Tag: Films
Disturbing the Peace: A Film on Ending the Israeli...
Posted by Jeremy R. Hammond | Apr 25, 2017 | Palestine, Reviews, Viewpoints | 0 |
Film Review: Cries from Syria
Posted by Jeremy R. Hammond | Mar 11, 2017 | Middle East, Reviews, Viewpoints | 9 |
The Occupation of the American Mind: Full Length Documentary Film
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Jul 23, 2019 | Palestine, Politics, US, Viewpoints
Occupation of the American Mind documents how the US major media present Americans with the Zionist propaganda version of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Official Secrets: Best Movie So Far This Year
by David Swanson | Jul 10, 2019 | Europe, Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints
Official Secrets dramatizes the story of how British whistleblower Katharine Gun tried to expose the false pretenses used to justify the war on Iraq.
What’s Missing from Dunkirk Film
by David Swanson | Jul 28, 2017 | Reviews, US, Viewpoints
The story of Dunkirk, the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, is a story of how the Allies treated people they had some use for.
Watching Putin Watch Dr. Strangelove
by David Swanson | Jun 9, 2017 | Reviews
Putin’s views on history and current politics are generally consensus views in Russia, but they will largely be new to U.S. viewers.
Brad Pitt Does Stanley McChrystal: When Netflix’ War Movie Stops Being Funny
by David Swanson | Jun 5, 2017 | Reviews, US, Viewpoints
The Netflix original film War Machine constitutes the extent of the punishment that the real Stanley McChrystal will ever receive for his crimes.
Disturbing the Peace: A Film on Ending the Israeli Occupation ‘With Your Own Hands’
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Apr 25, 2017 | Palestine, Reviews, Viewpoints
The film Disturbing the Peace provides great insight into the conflicting perspectives between Israelis and Palestinians—and how peace will be realized.
The Zookeeper’s Wife: Reflections on Past and Present
by Richard Falk | Apr 21, 2017 | Europe, Palestine, Viewpoints
As a Jew, and even more as a human being, I feel morally comfortable and politically responsible in calling upon Israel to dismantle its apartheid regime.
Film Review: Cries from Syria
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Mar 11, 2017 | Middle East, Reviews, Viewpoints
The HBO documentary film Cries from Syria doesn’t tell the whole story about the so-called “Civil War” there, but it does highlight the most critical part.
Michael Moore Owes Me $4.99
by David Swanson | Oct 28, 2016 | Reviews, US, Viewpoints
Michael Moore’s “Trumpland” is a textbook illustration of how the mindset of voting for “the lesser evil” just results in self-delusion—and ever more evil.
The U.S. National Bird Is Now a Drone
by David Swanson | Oct 27, 2016 | Asia Pacific, Reviews, US, Viewpoints
The film National Bird about the US’s use of drone warfare presents the kind of raw truth you won’t get from the mainstream news outlets.
Film Review: Disturbing the Peace
by David Swanson | Oct 12, 2016 | Middle East, Reviews, Viewpoints
Disturbing the Peace presents a view of the Israel-Palestine conflict most Americans have never seen, but should familiarize themselves with.
Snowden: Best Film of the Year
by David Swanson | Sep 16, 2016 | Reviews, US
Snowden is the most entertaining, informing, and important film you are likely to see this year.
A Review of the Documentary Film ‘Roadmap to Apartheid’
by Jim Miles | Apr 15, 2016 | Middle East, Palestine, Reviews
South Africa demonstrates that BDS is a valid method to counter occupation and oppression and can provide a peaceful means of resolution to the conflict.
The Killer Drone Lovers Have Their Movie
by David Swanson | Mar 9, 2016 | Reviews, US
If the recent spate of anti-drone movies and plays was making you feel warm thoughts about U.S....
Syria may not be Panem, but it’s full of ‘Mockingjays’
by Dilly Hussain | Nov 27, 2015 | Middle East, Reviews, Viewpoints
The hunger games of starvation, death and destruction is real, and it continues to plague Syria with no imminent end at sight.
American Sniper: Racist Propaganda and American Empire
by Mike Kuhlenbeck | Mar 6, 2015 | Middle East, Reviews, US
The filmmakers’ defense of “American Sniper” as “apolitical” is belied by the lack of any depth or humanity in its Muslim characters.
Viewing American Sniper
by Richard Falk | Jan 30, 2015 | Reviews, US
American Sniper fails completely to make an to understand the experience of the Iraq war from the perspective of the Iraqis.
The Mockingjay of Palestine: “If we burn, you burn with us”
by Ramzy Baroud | Dec 8, 2014 | Culture, Palestine
Resistance is yet to be defeated in Gaza.
Film Review: John Pilger’s ‘Utopia’
by Jim Miles | Oct 27, 2014 | Asia Pacific, Reviews
Utopia creates a picture of struggle and survival against the oppressive nature of a racist society.
OMAR: Uncovering Occupied Palestine
by Richard Falk | Feb 5, 2014 | Palestine, Reviews
OMAR in some respects is superior even to PARADISE NOW, telling the story of what life under Israeli occupation means for how Palestinian lives are lived.