Sundance 2016: the birth of a nation review
Source: BBC The Sundance Film Festival has always been a friendly home for any movie that takes on the demons of racial politics. In the case of The Birth of […]
Video series: Slavery in America: The Roots
Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a novel written by Alex Haley and first published in 1976. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured […]
Iran premieres big-budget epic film ‘Muhammad’ (pbuh)
Epigraph: Indeed, the Messenger of God is an excellent model for those of you who put your hope in God and the Last Day and remember Him often. (Al Quran […]
God On Trial: A Television Play about Holocaust
God on Trial is a 2008 BBC/WGBH Boston television play written by Frank Cottrell Boyce, starring Antony Sher, Rupert Graves and Jack Shepherd. The play takes place in Auschwitz during […]
American Sniper and the Muslim ‘Savage’
Huff Post: by Todd Green, Ph,D. — Is American Sniper a brilliant, subtle study of the trauma of war and the toll that incessant violence takes on those who participate in it? Or is American Sniper a shallow, flag-waving, war propaganda movie? These questions frame much of the debate over Clint Eastwood’s recent film. […]
Selma: A Movie, Every Black, Brown and White Person Will Enjoy
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Indeed, the […]
Malcolm X Make It Plain (Full PBS Documentary)
Born on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, Malcolm X was a prominent black nationalist leader who served as a spokesman for the Nation of Islam during the 1950s and […]
Three Braves: Pakistan's empowering first animated feature film
theguardian: by Alia Waheed — Two years ago, the director Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy became the first Pakistani to win an Oscar. She was 33 at the time, and the film was Saving Face, a documentary short about acid attacks on women in Pakistan. The film followed plastic surgeon Mohammad Jawad, […]
Three Braves: Pakistan’s empowering first animated feature film
theguardian: by Alia Waheed — Two years ago, the director Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy became the first Pakistani to win an Oscar. She was 33 at the time, and the film was Saving Face, a documentary short about acid attacks on women in Pakistan. The film followed plastic surgeon Mohammad Jawad, […]
Repressed Brits, evil Mexicans, Arab villains: why are Hollywood’s animated movies full of racist stereotypes?
theguardian: by Steve Rose — Perhaps it’s a matter for the film classification boards. They could put a warning on the certificate: “Contains mild fantasy violence, very mild language, a white-supremacist subtext, and grotesquely derogatory portrayals of ethnic minorities.” Or: “Probably won’t make your child into a racist, but sure […]
Philomena (film)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Philomena Theatrical release poster Directed by Stephen Frears Produced by Gabrielle Tan Steve Coogan Tracey Seaward Written by Steve Coogan Jeff Pope Starring Judi Dench Steve Coogan Music by Alexandre Desplat Cinematography Robbie Ryan Editing by Valerio Bonelli Studio Pathé BBC Films British Film Institute […]
Holy Prophet Muhammad’s Letters to various Kings
Comment by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times One of the best Western movie about the life of Prophet Muhammad is the Message, which you can see […]