A recent open letter from Hollywood creatives, condemning Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar acceptance speech, only reinforces the ongoing dehumanisation of lives in Israel and Palestine, Lyn Bender writes.
Source: Critics of Glazer’s Oscars speech prove the relevance of ‘The Zone of Interest’
When Sociology comes to the screens of America and is nominated for an Oscar. It’s not “Entertaining” it’s “Real”.
Ironically, Wayne’s character, like Wayne himself, embodied the stereotype often associated with the white working class: a terrible racist with retrograde notions of patriotism and manhood. Fern, and the rest of the characters in Nomadland, are the exact opposite. They are people who possess quiet dignity, decency, and stoicism in the face of structural forces grinding them down. They don’t turn to fascism. Rather, they remind us that maybe, just maybe, there is still a democratic future for the country.
Source: The Visionary Politics of Nomadland | Washington Monthly
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