focused film programme
The 23rd edition of the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) is making a call for
Lynching the vote in America, again
ELECTIONS: Investigative journalist Greg Palast connects voter suppression in the U.S. to historical vigilantism.
A certain kind of president’s last days
BIOGRAPHY: Havel’s legacy as a dissident, playwright, and president, highlighted in a film that contrasts his ideals with today’s political climate.
What would you do if you didn’t have to work?
FUTURE: Renowned filmmaker Erik Gandini talks to Modern Times Review about the meaning a society based intensively towards work. But also more existential questions like Basic Salary, individualism – and interdependence as a way forward.
An anti-anti-racism
RACISM: A neo-conservative movement has made its virtue to ‘expose’ the political agenda of critical race theory.
The adaptive autocrats
AUTHORITARIANISM: What happened after the height of freedom ideals, the fall of the Iron Curtain and Bill Clinton’s fusion of liberal politics with market forces? Today, the Chinese’s mastery of original Western technology and surveillance seems limitless.
Fascinating fascism and seductive leaders
NEO-FASCISM: Do many still have fascist yearnings today, or can one always blame seductive leaders? A closer dive into the 100-year-old Italian fascism and its descendants says something about the dangers we are likely to face.
Leaders of the unfree world
BIOGRAPHY: One of the longest-serving German chancellors ever, Angela Merkel’s eventful tenure as a woman in a bastion of masculinity made her an anchor for Europe.