The ecological class
ENVIRONMENT: The productivity of nature as such must include other species, ecosystems, soils, the atmosphere and the ocean.
Political
«Returning directly to the past has no future»
DOK.fest München: Deputy Festival Director Artistic Director Adele Kohout and Programme Selection member Monika Haas on the festival’s 36th edition.
Sundance 2021: Two award winning documentaries show us what courage looks like
Sundance: We look at two Sundance festival documentary winners and wonder, after his year’s (mostly) virtual festival may have set a standard for such post-pandemic events, what will stay and what will go?
Deeyah Khan conquers hate with a camera
INTERVIEW: Modern Times Review speaks with Deeyah Khan on choosing subjects, gaining access, and sitting down with those dedicated to making the world a more hateful place.
Rebel with a lost cause
JUSTICE: For almost fifty years, Lea Tsemel has been at the forefront of the fight for justice and compassion for those lost and indefensible in society’s eye.
Culture in crisis in Rio de Janeiro
ACTIVISM: The Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro is a prism onto a country in economic and political crisis.
The lost prize of freedom
SYRIA: A filmmaker begins documenting a celebration of freedom in Aleppo but ends up documenting the devastating consequences of that dream.
Is the EU «sleepwalking towards oblivion»?
POPULISM: Democracy Ltd is a wake-up call for the people of Europe at a time when the dark forces of populism are on the rise.
From riches to rags: Living the life among the Sierra Leonean elite to the American supermarket
SIERRA LEONE: Solomon Juxton-Smith is working in a supermarket in New York, resembling perhaps any middle-class American. But before this life he had another. He lived in Sierra Leone and his father was the ruler of the country.
Godard and the authenticity of the fragment
In his latest film The Image Book, Godard demands a «revolution in the revolution», calling for the subject to constitute his own law against the society, which – according to Godard – is nothing other than a constellation of organised crime.
Heretics the fun way
The new cartoon and graphic narrative Heretics!: The Wondrous (and Dangerous) Beginnings of Modern Philosophy, offers a smooth beginning to some of the wisest thinkers of early modern thoughts.