A powerful documentary film about Nadia Murad, a survivor of the Yazidi genocide. It is a film about the performance of trauma, how it is necessary for the media to spread awareness of an issue effectively and to bring the reality of abstract policy to politicians. But also how damaging, and at times surreal, it…
GOT MY TICKETS TO GFF19!
Narrowing it down to my favourite 50.
Think I might skip the FrightFest pass and just go for individual tickets. Want to see Lords of Chaos tho. Arrow Video FrightFest announces Glasgow Film Festival 2019 line-up
Documentary about the American Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Very interesting. At 85, she’s doing push-ups and holding planks and writing dissenting opinions on sexist and racist rulings. She does seem like a machine, getting about 2 hours sleep some nights, and not missing a day at work despite suffering from ass and pancreas…
Am going to the Opening and Closing Gala of the film festival!
Opening and Closing Galas announced for Glasgow Film Festival 2019
A documentary movie about Palestine’s first judge in Sharia law, Kholoud Al-Faqih. So inspiring. She is a stalwart of bravery and defiance in the face of both patronising sexism and more concerted misogynistic disregard for women’s lives. She defies tradition, endures discrimination and champions other women in the field. To watch her sew seeds of…