When the Immigrants Come to Collect Their Due
Suketu Mehta offers a powerful, angry, and brilliant defense of immigrant rights in This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto.
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Sense and Sensibility at the World Cup
I've sworn, after learning about the latest kleptocrat billionaire to buy a club, or scrambling from the clash between hooligans and riot police, or hearing a homophobic chant rise up from the stands, I would give up on the game. Anyone with sense would.
Banned ‘Babylon’ Finally Sees Light of Day
Franco Rosso's stark, rough-edged, and music-soaked 1980 drama, Babylon, about West Indian Londoners scrapping for survival, was never released due to worries about inciting violence. Until now.
‘Maeve In America’ and Balancing Levity with Seriousness
Irish comic Maeve Higgins finds her voice and purpose in an ever-changing Donald Trump United States.
‘Pachinko’ Is a Meticulous Tapestry that Compels Our Empathy
Min Jin LeeLee balances Pachinko‘s richly textured tale with scenes of poverty and inhumane conditions endured by Koreans in Japan during WWII.
‘Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration’ Traces America’s Racism
Undocumented Lives masterfully demonstrates a part of the harrowing historical timeline that brought society to today's racist position.
‘America Is Not the Heart’ Offers Hope Within Its Defiance
Elaine Castillo's debut is a rich and disturbing banquet of the Filipino immigrant experience in America.
Killing Is Killing: Logan’s Enduring Excellence
In a competitive sea of superhero films, Logan continues to stand out with its tremendous performances, thematic complexity, remarkably critical take on violence, and deeply stirring pathos.
Informed or Inflamed? Author Steve Almond Talks About How We Consume Trump
With the recent release of Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country, Steve Almond talks in-depth about the US president whom most parents wouldn't even let on the playground -- and about his beef with the American left.
An Ageless Dance in ’95 and 6 to Go’
This documentary about a Japanese Immigrant in America during and after WWII dances with history, memory, and friendship.
‘Everything Here Is Beautiful’ Conveys Strong Images of Mental Illness
This ambitious and empathic debut explores complications and consequences between sisters, cultures, and mental illness.
‘Far Away Brothers’: What Becomes of the Children Who Must Flee Home and Country?
Lauren Markham's The Far Away Brothers puts forth the story of two young lives caught up in the pressing need to immigrate.