Pakistan
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When Art Opens Eye
DOCUMENTA 2017: The experience of the contemporary art festival's dynamics – the interaction between cultural and political statements, and my physical and mental movement through it – remains the most thought-provoking part of Documenta.
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Idealism killed the Burmese
MYANMAR AND DEMOCRACY: Modern Times Review have met the lawyer who most likely became just too dangerous for the old Myanmar military: He was recently killed because he fought for the new democracy alongside Aung San Suu Kyi.
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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.
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DRONES: A Little Piece of Norway
The threshold for killing someone is lower when you do not have to see those you kill. New leaks reveal the brutality of the US drone programme.
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Defaced honour
As a way of instilling shame, perpetrators throw acid at their victims. An extensive outreach program tries to raise awareness on the prevalence of acid attacks around the world. .
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An exoticism that blinds people?
What did Benazir Bhutto really achieve as Prime Minister of Pakistan? She brought drinking water and electricity to the villages, she built schools and ended polio. But this film – a bombardment of expressions – is more a history of Pakistan.
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Journey of peace activism in the face of global militarism
The film covers the Indian and Pakistani nuclear weapons tests in 1998, as well as the nationalist rhetoric that accompanied these tests. It also explores the ill-effects of the Indian test on the surrounding population and the reactions to the test among the government and the public.