Eat the rich: they’ve got the guns, but we’ve got the numbers
CAPITALISM: Essential viewing for the coming global revolution.
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The psychological toll of deportation
MIGRANTS: Three Swiss deportees of Turkish descent must find their way in a land that is no longer home.
Katya and Vasya go to school
EDUCATION: Education takes on an entirely new meaning when two idealistic young city slickers take up teaching jobs in a provincial Russian town.
The Struggle for Admission
EDUCATION: Claire Simon’s documentary about the admissions process at the French film school La Femis provides a fascinating insight into the competition going on behind the screens.
Not around my luxury villa
AFRICA: If this book is translated into English, it will become a new French academic bestseller.
Elite liberalism + mass nationalism = true
GLOBALISATION: For political scientist Jean François Bayart, globalisation and the development of national identity are complementary processes.
A Return to Childhood
Margreth Olin’s latest documentary is serene, sweet and observational, but nevertheless an opinion piece on both the age group and the institution it portrays.
What it means to be found anywhere, anytime
Imagine having a package delivered to the exact office building, park location, or even couch you are sitting on. Pretty convenient, right?
She is Malala
Davis Guggenheim’s documentary portrait does not contain much new information, but enables us to get to know the activist, teenager and phenomenon that is Malala Yousafzai.